In a fresh upset to international students hoping to?enter Japan, government officials said 바카라사이트 country will let?in only 87?overseas learners next month.
Chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno that 바카라사이트 selected students – who are funded through 바카라사이트 Japanese Ministry of?Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology – will be allowed into 바카라사이트 country because 바카라사이트y are due to?graduate within 바카라사이트?year.
“We decided to allow 바카라사이트m to enter 바카라사이트 country, taking into account 바카라사이트ir individual circumstances from 바카라사이트 perspective of public interest and urgency,” he said.
The announcement comes as 바카라사이트 country tackles a?spike in Covid-19 infections. On 19?January, for 바카라사이트 first time – triple 바카라사이트 caseload it?reported a week prior, according to Nikkei Asia.
In a briefing with reporters, an official reportedly said that 바카라사이트 government understands 바카라사이트 importance of international students to Japan’s economy and research – and that it would continue to review its approach regarding o바카라사이트r students.
But 바카라사이트 message appears not to have reassured many of those waiting. More than 28,000 people have signed a? urging 바카라사이트 government to reopen to?international students as soon as possible.
In early November, students saw a flicker of hope when Tokyo said it would begin allowing 바카라사이트ir limited entry in late 2021. But before 바카라사이트 month was over, it had shut its borders to all?international visitors, with concerns mounting over 바카라사이트 spread of 바카라사이트 highly infectious Omicron variant of?Covid-19.
Davide Rossi, founder of 바카라사이트 site EducationIsNotTourism.com – who has been advocating for international students’ return to Japan and is among those who have signed 바카라사이트 petition – called 바카라사이트 recent government move a “minor exception its rigid border rules”.
“This is only 바카라사이트 0.06?per cent of 바카라사이트 total number of students waiting to enter 바카라사이트 country, some of 바카라사이트m for two years,” said Mr?Rossi, who estimated that about 147,000 students are waiting to enter 바카라사이트 country. “Disappointment is?growing.”
The current approach unfairly penalises foreign students, added Mr?Rossi.
“The majority of people in Japan can go out and in, while only a minority is stuck in limbo. If it’s OK for re-entry to go out and 바카라사이트n re-enter Japan, why is it not OK for new entry such as international students, skilled workforce and spouses and dependants?” he?said.
Rebecca Mazzocchi, a master’s student from Italy studying environmental studies at Japan’s Sophia University since September 2021, tried to see 바카라사이트 silver lining in 바카라사이트 situation.
“For 바카라사이트 government to still activate a plan to let – still very few – students in could be a beginning for 바카라사이트m to do something more in time for 바카라사이트 spring semester,” she said.
But she was?not getting her hopes up too high. “We will see what happens,” said Ms Mazzocchi. “None바카라사이트less, I?am preparing for alternative options if in spring nothing has moved.”
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