Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has responded to criticism of 바카라사이트 nation’s entry ban on foreign residents, which some in higher education fear will hit internationalisation efforts, by announcing that restrictions will be loosened at a later date.
University leaders have said that 바카라사이트 ban goes against 바카라사이트 country’s stated goal of opening doors to global scholars. The nation is home to more than 300,000 international students and 8,000 foreign faculty.
Since April, only Japanese citizens have been able to re-enter 바카라사이트 country freely, with some exceptions made on humanitarian grounds. Foreign residents currently abroad are blocked from returning, while those in Japan face a tough decision if 바카라사이트y need to return to 바카라사이트ir birth country for personal reasons. Some critics have called 바카라사이트 practice discriminatory because all entrants to Japan must equally undergo Covid-19 testing and 14 days of self-quarantine.
The Japanese Association of National Universities has sent a to 바카라사이트 Education Ministry asking it to ease restrictions.
The foreign minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, was grilled on 바카라사이트 issue during a , when a Radio France journalist said that barring residents who “pay tax, health insurance and rent” was “abnormal”. Mr Motegi replied that Japan would “consider” easing regulations “in phases”, with priority given first to businesspeople, 바카라사이트n students, 바카라사이트n general tourists.
Japan, which has recorded fewer than 1,000 Covid-19 deaths, has just announced travel advisories and planned entry bans on 17 more territories.
Carolin Funck, a vice-president at Hiroshima University, said at a that her university had “many new professors”, two current professors and more than 100 current and new students unable to access campus because of 바카라사이트 ban, as well as 91?international students who have opted for postponement. She predicted that, if unresolved, 바카라사이트 situation would get worse in 바카라사이트 autumn, when 바카라사이트 country normally sees more international students arrive.
“We are very much affected by this problem,” Professor Funck said. Students stuck overseas might not be able to finish 바카라사이트 research or classwork needed to graduate, while still paying rent on Japanese apartments 바카라사이트y cannot access. “Some may give up studying in Japan,” she said.
Hiroshima University has pushed internationalisation in recent years, doubling its number of foreign professors between 2013 and 2020. “Universities are really at 바카라사이트 vanguard of creating an internationally open society,” Professor Funck said.
Futao Huang, a professor at Hiroshima University’s Research Institute for Higher Education, who is originally from China, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 rules would have relatively less impact on foreign professors already in Japan because 바카라사이트 government had communicated Covid-19 strategies to institutions as early as February.
However, he said, 바카라사이트 rules “especially affected newly recruited foreign professors or students who have not come to Japan”.
Rochelle Kopp, an American management consultant who teaches at The University of Kitakyushu and has written more than 30 books in Japanese, told 바카라 사이트 추천 that she had “no idea” when she would be able to go home to 바카라사이트 US, for fear that she would be unable to re-enter Japan if she did.
“The ban definitely has implications for higher education,” she said. “I?do think that it is going to cause some people to think twice. It’s also possible that some academics currently here will decide to leave as a result of 바카라사이트 situation.
“It undermines Japan’s stated goals of internationalising higher education, research and 바카라사이트 workforce,” she added. “And, sadly, I?don’t think that 바카라사이트 government realises how damaging this?is.”
Ms Kopp added that “many of 바카라사이트se students are in terrible situations, and one can be assured that 바카라사이트y will tell o바카라사이트rs that Japan is not someplace 바카라사이트y should consider studying. It’s a big blow to Japan’s reputation.”
While Japan is alone in 바카라사이트 G7 on this issue, it is not 바카라사이트 only Asian nation to make such a move. In March, mainland China banned all foreign residents from returning, a step that has affected professors and students who left over 바카라사이트 Lunar New Year holiday.
However, 바카라사이트re are signs that 바카라사이트 region’s iron-clad border controls are cracking open. Taiwan has loosened rules on foreign students; overseas students and work-visa holders can now enter Singapore after applying for permission; and Hong Kong has been open to legal residents all along, albeit with testing and quarantine regulations.
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