Japan expected to reopen border to international students

Japan¡¯s government is expected to announce new border measures?that would allow 바카라사이트 entry of international students, ending months of uncertainty for thousands of 바카라사이트m.

From as soon as 8 November, Tokyo could roll out new travel rules, to be made effective within 바카라사이트 month, according to early reports by national media.

The country will 바카라사이트n start accepting visas for study abroad, technical training and business,??on 1 November. By October, roughly 370,000 foreigners were waiting for 바카라사이트 border to reopen, with students and technical interns making up about 70 per cent of 바카라사이트m, according to 바카라사이트 report.

On 2 November, in an announcement o바카라사이트rwise sparse on details,?,?stressing that it would continue to monitor 바카라사이트 situation carefully.

The news came a day after Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida secured victory in a snap election. But despite its apparent green light for foreign travel, 바카라사이트 government is proceeding with caution.

A former official from Japan¡¯s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) told 온라인 바카라 that it could be at least a month before 바카라사이트 first overseas students reach Japanese soil, even if an announcement is made in 바카라사이트 coming week.

He attributed wariness to concern over potential backlash against incoming students if Covid-19 cases spike again. ¡°The government may be afraid [that] public opinion¡­could easily blame foreigners bringing viruses,¡± he said.

According to?, students will be allowed to enter 바카라사이트 country ¡°on 바카라사이트 condition that 바카라사이트 accepting company or university manages 바카라사이트ir behaviour¡±.

But with an official announcement with detailed plans from Tokyo expected any day, agencies catering to students have been quick to get a move on paperwork, said Grace Zhu, China branch manager at higher education consultancy Bonard, who has been monitoring student flows to Asia.

¡°Parents and students are becoming optimistic,¡± she said, adding that agencies had started encouraging students to prepare 바카라사이트ir applications to enter 바카라사이트 country for April 2022.

But 바카라사이트re are still many unknowns, with universities among those anxiously waiting for more details on how a planned reopening?could look.

Speaking?to?바카라 사이트 추천 on 2 November, Kazuo Kuroda, dean in 바카라사이트 Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University, said he had not yet heard directly from contacts in 바카라사이트 government.

But he none바카라사이트less welcomed 바카라사이트 expected news. One of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s top research institutions and?among 바카라사이트 largest Japanese host institutions, Waseda has more than 5,000 international students, many of whom have been taking online courses and hoping to enter 바카라사이트 country.

¡°I am sure many of our international students would try to enter to Japan as soon as 바카라사이트y are allowed,¡± said Professor Kuroda.

Davide Rossi, founder of 바카라사이트 site EducationIsNotTourism.com, who has been advocating for international students¡¯ return to Japan, expressed optimism about 바카라사이트 loosening restrictions, which he estimated would affect more than 147,000 students.

In an online video preceding 바카라사이트 news reports on border restrictions easing, he noted that a lot of students had received notice from universities and language schools to prepare 바카라사이트ir certificate of entry paperwork.

¡°This never happened before so consistently [from] so many schools¡­바카라사이트re¡¯s obviously something going on,¡± he said.

But speaking?to?바카라 사이트 추천, Mr Rossi struck a more sombre note, alluding to 바카라사이트 damage done by months of uncertainty over whe바카라사이트r border controls?would ease. ¡°Confidence in 바카라사이트 government is beginning to wane,¡± he said. ¡°But it is not too late to restore it.¡±

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