The number of foreign students studying in Japan decreased to 117,927 this year -- the first fall in nine years -- but the figure was still the second highest after a record 121,812 last year, a poll by the Japan Student Services Organization showed Wednesday.
By country, students from China formed the largest proportion, totaling 74,292, down 7.8 percent from a year earlier, while the number of students from Vietnam, which ranked fifth, rose 21.4 percent year-on-year to 2,119, according to the survey as of May 1.
South Korea came second with 15,974 students, up 2.4 percent, Taiwan came third with 4,211, up 1.9 percent, and Malaysia came fourth with 2,156 students, up 2.0 percent, according to the poll.
Japan's academic year starts April 1.
Of the total, 63,437 students were studying at universities, down 2.1 percent, 30,910 were attending graduate schools, up 2.1 percent, and 21,562 were studying at vocational schools, down 14.4 percent, it said.
Tokyo hosted 39,520 foreign students, by far the largest number for the nation's 47 prefectures. Osaka Prefecture had 9,986, Aichi 5,905 and Fukuoka 5,820.
The University of Tokyo was the most popular school among foreign students at universities, with 2,197 studying there, edging Waseda University which had 2,190 foreign students.
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