A government panel chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Wednesday for a three-fold increase in the number of foreign students in Japan by 2025.
That would bring the number to about 350,000. Currently, about 120,000 foreign students are in Japan, accounting for about 5 percent of the total number of foreign students worldwide.
In its final report, the Asian Gateway Strategy Council urged the government to maintain that percentage.
Some analysts estimate the number of students overseas will grow to around 7 million by 2025.
In 2003, the number of foreign students in Japan reached 100,000, the target set in 1983. Still, the number stayed at around 120,000 for three years from 2004.(IHT/Asahi: May 17,2007)
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