Number of foreign students in Japan down 10% in 2020 due to pandemic

The number of foreign students in Japan as of May 2020 fell 10.4 percent from a year earlier to 279,597, a survey showed, as the coronavirus pandemic forced some students to cancel or postpone their study plans.The decline came after the number of foreign students enrolled at universities, Japanese language schools and other educational institutions in the country totaled 312,214 in May 2019, which was the highest level on record and the seventh straight year of increase.By country and region, the number of Chinese students studying in Japan stood at 121,845 as of May 1, 2020, down 2.1 perc…READ FULL ARTICLE