A four-week language program is like a four-week diet program. You work very hard for four weeks, that’s good. But when you return, you rebound. I’m more interested now in developing programs where students can actually practise: service learning, volunteering, training.

The number of international students in Japan grew to 239,287 last year, up 14.8% from the year before, as the country inches closer to its target of hosting 300,000 international students by 2020.

Student accommodation provider, GSA, has announced a joint venture that will build student accommodation for 20,000 domestic and international students in Japan.

Foreign nursing care students in Japan will soon be able to obtain residence status after qualifying without first having to obtain work experience, as the government aim to fill a skills gap.

As many as 170,000 Japanese students study abroad annually - more than three times what official statistics indicate - according to a new survey of agencies across the country.

JP Holdings, Japan's largest childcare facility company, is to invest $5m in a new kindergarten complex in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang.

A new report from the Centre for Global Higher Education concluded that private education providers serve to massify education, but transparency on value for money and student protection plans are inadequate.

ELS Educational Services's expansion will open up new recruitment channels in Japan and India, alongside a management reshuffle.