An investigation into a Tokyo university has found it lost track of 1,610 international students, prompting Japan's Education Ministry to put a halt to it accepting further students.

Japanese will impose strict penalties on providers who lose contact with their international students in response to one university that lost 700 students.

Japanese language provider Genki Japanese and Culture School has announced it will open a new branch in the centre of Kyoto.

The level of English proficiency among Japanese school children has not improved at the rate of the government's targets, it has been revealed.

Japan will open a National Information Centre in order to collate data on the academic credentials of institutions and students, in English, for the use of overseas university admissions staff.

A Japanese great-grandmother has set out to prove that it is never too late to learn a language as she bids to conquer English before the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

Jinseki International School, a European-style boarding school, is expected to open on Honshu Island in Japan in April 2020.

Japan's Chiba University has revealed that study abroad will become a compulsory element for all students entering the university from 2020.