Ashikaga University and Fukui University of Technology are the latest inductees into the Ryugaku Awards' hall of fame.

The number of international students who received permission to work in Japan after graduation has continued to grow according to statistics from the Ministry of Justice.

Japan has announced plans to use robots in classrooms as part of a multipronged approach to improve English proficiency and take advantage of an expected increase in tourism.

Japan’s Ministry of Justice has announced an initiative that will mean international graduates can work in any role as long as they earn over an annual salary threshold of 3 million yen, or £20,462.70.

EC English Language Centres’ Los Angeles school and Navitas Sydney School have been awarded joint first place in Ryugaku Journal's Best School Award 2018.

Japan will make it more difficult for international students at Japanese-language schools to complete their courses quickly and spend the remainder of the year working.

The French-speaking institution Université du Québec à Montréal has signed new partnership agreements with Japanese institutions Keio University and Hiroshima City University.

The Japanese government has selected AFS to facilitate its Kakehashi program, which will fund more than fund 1,000 high school scholarships in the country.