1st Edition

International Student Mobility in Japan Higher Education in the Era of the New Normal

Edited By Sachihiko Kondo, Yu Sengoku, Ryoko Nakano, Akito Okada Copyright 2025
212 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In light of the COVID-19 crisis, this edited volume explores the changing landscape of International Student Education in Japanese universities and the impact on global student mobility. Through analysing a wide range of data, the book engages historical, cultural, linguistic and pedagogical contexts relating to higher education in Japan. With a particular focus on Japanese tertiary education,... Read more

1. Marginalisation, Peculiarisation and Galapagos-isation of Indigenized Japanese Higher Education Institutions

Sachihiko Kondo

2. History of Studying Abroad in Japanese Universities (Inbound and Outbound)

Akito Okada

3. Internationalization at Home and Intercultural Collaborative Learning

Kazuko Suematsu

4.  The Post-2010s Transformation of Japanese Study Abroad: A Particular Focus on Outbound Programs

Yusuke Sakurai

5. Japanese Language Education for Short-term Exchange Students: How it adopts the CEFR?

Yuki Nabeshima

6. Impacts of COVID-19 on Higher Education Institutions in Japan

Yukiko Ishikura

7. How Japanese Universities Prepared to Resume International Educational Exchanges During the Pandemic

Yu Sengoku

8. Study Abroad as Cultural Capital? Case study from International Liberal Arts Studies

Kaeko Chiba

9. Survey of Inbound Students Waiting to Enter Japan: Exploring Students’ Voices

Ryoko Nakano

10.  Future of the International Student Education

Sachihiko Kondo, Yu Sengoku, Ryoko Nakano

Biography

Sachihiko Kondo is Professor at Osaka University Center for International Education and Exchange. He also serves as the president of JAISE, Japan Association for International Student Education.

Yu Sengoku is Senior Assistant Professor at Shinshu University Center for Global Education and Collaboration, Japan.

Ryoko Nakano is a lecturer at Tohoku University, Graduate School of Dentistry, Division for Globalization Initiative, Japan.

Akito Okada is Professor at Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan.