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1st Edition

Internationalization of Education in Japan Policies, Practices, and Impact

Edited By Steve R. Entrich, Matthias Hennings Copyright 2027

262 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

Description

This book provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of the internationalization of education in Japan, examining how national efforts to cultivate global human resources reshape education, labor markets, and social inequality. Drawing on the concept of transnational human capital and a macro–micro–macro framework, the book brings together contributions that analyze policy discourse,... Read more

Table of Contents

I: Introduction

1. The Internationalization of Education in Japan – An Overview

Steve R. Entrich & Matthias Hennings

II: Policy Discourse

2. The Wall of Language: Failures in English Language Policy and the Limits of Educational Internationalization in Japan

Robert Aspinall

3. Obstacles to Internationalization: Moral Education between Normalization and Nihonjinron

Felix Spremberg

III: Internationalization In Practice

4. Maximizing Outbound Study Abroad through English Language Programs: Policy Challenges and Institutional Realities

Mizuka Tsukamoto

5. The Path to Global Readiness: Learner Perceptions of Internationalization Policies in Japanese Education

Michael D. Smith & Christopher Samuell

IV: Education Migration & Mobility

6. From Language Students to Specified Skilled Workers: The Specified Skilled Study Abroad Scheme and Its Implications

Phuong Anh Le

7. Chinese Juku in Japan: Transnational Shadow Education and the Making of International Student Mobility

Denny Qingzhe Chen

V: Individual Experiences, Gender & Inequalities

8. Reproductive Justice for International Students in Japan: Gendered Challenges and Policy Gaps

Masako Tanaka & Yuri Takamuku

9. Accepted as an Employee but Disregarded as a Person: Challenges Faced by LGBTQ+ JET Programme Participants in Japan

Kazuyoshi Kawasaka & Ami Kobayashi

VI: Labor Market Outcomes

10. Japanese Language Schools as Gateways to Internationalization: Regional Revitalization through Foreign Worker Integration

Naoki Fujiwara

11. Labor Market Outcomes of Highly Skilled International Graduates: Realities and Gaps

Mayumi Mochizuki & Xin Yao

VII: Individual & Social Impact

12. The Impact of International Student Mobility on Life Trajectories: A Conceptual and Empirical Research Overview of Japan as a Comparative Case of Internationalization

Steve R. Entrich, David Chiavacci & Sho Fujihara

VIII: Conclusion

13. The State of Internationalization of Education in Japan – From Here, Where?

Steve R. Entrich & Matthias Hennings

Editor(s)

Biography

Steve R. Entrich is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies and co-head of the SNSF-project JTEPS (“The Japan Transnational Education and Career Panel Study”) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Matthias Hennings is Professor at the Center for International Education and Cooperation and Director of the Contemporary Japan Program at Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan.

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