For the first time ever, more than half of Japan’s private universities were unable to fill their enrollment quotas for the school year that began in April.
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Two years after Japan locked down its borders to block the coronavirus, some 150,000 foreign students still aren t able to enter the country, left in limbo by a policy that has disrupted lives and caused headaches for universities and businesses.
A government agency on Jan. 26 decided to withhold all fiscal 2021 subsidies from scandal-ridden Nihon University, a move that could cost the private school billions of yen in funds for several years.
By Rocky Swift and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Two years after Japan locked down its borders to block the coronavirus, some 150,000 foreign students.