The statistic shows the total number of foreign students enrolled at higher education institutions in Japan from 2010 to 2018. In 2018, approximately 150 thousand foreign students, including temporary exchange students, studied in Japan. This number was an increase from around 123 thousand foreign students in 2010.
Total number of foreign students enrolled at higher education institutions in Japan from 2010 to 2018
(in 1,000s)
Foreign students refer to students from other countries than Japan, including regular students and exchange-only students. Higher education institutions encompasses universities, graduate schools, and junior colleges.
Values have been rounded.
Data prior to 2015 comes from previous reporting.
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Statistics Bureau Japan. (November 23, 2019). Total number of foreign students enrolled at higher education institutions in Japan from 2010 to 2018 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 05, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/648086/japan-number-foreign-students/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Total number of foreign students enrolled at higher education institutions in Japan from 2010 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Chart. November 23, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 05, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/648086/japan-number-foreign-students/
Statistics Bureau Japan. (2019). Total number of foreign students enrolled at higher education institutions in Japan from 2010 to 2018 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 05, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/648086/japan-number-foreign-students/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Total Number of Foreign Students Enrolled at Higher Education Institutions in Japan from 2010 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/648086/japan-number-foreign-students/
Statistics Bureau Japan, Total number of foreign students enrolled at higher education institutions in Japan from 2010 to 2018 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/648086/japan-number-foreign-students/ (last visited August 05, 2020)
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