The government would increase its assistance for colleges opening branches or campuses abroad. It is claimed that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology intends to export Japanese-style education and enhance the presence of Japanese institutions abroad in order to entice international students to Japan. The foreign offices and campuses are also anticipated to serve as home bases for Japanese students studying abroad. The government will encourage university foreign expansion as part of a large-scale globalization strategy for education that will begin next fiscal year. Under the assistance program, national, public, and private universities will establish campuses on the premises of affiliated institutions across the world and elsewhere, and lecturers and instructors assigned from Japan will provide instruction classes that are provided at Japanese universities. courses that are given in Japanese universities. Curriculums will be established in partnership with local universities, and staff exchanges will take place. Educational initiatives will also be developed in collaboration with local businesses and other organizations. Japanese schools will use these foreign bases to allow Japanese students to study abroad.
Universities are also required to provide education in growing and developing nations, such as the so-called Global South, where access to higher education is limited. The ministry would include $1.5 billion in its fiscal 2024 budget request for expenses like campus rent, facility upkeep, and personnel costs for local coordinators, among other things. Because of several obstacles such as language limitations, financial burdens, and faculty shortages, little progress has been made in terms of university international growth. According to 2020 statistics published by a U.S. educational and research institution, just two Japanese universities have campuses outside of Japan, compared to 86 U.S. institutions and 45 British universities. The University of Tsukuba announced in March that it will open a campus in Malaysia in the autumn of 2024. The Council for the Creation of Future Education, led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, proposed steps to improve the environment for universities to build branches abroad in its second batch of suggestions in April.
