留学生数、５年で回復目指す　「コロナ前」の水準に―文科省

　文部科学省は２６日、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大により大きく減少した外国人留学生の受け入れ人数と日本人学生の留学人数について、２０２７年をめどに、少なくともコロナ禍前の水準となる３０万人超と１０万人超にそれぞれ回復させる目標を公表した。
　文科省によると、２１年度に受け入れた外国人留学生は約２４万２０００人と、１９年度の約３１万２０００人から２割以上減少。国内就職率も１９年度の４７．６％から２０年度は３９．９％に低下した。（2022/07/26-19:05）

Japan's education ministry said Tuesday that it aims to raise the numbers of foreign students in the country and Japanese students studying abroad to the levels before the pandemic, or over 300,000 and 100,000, respectively, by 2027.
   According to the ministry, the number of foreign students in Japan dropped over 20 pct from some 312,000 in fiscal 2019 to some 242,000 in fiscal 2021.
   The proportion of foreign students who found jobs in Japan also fell, from 47.6 pct in fiscal 2019 to 39.9 pct in fiscal 2020.
   The number of Japanese students abroad, meanwhile, plummeted 98.6 pct from some 115,000 in fiscal 2018 to around 1,500 in fiscal 2020.
   The ministry said that it is essential for Japan to accept foreign students and encourage them to continue to stay in the country, in order to revitalize its graying society, which is facing a rapid decline in the birth rate.