Yujin
05-22-2007, 10:39 PM
The Yomiuri Shimbun - The number of foreign students in need of Japanese-language instruction in 885 municipalities exceeded 20,000 as of 2005, and the figure continues to increase, a government survey has found. ....At Okubo Primary School in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, more than half the 180 students come from South Korea, China, the Philippines and other countries. .. According to the ministry, the number of foreign students who needed extra Japanese-language training in 1991 was 5,463, and exceeded 10,000 in 1993. As of 2005, the figure stood at 20,692, accounting for about 30 percent of all foreign students.
Read more... (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070522TDY01002.htm )
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It is about time the government of Japan addresses this need. With this country's aging populace and with the birth rate nowhere near any form of commendable improvement, foreign residents( with their children) would definitely play a major role in shaping up the society in the very very near future.
Read more... (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070522TDY01002.htm )
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It is about time the government of Japan addresses this need. With this country's aging populace and with the birth rate nowhere near any form of commendable improvement, foreign residents( with their children) would definitely play a major role in shaping up the society in the very very near future.