Japanese students entering the U.S. dropped by 3,000 in 2025
This decline may have been influenced by U.S. President Donald Trump administration’s tougher stance on international students and its apparent willingness to restrict visa issuance.
Trump and the Japanese economy. It’s cost much more to go to US university because of declining yet and salaries not raising too much. Most families are unable to afford to send their children overseas.
Even if they do, Trump’s interference with US universities are making it more difficult to get into US universities. US universities are also suffering financially too.
diacewrb on
Wonder how many simply no longer want to travel or study abroad, there have been articles showing passport applications are down and fewer students are fluent in a foreign language than in previous years.
Akakumaningen on
That’s fewer than I thought. With the Yen taking an absolute beating, a lot of Japanese simply don’t have the funds to study abroad in a high cost of living county without a scholarship. So a drop is to be expected.
Miao_Yin8964 on
Nope.
Restrictions are only for problematic countries like Iran, North Korea, and obviously China.
It’s about preventing espionage from increasingly hostile foreign governments; which Japan is not, and is partner to many DARPA projects.
Long_Tackle_6931 on
US President Trump? Lol I think more like with a yen of 160 they can hardly afford a bite of rice outside of Japan soon
GlobalTravelR on
It could also be that college is already frickin expensive in the US (more so for international students) and a weak yen has made it unavailable to anyone except the very wealthy.
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Trump and the Japanese economy. It’s cost much more to go to US university because of declining yet and salaries not raising too much. Most families are unable to afford to send their children overseas.
Even if they do, Trump’s interference with US universities are making it more difficult to get into US universities. US universities are also suffering financially too.
Wonder how many simply no longer want to travel or study abroad, there have been articles showing passport applications are down and fewer students are fluent in a foreign language than in previous years.
That’s fewer than I thought. With the Yen taking an absolute beating, a lot of Japanese simply don’t have the funds to study abroad in a high cost of living county without a scholarship. So a drop is to be expected.
Nope.
Restrictions are only for problematic countries like Iran, North Korea, and obviously China.
It’s about preventing espionage from increasingly hostile foreign governments; which Japan is not, and is partner to many DARPA projects.
US President Trump? Lol I think more like with a yen of 160 they can hardly afford a bite of rice outside of Japan soon
It could also be that college is already frickin expensive in the US (more so for international students) and a weak yen has made it unavailable to anyone except the very wealthy.