The Past, Present, and Future of Internationalization in Japan

摘要: The purpose of this special volume containing five articles dedicated to the internationalization higher education in Japan is provide information, analysis, and insight on current goals, rationales, policies, challenges facing internationalization's role as way increase research excellence, profile, competitiveness within Asia world beyond. Collectively, they paint a picture country that supporting sector be key actor helping become “Asian Gateway” rest world. To understand nature Japan, it important review changes international dimension during past decades. Given pivotal foreign students have played history Japan's academic relations, topic at centre what could called “three primary phases” from 1950 present day.