Die japanische Universität Tsukuba kündigt Erhöhung der Studiengebühren für internationale Studierende an – The Mainichi

Lol, so many institutions have and continue to solidly jump onto the No Gaijin train either with 0 understanding of how the domestic economy needs to function in order to not nosedive or with that knowledge and then some other overriding factor (everyone else is doing it? Legit xenophobic/racist/nationalistic tendencies? An interest in sinking the institution theyve worked for forever but which has never made their life better?).

This trajectory can’t end well for the country or anyone invested in Japan Inc.

I don’t have a problem with differentiating between fees for domestic and international students (especially with the weakened Yen having resulted in a de facto decrease for international students from countries with stronger currencies) and the amount of the increases (73,000 Yen, only applying to students who enroll from 2027 onwards) isn’t particularly harsh.

That said, the housing fee increase seems like it is being quite unfairly implemented – some students will see their monthly rent more than double overnight which is going to be extremely difficult on them. This sort of thing should be gradually implemented, not radically increased on short notice.