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          Japan’s Justice
          ministry has introduced
          a new stipulation that                                                Also in
          Japanese language                                                    the news
          schools must be in
          session for at least    School www.kaij.jp, said
          35 weeks a year for     it was a precautionary          STUDYpERTh IS TO FOCUS ON AwARENESS
          long-term student visa-  measure that prevented         AND wORk EXpERIENCE OppORTUNITIES IN A
          holding students.       schools from enticing           NEw STRATEGY. bit.ly/2NBh6pu
             the change was       students to Japan for
          prompted by concerns    the wrong reasons.              A pROJECT TO EvAlUATE MAlTA’S ElT SECTOR,
          over the amount of         evan kirby, Director         hAS COMMENCED. bit.ly/2O9xJrU
          work that language      of Genki Japanese
          students were           and culture School              ENGlISh AUSTRAlIA AND NEAS ANNOUNCED
          undertaking. Student    http://genkijacs.com,           A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO
          visa holders can work   commented, “this                CONSUlT wITh AND pROMOTE EACh OThER.
          for 40 hours per week   loophole only existed           bit.ly/2Q5p3Qx
          when they are on        because the previous
          holiday, and 28 hours   defi nition of a school          ThE USA hAS EDUCATED MORE wORlD
          per week when school    year was slightly too           lEADERS ThAN ANY OThER DESTINATION,
          is in session. the      vague, so this tightening       ACCORDING TO ThE hIGhER EDUCATION
          entitlements will not   of the regulations is           pOlICY INSTITUTE. bit.ly/2N18Qu2
          change under the new    welcomed by reputable
          rules, but schools will   schools. GenkiJAcS            QUAlITY ENGlISh pARTNERED wITh
          need to be in session   already followed the            JApANESE AGENCY GROUp JAOS FOR TEAChER
          for at least 35 weeks   spirit of the law by            SChOlARShIpS. bit.ly/2xRCdcm
          per year.               offering 40 weeks of
             hiroko Yamamoto,     tuition per year, the           DENMARk hAS lIMITED plACES FOR OvER-
          Director of kAI         most of any accredited          SEAS STUDENTS ON TEChNICAl AND
                                                                  ENGINEERING COURSES. bit.ly/2xRhTYI
          Japanese Language       school in Japan.”
                                  bit.ly/2zrZlAh
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