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2024 | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2018 | 2016 |JAOS 2023 Statistical Report on Japanese Studying Abroad
May 22,2024
Study Abroad seekers among Japanese more than doubled in 2023, recovering to 83 % of Pre Covid 2019. Study Abroad from Japan to Asia hits all time high.
~JAOS Annual Survey ~ Study Abroad Numbers by Japanese in 2023
JAOS comprises 64 organizations, including private education agents and overseas government agencies, to promote the healthy growth of study abroad businesses and study abroad programs in Japan. In April 2024 , JAOS conducted its annual survey to research the volume of Japanese students studying abroad targeting 40 education agent members of JAOS., with the results compiled into the “JAOS Survey Report 2023”.
As a result, it was found that the total number of study abroad students for the year 2023 from the 40 member companies of JAOS was 66,007 (including online study abroad).
Offline study abroad has recovered to 83 % of the pre COVID 2019 levels, a 218% increase compared to the previous year. Particularly noteworthy is the number of Japanese study abroad students to Asian regions such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Korea, which has reached 112% of the pre COVID 2019 levels, surpassing those of Europe, North America, and Oceania, which have not yet exceeded their 2019 figures.
※Survey are conducted to 40 full membership organizations of JAOS
↓The material can be downloaded from here.
JAOS-Survey in 2023JAOS 2022 Statistical Report on Japanese Studying Abroad
May 22,2023
“In 2022, Significant Increase in Japanese Overseas Students, with Canada as the Most Popular Study Destination”
JAOS aims to promote the healthy development of the study abroad industry and provide instruction and guidance to improve and maintain quality of service providers in Japan. JAOS consists of 64 private and public-sector organizations based in Japan.
In April 2023, JAOS organized the “JAOS 2022 Survey on the Number of Japanese Studying Abroad”, a data analysis of 40-member education agencies that provide study abroad services. The survey collected from these 40 organizations demonstrates the trend of the number of Japanese who used their study abroad support services.
The survey was answered by all of 40-member organizations, and it reported 34,304 (including online study abroad) students studying abroad in 2022. . Furthermore, compared to the previous year, the number of online study abroad participants had decreased by half, while the traditional method of traveling abroad for study (offline study abroad) had increased by more than five times. It was also evident that among the countries chosen as study destinations, Canada had the highest number of Japanese overseas students.
↓The material can be downloaded from here.
Survey on Japanese Studying Abroad2022JAOS 2021 Statistical Report on Japanese Studying Abroad
Jun.16,2022
“Significant Decrease in Japanese Overseas Students Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. Online Study Abroad Shows a Trend of Establishment. “
JAOS aims to promote the healthy development of the study abroad industry and provide instruction and guidance to improve and maintain quality of service providers in Japan. JAOS consists of 66 private and public-sector organizations based in Japan.
In February 2022, JAOS organized the “JAOS 2021 Survey on the Number of Japanese Studying Abroad”, a data analysis of 42-member education agencies that provide study abroad services. The survey collected from these 42 organizations demonstrates the trend of the number of Japanese who used their study abroad support services.
The survey was answered by all of 42-member organizations, and it reported 15,083 (including online study abroad) students studying abroad in 2021. It was also evident that the number of online study abroad participants significantly surpassed the traditional method of traveling abroad for study (offline study abroad).
↓The material can be downloaded from here.
Survey on Japanese Studying Abroad2021JAOS Survey report 2021 and JAOS Guidelines
June 28, 2021
The flow of Japanese pursuing study-abroad opportunities saw an unprecedented dive, a 76% drop, due to Covid-19 in 2020. The annual survey by study-abroad industry association, JAOS, Japan Association of Overseas Studies, has revealed the extent of the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on global student mobility originated from Japan.
↓The material can be downloaded from here.
JAOS Survey report 2021 and JAOS GuidelinesJAOS 2019 Statistical Report on Japanese Studying Abroad
Dec.19, 2019
JAOS aims to promote the healthy development of the study abroad industry and provide instruction and guidance to improve and maintain quality of service providers in Japan. JAOS consists of 72 private and public-sector organizations based in Japan. In August 2019, JAOS organized the “JAOS 2019 Survey on the Number of Japanese Studying Abroad”, a data analysis of 42-member education agencies that provide study abroad services. The survey collected from these 42 organizations demonstrates the trend of the number of Japanese who used their study abroad support services. The survey was answered by all of 42-member organizations, and it reported 80,566 students studying abroad in 2018. The most evident result was the change from the period of American dominance as study abroad destination, and in addition, the trend demonstrated that study-abroad candidates chose from a wider variety of destinations.
↓The material can be downloaded from here.
JAOS-Survey-2019_-JapaneseStudent191219JAOS 2017 Survey on the Number of Japanese Studying Abroad
Dec.21, 2017
JAOS aims to promote the healthy development of the study abroad industry and provide instruction and guidance to improve and maintain quality of service providers in Japan. JAOS consists of 66 private and public-sector organizations based in Japan. In August 2017, JAOS organized the “JAOS 2017 Survey on the Number of Japanese Studying Abroad”, a survey of 40-member education agencies that provide study abroad services. The survey collected from these 40 organizations the number of Japanese who used their study abroad support services. As a result, JAOS survey revealed that these 40-member education agencies helped nearly 80,000 people (79,123) study abroad in 2016. Taken together with the results of other surveys conducted by various entities in Japan, these numbers suggests that we can surmise that more than 20,000 Japanese people studied abroad during the year.
↓The material can be downloaded from here.
Survey on Japanese Studying Abroad 2017Survey on the Status of Japanese Studying Abroad by 36 Study Abroad Agencies
November 16, 2016
Japan Association of Overseas Studies (JAOS President, Yasuo Sone, hereinafter “JAOS”) composed of more than 65 study abroad agencies and related businesses, conducted a survey of 36 “JAOS” member companies called “Survey on the Status of Japanese Studying Abroad by 36 Study Abroad Agencies”, in cooperation with the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), in January 2016.
As a result, a large discrepancy was discovered between the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s official figure of 55,350 “Japanese studying abroad” (March 2016), and new data revealing that an additional 64,988 Japanese students (mostly non-duplicated) had studied overseas. The statistics from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology only reflect the number of Japanese students studying at overseas higher education institutions, and do not include figures for language schools, which actually compose the highest percentage of Japanese students studying overseas. Hence, this survey was undertaken to more accurately calculate the number of Japanese students studying abroad.
↓The material can be downloaded from here.
Survey on Japanese Studying Abroad2016