Foreign students finally returning to Japanese universities' campuses

Keito Mori, left, and Kim Yu-bin teach each other Japanese and Korean at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies on July 12. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Many foreign students have returned to their Japanese universities for the first time in two years, bringing campuses back to a level of energy last seen before the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Pandemic-related restrictions on the entry of foreigners began to be relaxed in March, and about 115,000 foreign students had entered Japan as of the end of July.