Fewer Chinese students in Japan  

2012年赴日中国留学生明显减少 地震影响未消

据日本《中文导报》报道，据日本学生支援机构的最新调查显示，截至2012年5月为止，在日本的大学等就读的中国留学生为86,324人，较上年减少1,209人；另外，在日本语言学校就读的中国留学生为15,079人，较上年减少2,275人。

(Ecns.cn) -- The number of international students in Japan last year dropped sharply following the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, the Chinese Review Weekly reports.

Enrollment by Chinese students at colleges and universities in Japan was 86,324 by May 2012, down by 1,209 from a year earlier, recent statistics show. There was also a dramatic decline in the number of Chinese studying the Japanese language.

Mainlanders still remained the highest among foreign students, with those from Korea and Taiwan numbering 16,651 and 4,617. By May last year, the total number of foreign college students in Japan declined for two consecutive years to 137,756.

Student numbers have suffered because of the earthquake and the subsequent disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as well as the strengthening yen. Numbers have also been affected by the deterioration of relations between Japan and China over the Diaoyu Islands.