OSAKA, Japan — Over 100 Vietnamese and other foreign students who entered a tourism-related vocational school in Osaka in April were not allowed to renew their residency status and subsequently expelled from the school this summer, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Noting that since last year the school has admitted far more foreign students than its admissions quota, the Osaka prefectural government has urged the school to correct the situation, but it did not comply with the request. Many foreign students were not informed that the school admitted more students than the quota. But we were too naive.”Most of the students at the school were foreigners, because not many Japanese students entered the school, he explained. Japanese lesson in Chinese classThe school provided basic Japanese lessons for foreign students in classes that were supposed to teach Chinese for Japanese students, The Yomiuri Shimbun also learned.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 26, 2018 10:30 UTC