ASIATIC STUDENTS IN JAPAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13766, 3 June 1908, Page 6

ASIATIC STUDENTS IN JAPAN.

Saint Nih&l Singh writes in the ■Modern Review an interesting paper on Tokm a* a. student centre- He says:—" The entire Orient is now following in the footsteps of the Japanese. Japan has inspired the East to a better appreciation of herself and her opportunities, arid the metropolis- of the Sunrise" Kingdom already has become the rendezvous of young men and women from all parts of the East, How much the late war had to do with the new enthusiasm animating the Orient is shown by a. comparison of the. number of Chinese- students in Japan before and alter ilv war. Tito first two Chinese students officially sent to J;«paii vent there «< little over eight years ago. :' Five years tor the number whs 591. In June." 1906. there were about 10.000. Today it total? 20.000. As in the case of the Chinese, the number of Indian indents in Japan has more than trebled, since the war. Six Indians are studying in the Japanese Universities. The Xepalcse students sent to Japan by the Government of Nepal took along with them a large retinue of servants ami attendants. . It is intended that these attendants shall obtain admittance into factories of different sorts, and thus profitably employ their leisure hour* by learning mules."