JAPANESE STUDENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14585, 7 February 1921, Page 3

JAPANESE STUDENTS

VISIT BRITAIN INSTEAD OF GERMANY. There are far mure Japanese visitors to Great Britain just now than there have ever been before, but they are not, or at least many of them are not, in this country for a holiday. Their presence is, in fact, one of the many signs of a new order of tilings after the war (says the Daily Mail). Before 191 i it was customary for the Imperial Japanese Government to send professors and students from the colleges, universities, and Government departments of Japan to Germany and Austria for the purpose of study and research. These countries.can no longer offer satisfactory facilities for such work as tiiis, and the United States of America and Great Britain have now taken their place in this respect. The bulk of these students and professors are to be found in London University, but several have (--one lo Edinburgh, while others again are to be found in the coalfields and the leading centres of industry. Many branches of science, applied chemistry, economics, law, shipbuilding, engineering and many oilier subjects are in the curriculum of studies. The British navy and naval methods have always been closely studied by the Japanese, and there are now over a hundred Japanese officers studying naval arcitccture and engineering in this country. A new step has recently been taken in attaching Japanese military officers to British regiments. The English language is a compulsory subject in Japanese schools, but il is very often taught by Americans.