Japan will welcome 500 Indian students every year to pursue higher studies with a special emphasis on learning and teaching Japanese language.
"I have decided that over the next five years, we will welcome to Japan 500 Indian youth per year, out of which about 100 will be allocated for those studying Japanese or teaching Japanese," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in his address to the joint session of Parliament.
Describing the move as an "investment towards future generations", the visiting premier said it would "deepen the friendship" among the citizens of India and Japan at every possible level.
Top academics from India and Japan yesterday held deliberations and decided to further enhance ties in the field of education, with a thrust on student exchange programmes.
The academic dialogue, the first of its kind, saw participation of Vice Chancellors from 12 leading Japanese universities, accompanying Abe, and their Indian counterparts, including directors of IITs, IIMs and the Indian Institute of Science.
The meeting had agreed to strengthen the relationship between universities and institutions of higher learning, to identify common research interests and to work towards increasing the volume of faculty and student movement between the countries.
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