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Japan country update

Universities Australia conference

March 2015 Paul Harris Counsellor (Education and Science), Tokyo

Why Japan? Why now?

• World-leader in education, research and industry innovation
• Ranked 1st in OECD for reading and science, 2nd for mathematics
• Patent output as share of GDP highest in the OECD
• Australia-Japan relationship a strategic priority for both countries
• Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement concluded 2014
• Australia’s second largest two-way trading partner
• “Abenomics” reforms leading to significant change, particularly

for universities

GDP comparison

Source: Austrade, IMF, Cabinet Office

Australia-Japan: quick facts

• 650 sister school relationships
• Australia = most popular destination for Japanese school study tours

(over 35,000 in 2012)

• Japanese = most studied foreign language in Australia
• 475 university partnership agreements
• Australia-Japan research collaboration doubled in last decade
• Japan’s total R&D expenditure 14 times larger than Australia’s,
• ver 75% in industry (25 of world’s top 100 innovative firms)

Japan: student numbers to Australia

Source: Department of Education and Training, 2015

2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 20,000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Higher Education VET Schools ELICOS Non-award Total

Japanese Government policy priorities

• Specific policy targets:
• Double the number of Japanese students studying overseas by 2020
• Double the number of international students in Japan by 2020
• 10 Japanese universities to be ranked in the world top 100 in 10 years
• New funding programs:
• Top Global University (2014-24)
• 13 top universities aiming for world top 100 (research intensive)
• 24 others funded to lead internationalisation more broadly (eg. joint degrees)
• “Tobitate” Young Ambassador Scholarships (launched 2014)
• Expanding corporate support – 88 companies so far donated $85m
• Third round applications now open

Japanese Government policy priorities

• Research and science:
• New strategic investment in priority areas
• New national health and medical research agency from 1 April 2015
• Regional clusters, university-industry links
• Training/international experience for young researchers

New Cabinet Office Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP)

Priority areas for cross-portfolio funding ($500m+) 1 Clean and economical energy systems (eg. hydrogen) 2 Healthy and active ageing society 3 Next generation infrastructure (eg. robotics) 4 Regional revitalisation/industries (eg. manufacturing, agriculture) 5 Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Australia-Japan research collaboration: citation impact

Source: Scopus global data, 2014

Our engagement strategy

Increase two-way mobility Raise awareness of Australian quality More strategic research collaboration

Institution-to-institution partnerships Government-to-government relationship

More connected to broader Australia-Japan relationship

Key activities 2014-15

• Australia-Japan symposium on internationalisation in higher education

(Tokyo, December 2014)

• Ongoing work on increased two-way mobility; staff development;

new joint degree and online programs; research collaboration; and internships and other links with industry

• Workshop on strengthening university-research-industry linkages

(Tokyo, May 2015)

• Australia-Japan High-Level Policy Dialogue

(Canberra, September 2015)

• Australia Future Unlimited Education Exhibition

(Tokyo and Osaka, November 2015)

Thankyou

Contact:

Paul Harris Counsellor (Education & Science) Australian Embassy Tokyo 2-1-14 Mita, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8361 Japan 〒108-8361東京都港区三田2-1-14 T +81 (0) 3 5232-4055 | F +81 (0) 3 5232-4064 paul.harris@dfat.gov.au | http://australia.or.jp