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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 1 st in OECD for reading and science, 2 nd 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, over 75% in industry (25 of world’s top 100 innovative firms)

Japan: student numbers to Australia 20,000 18,000 16,000 14,000 Higher Education 12,000 VET Schools 10,000 ELICOS 8,000 Non-award Total 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Source: Department of Education and Training, 2015

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 More connected to broader Australia-Japan relationship Increase two-way mobility Raise More strategic awareness of research Australian collaboration quality Institution-to-institution partnerships Government-to-government 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