TOKYO, March 10 (Reuters) – Japan is giving 100,000 yen ($860) to support foreign exchange students who are in financial trouble due to COVID-19 pandemic, the public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday.
The support is aimed to help foreign students studying in Japanese universities, colleagues and vocational schools, the report said.
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida said on March 3 that the country would create new scheme that gives priority for foreign students to enter Japan.
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Reporting by Mariko Katsumura; Editing by Alison Williams
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