The Wall Street Journal – Yoree Koh
“The report’s findings reinforce a growing trend among a younger Japanese generation that is keener on staying home – a similar tenor pervading the work force. It is a troubling concern for Japan in what is yet another symptom of the “Galapagos syndrome” afflicting the country — where a complacent Japan is increasingly looking inward while rival countries are globalizing at a clipped pace. According to the IIE, the number of students from Japan studying in the U.S. has tumbled by nearly half from a decade earlier.”(more)