Educators are raising concerns that while the number of international students is on the rise, these students do not have the same access to language-learning opportunities depending on where they ...

After the workday, Rina Mori, right, teaches Japanese to technical trainees and others from the Philippines working at the company, in the city of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2024.

Others provide extra lessons at their homes, at lesson reviewing centers, online, and with open courseware. The teachers running extra classes at centers are mostly teachers of English. Though giving ...