DPhil Candidate Ben Moeller's new article, "Outbound student mobility in Japan nose-dived. Why does the government claim it went up?" has been published in the latest issue of Japan Forum.

The article examines a significant drop in the number of Japanese university students studying abroad. It argues that contrary to the government's public communications, its leaders no longer believe that outbound student mobility can support economic development and therefore do not consider it a budgetary priority.