Investigating Interconnections between the Higher Education Internationalization Policies of Japan and Australia

虽然在20世纪80年代至90年代，澳大利亚和日本政府的高等教育国际化政策目标之间几乎没有重叠，但在此期间，澳大利亚政府、工业界和学术界对日本和日语产生了浓厚的兴趣。为了了解这种兴趣是如何导致出国留学和学术合作协议的最初发展，并确定促成这一发展的各种力量，我一直在调查澳大利亚日本研究协会通讯和公报从1981年第一版到1998年成为期刊的讨论。虽然这项调查尚未完成，但它揭示了人们对日本国内学习的看法、关键问题以及这一时期的有关各方。我还采访了日本国际交流基金会的代表，了解了日本国际交流基金会早期在澳大利亚的活动情况。

While there was little overlap between the Australian and Japanese government’s higher education internationalization policy aims in the 1980s-1990s, there was much interest about Japan and the Japanese language in Australia within government, industry, and the academic community during this period. In order to understand how this interest led to the initial development of study abroad and academic cooperation agreements, and to identify the various forces which contributed to this, I have been investigating discussions about this in the Japan Studies Association of Australia Newsletter and Bulletin from the first edition in 1981 until the publication became a journal in 1998. While this investigation is not yet complete, it has revealed how in-country study in Japan was perceived, the key issues, and the concerned parties during this period.I was also able to interview a representative from the Japan Foundation to gain information and materials about the Japan Foundation’s early activities in Australia.