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几乎没有重叠，但在这一时期，澳大利亚政府、工业界和学术界对日语和日语产生了很大兴趣。为了了解这种兴趣如何导致留学和学术合作协议的最初发展，并确定促成这一协议的各种力量，我一直在调查澳大利亚日本研究协会通讯和公报中关于这一问题的讨论，从1981年的第一版到1998年该刊物成为期刊。虽然这次调查尚未完成，但它已经揭示了在此期间人们对赴日留学的看法、关键问题和有关方面。我还采访了日本基金会的一名代表，了解了日本基金会在澳大利亚的早期活动。

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.