Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the factors, which promote or hinder the effect of “Study in Japan” through the analysis of the questionnaires collected from the Indonesian and Thai people who came to study in Japan between 1954 and 1999.
The following five items were chosen as the variables to show the effect of study in Japan: “Utilization of results of the study”, “Affinity towards the Japanese”, “Advancement of position and income”, “Recognition of social influence” and “Satisfaction with the study in Japan”.
Multiple regression analysis was conducted by putting these five variables as the dependent and by putting twelve causal factors as the independent.
As the result of this analysis, three factors, namely, “Establishment and continuation of human network with the Japanese”, “Interest in Japanese language and culture” and “Workplace environment after the return to their countries” showed particularly strong and significant co-relation with plural dependent variables. This indicates the policy needs to promote and maintain the human network between international students and the Japanese, to disseminate the Japanese language and culture overseas and to support for the workplace environment of those who studied in Japan, in collaboration with other related organizations.