WELCOME TREND-Overseas experience is always a good thing

WELCOME TREND TOKYO (Nikkei)--More Japanese college students are studying overseas as companies increasingly look for recruits with foreign language skills and overseas experience. At Temp Research Institute Co., the overseas study unit of major staffing agency Tempstaff Co., the number of students who have applied to study at U.S. and U.K. universities next spring or after is up 30% on the year. Ryugaku Journal estimates about 183,000 Japanese students, including short-term language learners, were abroad in 2010, up 18% on the year.