Internationalization of Higher Education Policy in Japan: The Role of International Student Mobility

As a country of Asia, Japan is developed both economically and in terms of education. Japan’s higher education standards have received acceptance and appreciation worldwide. Currently, 10.4 percent of international students are studying in Japan. International students show a keen interest in having a degree in Japan because of its most advanced education and latest technology. They get a positive environment of education, a friendly culture, lower tuition fees than in Europe and America, and diverse weather. Under the MEXT Scholarship Program of the Japanese Government established in 1954, about 65,000 students have been selected from 160 countries till now. The Japanese government took a vision of escalating the number of their overseas pupils up to one lakh forty thousand in 2008. Surprisingly, this number has reached more than three lakh international students in 2020. However, this research tries to demonstrate why more than 10% of international students select Japan for higher education. In addition to discussing the facilities of Japan ’s higher education, the article includes a comparative discussion of Japan’ s scholarships with other government scholarships worldwide

A Comparative Analysis of Passive Voice in Farsi and Pashto Languages

Two prominent languages of the Indo-Iranian branch, Pashto and Persian, have different passive voice formulations that reflect their own grammatical structures and cultural backgrounds. This article analyzes the passive structure of the Pashto language. The Pashto language has a passive structure that shares many structural similarities with the Persian language. This study aimed to educate EFL learners, teachers, and interpreters in Afghanistan on how to effectively use English, Pashto, and Persian in learning and teaching. A qualitative study was undertaken to analyze the passive voice structures in Persian and Pashto languages. The study utilized library-based techniques. Various structures of passive within tenses were analyzed in detail. The results showed that both Farsi and Pashto use almost the same pattern in changing an active into a passive one. The study found that passive voice is not only limited to some verb identifiers and past participle forms, but also involves transitivity alternation in both Farsi and Pashto languages

Study of relatioship between the Internet addication and general health of students of Lorestan university of medical sciences in 2013

Background: The Internet addiction refers to the excessive or unreasonable and pathological use of  the Internet which leads to the social consequences, including public health.The aim of this study was to determine the relation ship between  the Internet addiction  and general health in students of Lorestan university of medical sciences in 2013. Material and Methods: This descriptive analytic study. was carried out on 240 (BSc,MSc and medical) students of Lorestan university of medical sciences randomly selected using Yang Internet addiction and the Goldberg general health questionnaire . Data was analyzed by use of independent statistics and SPSS software v.18. Results: The results show that  there was a significant correlation between the Internet addiction    and yeneral health in students of Lorestan university of  medical sciences ( r=- 0.471, p>0.001). Based on our findings, 85% of  the students were normal but 15% were at risk. Conclusion: Considering the destructive effects of the Internet addiction on students' health dimensions, control and supervise the Internet   use among university students and  education about the harmful effects of the Internet it seem  necessary