Japanese universities are encouraging their students to study in the United States. Tokyo International University's campus in Oregon has links to Willamette University. The goal is to form a kind of global university with students spending three years overseas, and then completing their degrees in Tokyo. (MLW)

A plan supported by American and Japanese legislators would provide free or inexpensive land and other financial incentives to entice American institutions to set up major academic programs in Japan. Four-year branch campuses enrolling students from the U.S., Japan, and other Pacific nations are envisioned.