Whereas the number of students from countries such as China, India, South Korea studying overseas is on the rise, the number of Japanese students studying abroad has been declining (from 83,000 in 2004 to 60,000 in 2012). The number of international students coming to Japan from overseas is also small. Japan also ranks very low, 28th place, in the national rankings of TOEFL scores for countries in Asia. To make Japan grow, increasing its global human resources will be vital, and a national strategy should be formulated and implemented to achieve that.