Asian students in US hit by disruption to visas and funding

Asian students in US hit by disruption to visas and funding Asian students in US hit by disruption to visas and funding

TOKYO — Asian students are weighing an uncertain future in the U.S., in the wake of visa cancellations and disruption to the federal funding of international exchange and study-abroad schemes, including the flagship Fulbright program.

A Japanese Fulbright scholar currently enrolled in a six-year PhD program at a U.S. university told Nikkei Asia that international scholars felt “caught up in the whirlwind of political change”.