Incentives are needed to reverse the decline in Japanese enrollment at U.S. universities as Japanese companies compete harder and earlier to recruit new graduates, experts said at a symposium.

¡°They need clear incentives and encouragement from the government, academia, the media and private enterprise. They need to know their investment in global skills will be rewarded,¡± U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos said.

The symposium ¡°Enhancing U.S.-Japan Relations and Educational Exchange in a Globalized Society¡± was jointly organized by the U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (Culcon) and Waseda University.