According to this news, 62% of master's remain in Japan. How about you? For here or to go?

http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/426890

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9,446 foreign students earn degrees

Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 15:05 EST

TOKYO — The number of foreign students who earned academic degrees in Japan came to 9,446 in fiscal 2006, up 86% from fiscal 2001, the Japan Student Services Organization said Saturday. Of them, 6,900 earned master's degrees, with 2,637 majoring in social sciences such as political studies, economics or sociology, said the organization affiliated with the education ministry.

The remaining 2,546 students obtained Ph.Ds, half of whom were able to earn theirs in three to four years, it said. Of them, 658 students majored in engineering, it added. Of the degree earners in fiscal 2006 through March last year, 62% with master's remained in Japan for jobs or further research, and 27% returned to their homelands. Of the doctorate degree holders, 36% remained in Japan and 47% returned to their homelands to take jobs or continue research, it said.