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Australian student visa rejection rate rises

STORY: Australian student visa rejection rate rises SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of international students in Canberra 2. various of the Australian National University campus STORYLINE: According to the latest Australian government data, 80.9 percent of total international student visa applications in the six months to December 2023 were approved -- down from 86 percent in the financial year 2022-23 and 91.5 percent in 2021-22. It marks the lowest approval rate since 2005-06. The fall coincided with the December release of the government's new migration strategy, which places an emphasis on greater scrutiny for student visa applicants to end exploitation of the immigration system. Under the overhaul, colleges and universities have been placed into three tiers based on their history of visa fraud or other problems with international students. Those in tier one, including Australia's largest universities, ar

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SMBC to step up online banking security with new password system

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will step up computer security efforts for customers of its Internet banking by introducing a new system that automatically changes a password, which can be used only once, every minute, the bank said on Jan. 12. The new ''One-time Password'' system, to be introduced next month, will provide applicants from the bank's 6 million online customers with a device (in photo) incorporating software to automatically change six-digit passwords for them.

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(1)Nationwide university entrance exams begin

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants wait for test papers to be delivered at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 18 as preliminary university entrance examinations began at 693 locations across Japan. A record 552,700 students showed up to take tests in foreign languages, the first of six subjects in the two-day exams.

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Kanazawa Univ. apologizes for wrongfully rejecting students

TOKYO, Japan - Yujiro Hayashi (2nd from L), president of the state-run Kanazawa University in Ishikawa Prefecture, and other faculty members apologize at a press conference June 18 for the university's rejection, due to computer errors, of six applicants who passed its 1997 and 1998 entrance exams.

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SMBC to step up online banking security with new password system

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will step up computer security efforts for customers of its Internet banking by introducing a new system that automatically changes a password, which can be used only once, every minute, the bank said on Jan. 12. The new ''One-time Password'' system, to be introduced next month, will provide applicants from the bank's 6 million online customers with a device (in photo) incorporating software to automatically change six-digit passwords for them. (Kyodo)

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(1)Nationwide university entrance exams begin

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants wait for test papers to be delivered at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 18 as preliminary university entrance examinations began at 693 locations across Japan. A record 552,700 students showed up to take tests in foreign languages, the first of six subjects in the two-day exams. (Kyodo)

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Kanazawa Univ. apologizes for wrongfully rejecting students

TOKYO, Japan - Yujiro Hayashi (2nd from L), president of the state-run Kanazawa University in Ishikawa Prefecture, and other faculty members apologize at a press conference June 18 for the university's rejection, due to computer errors, of six applicants who passed its 1997 and 1998 entrance exams.