The Chinese government has made the creation of “world-class universities” a priority, while in Japan, research funding is declining. Despite this, the number of foreign students coming to Japan continues to grow and has reached 1,000, reflecting the government's ambition to promote the country's internationalization. The population of China, Korea and Japan represents that of East Asia and that of the entire world, with the total economic output of East Asia representing the total volume of trade in the East Asia globally. The volume of trade between the three countries has increased from the US dollar to that of China, but carefully avoids confrontation. As noted above, the US Congress has decided to exercise greater oversight over US policy towards China. Additionally, more than three-quarters of U.S. adults expressed an unfavorable opinion of China, according to Pew Research Center surveys in; PDT. TOKYO AP Japan and China celebrate the anniversary of the normalization of their relations on Thursday, but the mood is not exactly celebratory. Improving ties between Asia's two largest economies is seen as vital to the region's stability and prosperity, but remains so. Asian countries such as Japan, China and South Korea have been able to develop several initiatives to promote the teaching of their languages and culture on a global scale. Agyeiwaah et al. 2019