The piece argues that the Takaichi government's drive to tighten foreign-student rules has not slowed the surge in arrivals. Since the pandemic eased, the number of foreign students reached 464,784 by the end of 2025, well above pre-pandemic levels and surpassing Kishida's 400,000-student plan. Growth is strongest among students from Asia's developing nations, notably Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. A key factor is the immigration bureau's two-tier system for Japanese language schools; top-tier Class 1 schools now face looser visa documentation, including waiving proof of family funds for those students. In practice, many applicants from developing countries fabricate or inflate income and savings proofs via intermediaries to obtain visas, a pattern authorities have not curbed. The article argues these relaxations effectively endorse the inflow and questions the government's tighter-immigration promises, calling for a normalization of foreign-student intake.