Australia and Japan have poured tens-of-millions of dollars annually into study abroad initiatives but only one of these countries has focussed on producing multilingual citizens.
Hint: it hasn't been Australia.
While language learning has always been one of the reasons to support overseas study experiences for the Australian Government, it has only become a central focus more recently.
For example, since 2014, the main Australian Government program that funds study abroad is the New Colombo Plan (NCP), which encourages undergraduate students to participate in study tours, internships, practicums and research in the Indo-Pacific region. The Government has committed around $50 million annually to the program over the forward estimates.