Shingo Ashizawa is a professor and Vice President at Kansai University of International Studies in Kobe. His research involves foreign credential evaluation, micro-credential and the comparative study of the National Qualifications Framework. He also leads several joint research projects funded by Japanese government agencies and the Toyota Foundation.Deane E. Neubauer is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA. He also currently serves as the Associate Director of the Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership (APHERP), headquartered at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, which conducts a wide range of policy-focused research with a special focus on higher education.