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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 29, 2015

Universities must adapt to the times, but only to a point, USC president says

Aristotle's famous saying, "All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth," has been the foundation of educational philosophy among modern universities for centuries.
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2014

Universities get yen for ranking

The central government has announced additional funding for 37 leading public and private universities as a way to increase their global ranking and competitiveness. No mention was made of the other 67 schools that applied.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jan 25, 2019

U.S. universities unplug from China's Huawei under pressure from Trump's national security law

Top U.S. universities are ditching telecommunications equipment made by Huawei Technologies and other Chinese companies to avoid losing federal funding under a new national security law backed by the Trump administration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 27, 2018

Japan's universities need more global ties

Japanese universities are becoming regionally more powerful, but they still have a long path ahead to rank among the top universities in the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 26, 2022

With an eye on China, Japan asks universities to screen foreign students and scholars

The measures are also intended to help safeguard exchanges with American and European institutions.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 18, 2019

It's time for Japanese universities to emerge as global brands

Overseas students are looking for a school with personality and some operational tweaks should help.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2022

Pair of state-run Tokyo universities to consider merging

The two universities are aiming to integrate operations and apply for financial assistance from a planned state fund designed to support research institutes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 11, 2021

Aichi universities resume exchange programs as vaccines ease pandemic fears

While many students have been unable to join exchange programs in person, online classes have lowered costs and made some more determined to go abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2020

Travel bans throttle Japanese universities’ global ambitions

Non-Japanese students and faculty find study and research plans upended by pandemic restrictions.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 14, 2019

Amid fears of Chinese interference, Australia universities to list their foreign dealings

Australian universities will name overseas research partners, list financial dealings with other countries and share cyberintelligence with national security agencies to curb foreign interference, Education Minister Dan Tehan said on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 29, 2017

Vocational universities may be the way forward

Universities in Japan and the U.S. face unprecedented challenges that will make them unrecognizable in the years ahead.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 1, 2023

Universities in Japan attempt to draw more women into the sciences

A 2019 OECD survey found that only 7% of female university students in Japan major in science and engineering, the smallest share among member economies.
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2017

Rural high school grads bound for Tokyo universities to be coached on finding jobs back home

The government plans to give high school students advancing to universities in the Tokyo area more opportunities to learn about companies in other regions to encourage them to return to their home communities after graduation and find jobs there.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2016

Universities should stop coddling students

Universities have many missions, but becoming safe spaces for faculty and student juvenility is not among them.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2023

Alarmed by AI chatbots, universities start revamping how they teach

In response to the increased student use of ChatGPT, colleges and universities are restructuring some courses and taking preventive measures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 21, 2022

Afghan women stopped from entering universities after Taliban ban

Despite promising a softer rule when they seized power in Afghanistan last year, the hard-line Islamists have ratcheted up restrictions on all aspects of women's lives.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2022

Top U.S. universities sued in class action for colluding to limit financial aid

Colleges targeted in the antitrust lawsuit include Yale, Columbia and MIT.
Tohoku Imperial University, the predecessor of Tohoku University in Sendai, opened its doors to three women in 1913, who became the first female university students in Japan.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2023

Ceremony marks 110 years of women at Japan universities

The predecessor of Tohoku University in Sendai opened its doors to three women in 1913, who became the first female university students in Japan.

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