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STUDY

JAPAN
Sep 13, 2014
Japan's technology sought to turn Myanmar into major rice exporter
Myanmar is hungry to adopt Japanese farming techniques so it can modernize its antiquated rice industry and export its way out of poverty.
WORLD
Aug 26, 2014
Happiness study draws frowns from critics
A high-profile 2013 study that concluded that different kinds of happiness are associated with dramatically different patterns of gene activity is fatally flawed, according to an analysis published on Monday that tore into its target with language rarely seen in science journals.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2014
Students take worldly approach to study abroad
A University of Tokyo student set to spend a year as an exchange student in Illinois this summer doesn't think English skill is the only thing that matters when going to the United States.
JAPAN
May 16, 2014
Drugmaker, hospital admit workers broke ethics rules in anemia study
Drugmaker Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. said Friday two of its employees contravened internal rules on impartiality during a clinical study relating to an anemia drug.
EDITORIALS
May 12, 2014
Making drug studies objective
To ensure neutrality in the process of conducting clinical studies of drugs already on the market, the government needs to expand support for medical researchers so that they don't have to depend on funds from the pharmaceutical industry.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2014
Number of Japanese studying abroad down seventh straight year
The number of Japanese studying abroad in 2011 declined for the seventh consecutive year, the education ministry said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2014
Ministry official knocks down barriers to overseas study
The success of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's effort to internationalize Japan might depend on a young entrepreneur who runs his own educational business.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 1, 2013
With the JLPT now over, get ahead in studying for next year
The latest round of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) was held yesterday — congratulations to the test takers! A couple of readers wrote to us about the exam after last week's Community Page published an article by Jun Hongo titled "Is the JLPT really worth it?"
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2013
Major campaign launched to encourage young people to study overseas
In its drive to double the number of Japanese youths studying abroad by 2020, the education ministry has launched a campaign involving the private sector, which is eager to hire more graduates with overseas experience.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2013
Study app business brisk, prepping youths from all walks for college
The smartphone application business targeting students preparing for college entrance exams is buoyant amid a steady increase in smartphone users among high school students.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2013
Forum stresses career benefits of study abroad
Japanese students should buck the stay-at-home trend and instead study overseas to gain skills to survive in an ever more globalized and competitive world, experts and former international students said at a recent forum on overseas study in Tokyo.
EDITORIALS
Jul 13, 2013
More people studying Japanese
The number of students learning Japanese worldwide rose 9 percent inn 2012 from 2009, indicating an underlying interest in a country that some call listless.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 21, 2013
Ambivalent Japan turns on its 'insular' youth
Japan's decision to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations shows that at least some in government have accepted the fact that 'opening up' Japan is in the nation's best long-term interests.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2013
Fund to help Japanese students study overseas planned
The government plans to establish a scholarship fund to encourage university students to study abroad, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2013
High schoolers dream of Ivy League
One March afternoon in Shibuya Ward, a group of high schoolers earnestly listened as students from Harvard University described life on their campus.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 25, 2013
The Japanese traffic light blues: Stop on red, go on what?
Road traffic in Japan is a complicated affair. Apart from those narrow, crooked streets that sometimes end without warning, you have to get used to unclear right-of-way rules and the national fetish for backward parking.

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