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UNIVERSITIES

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Feb 11, 2018
With his U.S. scholarships for Japanese students, tycoon Tadashi Yanai could do better
Tycoon's fund is accused of giving help to those who don't need it when it could instead be altering more destinies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 6, 2018
How Japan can attract more students from overseas
The market for studying abroad is booming, and with the right plan universities in Japan can easily enroll more international students.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Feb 2, 2018
China's Me Too movement in colleges initially encouraged by authorities, then frustrated
After declaring they were ready to fight sexual harassment on university campuses, the Chinese authorities now appear to be seeking to contain a nascent Me Too movement.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2018
Kyoto University to accept 17 felled by flawed entrance test
Kyoto University said Thursday it will admit 17 applicants who were rejected after taking its entrance exam last February that contained a physics question with no possible answer.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jan 24, 2018
Why don't more Japanese study abroad? The cost and the hassle, survey shows
One student canvasses others and finds expense is crucial — even for well-off families — while support is thin on the ground.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2018
University entrance exam question on Moomins series leaves Japanese students bewildered
A confusing question on the annual university entrance exam featuring hippopotamus-like creatures and Nordic languages left many Japanese high school students scratching their heads.
EDITORIALS
Jan 14, 2018
A failing grade for universities' entrance exams
Serious errors involving university entrance exams are growing far too common.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 14, 2018
Japan still has much to learn from Martin Luther King's nonviolent struggle
Could Dr. King's nonviolent methods work in Japan, a country with a completely different relationship between government and citizen than in America?
EDITORIALS
Jan 9, 2018
Revive Japan's scientific research
Japan's scientific research is on the verge of stalling.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Dec 27, 2017
Teachers and schools in Japan brace for icebergs in 2018
After a year of scandals and promises, the 'five-year rule' and demographic woes cast a shadow over education in 2018.
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 24, 2017
Why Japan's universities continue to fall in global rankings
In 2013, the government's council on resuscitation of education called for having at least 10 Japanese universities among global top 100 within a decade. But the target now seems out of reach.
EDITORIALS
Dec 16, 2017
Capping enrollment in Tokyo
Only capping the enrollment capacity at universities in Tokyo will not guarantee that more youths will choose schools outside of the metropolitan area.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 19, 2017
1968: The year Japan truly raised its voice
During a recent conversation with a student in his sixth year at a university renowned to be an incubator for Japanese politicians, 23-year-old Atsugi Fukuhara tells me that he wants to stay a student forever.
EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 2017
Cutting families' education costs
Is Prime Minister Abe's initiative for reducing education costs worth the money? Maybe not.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Nov 15, 2017
Tokyo campus tie-up between Temple Japan and Showa Women's University could offer model for the future
Showa Women's University and Temple University, Japan Campus have announced a unique site-sharing agreement that could offer a model to other Japanese schools.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 6, 2017
Let's discuss entrance exam reforms
Upcoming changes to Japanese university admissions have students, parents and teachers raising their hands to ask questions.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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