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UNIVERSITIES

EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2013
Internationalizing university terms
After abandoning the idea of a fall start to the academic year, the University of Tokyo will try again to internationalize by setting up an interim quarterly system.
JAPAN
May 24, 2013
600 students lose loans for poor performance
About 600 university students are deemed no longer eligible for student loans because of their poor academic performance last year.
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 Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2013
Universities lure students with upscale dorms
Universities in Japan are doing everything they can to attract students amid the aging society and decline in young people.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 23, 2013
Student seeking Kyoto flat told: No foreigners allowed
After spending 2u00bd years living the quiet life in Shiga Prefecture, Ryukoku University student Victor Rosenhoj was looking forward to moving to Kyoto, where things promised to be more lively and international.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Apr 16, 2013
Education: What are we paying all the money for?
Dear Minister of Education Hakubun Shimomura,
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 18, 2013
Greatest hopes work for less
For the sake of Japan's future, the education ministry and others must work to raise the pay of researchers and professors at national universities.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2013
Entrance exam change needed
Japan's entrance exam ritual, which is once again upon us, needs substantial changes before other parts of the education system can be reformed.

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