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UNIVERSITY

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CULTURE / Art
Apr 14, 2015
The honeymoon phase of Japan and the West
Often, when two cultures meet, it can be very messy and lead to a lot of unpleasantness. The continuing inability of the West and Islam to understand each other suggests itself as a convenient example. This kind of conflict often boils down to a question of who will be master and who will be man, with...
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2015
University of Tokyo failing non-Japanese students
With enrollment of foreign students declining, the University of Tokyo needs to work on making its program for English-language coursework more attractive.
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JAPAN / Society
Apr 9, 2015
No-foreigners landlord case shows Japan 'utterly unprepared' to fight discrimination: expert
A decision by the Justice Ministry's Kyoto bureau not to pursue a complaint against a landlord's no-foreigners policy shows Japan is “utterly unprepared” to move on discrimination cases, an expert says.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 8, 2015
RB Gray blazing trail for Japanese football with Utes
For the majority of football players in Japan, taking the gridiron in the sport's mother nation, the United States, is beyond their imagination.
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BASKETBALL
Mar 31, 2015
George Washington, Watanabe could play future games in Japan
George Washington's Yuta Watanabe made a solid impact as a freshman forward this college basketball season. As a result, this has sparked greater interest in his career in Japan among hard-core fans and casual observers — plus the national media spotlight on NHK and other major news outlets.
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CULTURE / Stage
Mar 31, 2015
Konan W.U. students set to mark 50 years of Shakespeare in English
In 1964, the late Polish theater scholar Jan Kott wrote "Shakespeare, Our Contemporary," an influential book that questioned the processes of producing Shakespeare in the here and now and whether the Bard's texts should serve as clues for an archeological dig to recover something of their original history...
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 24, 2015
Survey finds high death rate after complex liver surgery
Alarmed by a spate of deaths following laparoscopic operations last year at Gunma University Hospital, a surgeons association has surveyed other medical institutions and found a worryingly high death rate nationwide.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 23, 2015
Top grads shun Kasumigaseki
More University of Tokyo graduates with high academic records appear headed these days for graduate law schools or are taking jobs in the private sector rather than joining the Japanese bureaucracy.
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MORE SPORTS
Mar 21, 2015
Princeton routs Kwansei Gakuin
The level of play in Ivy League football is still a few steps ahead of the Japanese collegiate league, even for the four-time defending college champion Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters.
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BASKETBALL
Mar 21, 2015
Pilots coach Reveno cherished time in Japan
"Konnichiwa."
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2015
Appalling surgical negligence
Gunma University Hospital's final report on the death of eight patients following laparoscopic liver surgery gives an appalling picture of what happened at the institution.
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MORE SPORTS
Mar 19, 2015
Princeton, Kwansei Gakuin to battle in Legacy Bowl
One of the most successful college football clubs in Japan meets one of the oldest football programs in the sport's mother country when Kwansei Gakuin University takes on Princeton University in the Legacy Bowl on Saturday.
BASKETBALL
Mar 14, 2015
GWU defeated in A-10 quarterfinals
The third-seeded University of Rhode Island men's basketball team outplayed George Washington University in the second half en route to a 71-58 victory in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament quarterfinals on Friday in New York.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2015
Fukui professor arrested over female graduate student's murder
An associate professor at a national university in Fukui is arrested on suspicion of killing a female graduate student under his tutelage.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2015
Todai sounds plagiarism alarm with rare cheating report
In a rare move, the University of Tokyo, Komaba, locally known as Todai, has reported that one of its students plagiarized a term report using information from the Internet. It was the first time the prestigious school has openly reported a cheating student.
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SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 10, 2015
Wisconsin hoop coach Ryan goes way back with MAS
When NCAA March Madness gets underway next week, Bo Ryan-coached Wisconsin will be one of the favorites to win the whole loopy hoopy shebang.
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JAPAN
Mar 3, 2015
Gunma University Hospital admits negligence in eight surgery deaths
Gunma University Hospital acknowledges negligence in the deaths of eight patients following laparoscopic liver surgery, faulting its staff for failing to look into early deaths and a surgeon for falsifying a record.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 24, 2015
Kyoto University Hospital to open iPS cell therapy center in 2019
Kyoto University Hospital says it will open a center to conduct clinical studies on induced pluripotent stem cell therapies in 2019 year.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 19, 2015
Student wrestlers learn the ropes ahead of university 'battle royale'
Want to be a lawyer? Go to law school. A doctor? Med school. But where do you enroll if you want to learn how to fly off the top rope to deliver a brutal body slam?
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WORLD
Feb 18, 2015
Earthquake early warning system begins testing in Pacific Northwest
Testing began on Tuesday on the first early warning system to predict earthquakes before they rattle Oregon and Washington, with a group of businesses and hospitals trying out the tool before it is made available to the public, scientists said.

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