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March 27, 2013
BEIJING--Like parents everywhere, Chinese want only the best for their children when it comes to education. But that is easier said than done, especially if the parents have...
February 22, 2013
FUKUOKA--With the declining birthrate pushing universities and colleges into fierce competition for students, officials at Nishi-Nippon Junior College were racking their brains ...
February 16, 2013
With jobs harder to find in Japan's sluggish economy, the nation has seen an alarming rise in the number of suicides among college and university students who are stressed out...
November 22, 2012
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia--New university courses that examine the conflicts and natural disasters of Southeast Asia are confounding the assumption that Japanese students are...
October 14, 2012
Japan has long been considered by many an "isolationist" country in regards to accepting refugees from other nations. But nowadays, an increasing number of displaced people are ...
October 10, 2012
In the face of global competition in research, several of Japan’s top institutions have chosen to "streamline" their undergraduate programs, cut back on their liberal arts...
July 21, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Students at Yale University's new liberal arts college in Singapore will have academic freedom but won't be able to stage protests on campus, Yale officials say.
July 08, 2012
University engineering departments, pillars of support for Japan's manufacturing industry, are losing their footing. Though faculties are generating large numbers of research...
June 06, 2012
The education ministry plans to introduce an “early graduation system” that will shave off six to 12 months from the three years it now takes senior high school students to ...
March 30, 2012
A month after the Great East Japan Earthquake hit last March, a young girl was pictured playing a trumpet at the remains of her tsunami-swept home to pray for her mother's soul....
March 10, 2012
Some 60 percent of companies surveyed by The Asahi Shimbun said they were considering reviewing their recruitment practices.
March 08, 2012
With a flagging economy in Japan and in many countries around the world, fewer people can indulge in the luxury of owning great art. Art galleries have found it progressively...
March 05, 2012
Although most Japanese students study till they drop during high school, it's a different story for many once they get to college.
December 24, 2011
Only 2 percent of students at Japanese universities are taking advantage of study abroad programs offered by their schools, according to a survey.
November 24, 2011
FUKUSHIMA--After the Great East Japan Earthquake devastated the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan, William McMichael saw many foreigners hastily packs their bags and leave.
October 21, 2011
They may be the most elite universities in Japan in terms of academics, but they have failed to think up a strategy that can end more than a decade of futility on the baseball...
October 03, 2011
The percentage of seniors at universities and graduate schools in the Tohoku region who have received tentative job offers has surged to nearly match the national average, a...
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