Nearly 590,000 university applicants on Saturday began sitting two-day national entrance exams across the country.
The applicants are seeking places at a total of 543 universities — all public universities as well as more than 70 percent of private institutions in Japan — that are participating in the tests, conducted by the National Center for University Entrance Examinations.
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