The education ministry on Monday eased the rules on Japanese university entrance exams for graduates of 19 Brazilian schools in Japan.
Students at the 19 Brazilian schools study an 11-year course covering the same curriculum as they would in Brazil. But as students at Japanese schools must complete a 12-year course, the students of the Brazilian schools have been made to study another year at Japanese language schools or other educational institutions before being permitted to apply to a university.
The latest revision brings to 42 the number of foreign schools whose students are now allowed to take Japanese university entrance exams right after they graduate, according to the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry.
The ministry decided in September to ease university admission restrictions for graduates of some foreign schools if their curricula are not so different from those in Japanese schools.