Two-day unified entrance exams for universities and colleges began Saturday across Japan as examinees grappled with an English listening comprehension test for the first time.
But the day was marred as exam sites in 42 prefectures across the nation reported problems with the integrated circuit players used for the listening test, forcing at least 425 examinees to take it a second time.
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