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EDITORIALS
Jan 19, 2000

Japan needs the presence of foreigners

Four years ago, central government officials and bureaucrats, especially at the Education Ministry, were expressing concern over the decreasing number of students from abroad coming to study at Japanese universities. The decline in students from neighboring Asian countries in particular, the first such...
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

Ministry ponders widening of med school curricula

The Education Ministry will set up a panel to review medical school curricula for students with bachelor degrees in other fields, to allow people with more varied backgrounds to study medicine.
JAPAN
May 21, 1999

Diet OKs accelerated graduation for university students

National university students with high marks will be allowed to graduate in three years instead of four under the revised School Education Law, which cleared the Diet on Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1999

Japan should foster risk-takers, MIT president says

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JAPAN
Aug 19, 1998

Medical schools to slash enrollment

To avoid an oversupply of doctors and dentists in the country, the Education Ministry is considering cutting the number of student admissions to medical and dental schools at Japanese universities by about 200 over the next few years, beginning next spring, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1997

Osaka, Northeast England business chambers link

OSAKA -- The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Britain's North East Chamber of Commerce, Trade and Industry on April 15 signed a joint statement to strengthen cooperation in facilitating trade and investment, as well as to develop links between universities in the regions.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 16, 2023

Putin’s war revives Russia’s dark tradition of informers

The informers are a reflection of the sweeping changes the invasion has brought to Russia, seeking to eradicate once-tolerated hints of opposition.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 27, 2023

Japan needs more than just new visa options to attract highly skilled workers

Better wages, improved incentives and overhauled working styles are seen as bigger factors in drawing top foreign talent.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST
Jun 30, 2023

UT Austin Global Innovation Lab: Training entrepreneurs by the thousands

Already ranked as one of the 10 most influential public universities in the United States, the University of Texas at Austin has escalated its efforts to forge more and deeper connections around the world, a result of its determination to belong to a group of universities making the most significant...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 26, 2023

Sidelined from academia, India's Dalits archive caste history

Despite a ban on discrimination and quotas mandating Dalit inclusion in education and government, caste-based discrimination remains widespread in India.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 25, 2023

Slowing bone marrow donor registration raises concerns in Japan

The number of registered donors stood at about 544,000 at the end of March this year, an increase of only about 6,500 from a year earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2023

Nagoya uses auto industry ties to position itself as a startup hub

This transition period comes at a time when the national government has made the creation of startups a priority as it seeks to bolster the economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2022

Foreign NGOs halt work in Afghanistan after Taliban ban female staff

The ban is the latest blow against women's rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power. The hard-line Islamists also recently barred women from attending universities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 8, 2022

Hong Kong and Singapore compete for green finance supremacy

The race to attract all that fresh money and trading business in Asia will take years to play out, but so far Singapore has an early edge over Hong Kong.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2022

Blank sheets of paper become symbol of protest in China

Images and videos circulated online showed students at universities in cities including Nanjing and Beijing holding up blank sheets of paper in silent protest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2022

Protests spread across China as anger mounts over 'COVID-zero' policy

A fire in Xinjiang, and a denial that COVID-19 measures had hampered escape and rescue, has fueled a wave of civil disobedience unseen since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2022

'COVID zero' returns to Chinese city rumored to be reopening

Shijiazhuang — a city of some 11 million people about 300 kilometers from the capital — has forbidden residents in areas deemed high risk from leaving their homes.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. East Coast report 2022
Oct 31, 2022

The future made perfect in Pittsburgh

As far as innovation goes, Pittsburgh has many lessons to teach the world. Once the center of the American steel industry, the second-largest city in Pennsylvania has transformed its economy and emerged as a hotbed of innovation, particularly in high-value manufacturing, climate tech and technology,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 6, 2022

Banned U.S. AI chips in high demand at Chinese state institutes

The development signaled a major escalation of a U.S. campaign to stymie China's technological capability as tensions bubble over the fate of Taiwan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 25, 2022

China’s Gen Z is dejected, underemployed and slowing the economy

The most educated generation in China's history was supposed to blaze a trail toward more innovation. Instead, many of the roughly 15 million young people are lowering their ambitions.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2022

Japan aims to up number of international students to 300,000 by 2027

The number of foreign students declined significantly due to COVID-19 and related border controls, and now the education ministry aims to get it back to the pre-pandemic level.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 13, 2022

Prestigious University of Tokyo may claim its first sumo wrestler

Hotaka Suyama could become the school's first graduate to enter the world of u014dzumo when he takes the Japan Sumo Association's entrance exam.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2022

Bristling against the West, China rallies domestic sympathy for Russia

While Russia batters Ukraine, officials in China have been meeting to study a Communist Party-produced documentary that extols President Vladimir Putin of Russia as a hero.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2022

Japan opens up online applications for foreign nationals' entry permits

The government has also released details of eased border restrictions from March following Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's move last week to allow new entries of nontourist foreign nationals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Feb 21, 2022

What you need to know about Japan's upcoming eased border restrictions

March will bring sweeping changes to the country's border rules — covering quarantines to those eligible for entry — but navigating government websites for answers can be tricky.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2022

Hong Kong’s brain drain worsens as expats and locals flee the city

Both the city's strict COVID-19 polices and the imposition of the national security law have prompted a population outflow that looks set to intensify in 2022.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021
Dec 7, 2021

Japan helping Asian neighbors address nutrition problems

Global leaders have committed to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030 as part of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs), but malnutrition still remains the biggest challenge in the world.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami