A digital pivot at Japan’s universities: ‘A lot of us expected to have our worst semesters online’
The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the fall term, leaving professors and students scrambling to adapt to shifting rules and digital education.
80% of universities in Japan plan to hold both in-person and online lessons
Many of the planned in-person courses will be laboratory lessons and small-scale seminars.
The move aims to reduce the number of would-be students not attending any form of school.
Ethnic Mongolians, including students and parents, in China’s Inner Mongolia region are demonstrating their anger in rare public protests against a new bilingual education policy that they say is endangering the Mongolian language. A high school student in the city of Hulunbuir said students rushed ...
Japan Atomic Energy Commission fears nation may run short of nuclear experts
Accidents have damaged perceptions of nuclear power, leading to fewer students studying nuclear energy at universities, the Cabinet Office-affiliated commission wrote.
Schools in Japan face tough decisions as coronavirus spreads
Some have had to close for weeks when pupils have shown symptoms.
Female university students totaled a record 1.19 million, maintaining a rising trend since 1981.
South Korea closes most schools in Seoul area to battle resurgent coronavirus
South Korea on Tuesday ordered most schools in Seoul and surrounding areas to close and move classes back online, the latest in a series of precautionary measures aimed at heading off a resurgence in coronavirus cases. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported ...
University of Tokyo to sell bonds in first of its kind in Japan
The institution plans to make ¥20 billion of 40-year securities available in early October.
Digital nomads opt to ride out the pandemic in Japan
When Viet Nguyen and Liezl Van Riper decided to worldschool their kids they had no idea a global pandemic would come into play.
Most Japanese private universities considering measures for virus-hit applicants
Some 80 percent of Japan's 593 private universities will take special measures for applicants who were unable to take tests due to the coronavirus, it was learned Monday. According to an education ministry survey, 54 schools will hold additional tests for affected applicants, while 332 ...
Travel bans throttle Japanese universities’ global ambitions
Non-Japanese students and faculty find study and research plans upended by pandemic restrictions.
