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The Japan News
March 13, 2018
The Yomiuri Shimbun Youthful energy has started making solid progress toward revitalizing the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. ... Kenji Endo, 18, a native of Kawauchi in the prefecture who will go on to Fukushima University, expressed his hopes of “studying about renewable energy,Ãâà...
MarketWatch
March 13, 2018
Growing up too fast was one of the top concerns parents all around the world had about their children at school, but U.S. parents said it's their No. 1 worry. More than a third of parents said it was among their top three anxieties, according to a study by the UK-based Varkey Foundation, which interviewedÃâà...
Global University Venturing
March 13, 2018
Nagoya University has now generated 69 spinouts, climbing five places, to seventh from 12th in 2016. The Japanese government moved to boost the country's startup ecosystem in 2014, investing $1.2bn in four university-run VC firms for University of Tokyo, Osaka University, Kyoto University and TohokuÃâà...
New York Times
March 13, 2018
“The Japanese people know Abe has close ties with President Trump,” said Yoichi Takahashi, a former Finance Ministry official and professor at Kaetsu University in Tokyo. “People believe Japan should not be isolated from the U.S.-North Korea deal, and they know Abe is the best politician and no oneÃâà...
New York Times
March 12, 2018
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan offered to resign a year ago if evidence emerged linking him to a sweetheart land deal. .... or prestige of the Abe administration will decrease drastically because of this scandal,” said Jiro Yamaguchi, a professor of political science at Hosei University in Tokyo.
Harvard Business Review
March 12, 2018
Many also realize that Japan's rapidly aging population presents a unique business opportunity. Japan remains the world's second-biggest pharmaceuticals market, behind only the United States and China. The Japanese market also is expected to grow annually. The lessons learned there will be criticalÃâà...
The Worldfolio
March 8, 2018
In Japan, the number of students that go to graduate school to pursue a master's degree is low; it is simply not a standard here. For that reason alone, the number of Japanese applicants to the UN is lower than other nations. According to the OECD, 60% of international high school graduates go to universityÃâà...
Asahi Shimbun
March 8, 2018
Students of Yamanashi Gakuin University show off their multilanguage emergency warning machine for non-Japanese at the university in Kofu. ... KOFU--In the future, the lives of non-Japanese at hotels and elsewhere may be saved thanks to college students here who developed equipment to issueÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 8, 2018
With its thriving auto and machine tool industries, West Germany had what Japanese at that time yearned for -- prosperity and prestige. And the university was located close to Frankfurt, a major transport hub that put Sawada at the crossroads of Europe. During his four years at the university, Sawada spentÃâà...
The Japan Times
March 8, 2018
With this year's shūkatsu (job hunting) season for university students having officially kicked off last week, some high-profile companies are expected to receive more than 10,000 “entry sheets,” a kind of detailed resume most Japanese companies require from graduates before they are invited to anÃâà...
Voice of America
March 7, 2018
She is a political science professor at Sophia University in Tokyo. Miura says Japanese women are used to taking the blame. So, she says, instead of seeking justice or support, Japanese sexual abuse victims try to forget the events ever happened. “Japan lacks such a sisterhood,” she said. Speaking up isÃâà...
The Japan Times
March 6, 2018
Utica College in central New York sent messages on social media late Monday morning asking students to shelter in place after the school “received threats from an individual who stated that he was armed with a weapon,” according to Utica police. Students were being evacuated and escorted to a safeÃâà...
University of Arkansas Newswire
March 6, 2018
Japanese Students Association invites all University of Arkansas students to attend its Sushi Workshop at 5 p.m. Friday, March 9, at Holcombe Hall. Association members will introduce and teach you how to make "temaki sushi." Temaki sushi, also called hand-rolled sushi, is a home-style, casual JapaneseÃâà...
The Japan Times
February 27, 2018
A majority of university students in Japan do not read books for pleasure, an annual survey by the National Federation of University Co-operative ... The 53rd survey on the lifestyles of college students, conducted in October and November, covered 10,021 students at 30 public and private universities.
Nikkei Asian Review
December 31, 1999
TOKYO -- The number of startups created to commercialize results of research and development at Japanese universities rose 13% in fiscal 2017 to ... Though information technology businesses make up about half of Japan's overall startup scene, the biggest category of university ventures consists ofÃâà...
