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Japanese university president forced out over self-plagiarism

University of Aizu president Toshiaki Miyazaki quits after investigation found he published the same conference paper on multiple occasions

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Japanese university president forced out over self-plagiarism

University of Aizu president Toshiaki Miyazaki quits after investigation found he published the same conference paper on multiple occasions

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We must take academic plagiarism seriously

Senior academics ‘take too much credit’ in co-authorship

Related universities

The University of Aizu

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