Japan’s sciences plan ‘a threat to humanities’

Japan expected to lose 140,000 students by mid-century

Tokyo could use figures to justify more heavy-handed sector intervention, academics say

By Pola Lem

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Japan’s ¥10 trillion excellence fund off to shaky start

As fund records ¥60 million deficit ahead of disbursement, academics voice concern over ‘strings-attached’ model

By Pola Lem

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Tokyo’s science goals put private campuses in ‘tricky position’

Government plan for half of all graduates to major in sciences by 2032 ‘difficult to realise’ for private, humanities-focused institutions, academics say

By Pola Lem

28 October

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Threat to humanities and social sciences in Japan ‘endangers internationalisation efforts’

Efforts to reform universities in the face of shrinking student numbers may jeopardise departments with the best overseas links, says Japan-based UK professor

By Jack Grove

28 October

Japan’s plan to kickstart sciences seen as threat to humanities

Academics voice concerns over ‘short-sightedness’ of programme envisaging opening of dozens of science departments

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