October 21, 2005
Don't Touch That Dial
Japan's TV-based University of the Air, once the only choice for working and older students, faces new competition
Mitsue Matsuzaki, a homemaker, listens to English lessons on her car radio. Tatsuo Kawanishi, a 75-year-old retired businessman, watches educational videotapes at a local study center. Takeyoshi Matsumoto, an airline mechanic, tapes physics lectures off of his television and watches them over the weekend.
They and tens of thousands of others are pursuing degrees at
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