Tokyo — Japan may allow universities to start their academic years in the fall instead of the spring, bringing the higher-education calendar here into line with the practice in the United States and Europe. The Yomiuri Shinbun, Japan’s biggest newspaper, reported today that the education ministry would give university presidents the power to decide when the academic year starts, following a recommendation from the government’s powerful Education Rebuilding Council. The Japanese academic year, which now starts in April, “is regarded as a major obstacle for foreign teachers and students who want to work or study at Japanese educational institutions,” the newspaper said. —David McNeill
September 19, 2007
Japanese Universities May Align Academic Year With U.S. and Europe
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