TOKYO (AP) — Growing up, Fumina Oka knew little about the mysterious university her Taiwanese grandfather attended in northern China's Manchuria during Japan’s occupation in the early 20th century.

The importance of higher education in promoting economic growth is a well-known axiom of development and this role is only expected to increase as changes in globalization, demography and technology ...

TOKYO — The campus of International Christian University was an oasis of quiet in the final week of the winter term, with a handful of undergraduates studying beneath the newly sprouting plum trees ...

Julie Tanaka has spent 19 of her 22 years at Japan Women’s University, in Tokyo. She entered the university’s kindergarten program at the age of 3, progressed through its elementary school, middle ...

Japan’s boldest move yet to position itself as a global research powerhouse is underway, with the first of its new cohort of top-tier universities rolling out historic changes. In 2023, the Japanese ...

*Updated: An earlier version of this post said that The University of Tokyo does not offer undergraduate international exchange programs, when, in fact, it does. It also referred to the school as ...

Is the trend of "leaving Korea" now heading toward Japan? Recently, I met more than 10 corporate department heads and ...