11/30/2004

asahi.com : English
Japan already has more than 700 universities and graduate schools. But a government council has approved the opening of 14 new schools for the next academic year, which starts in April.
The bigger news in the university community this year, however, is that two shareholder-owned companies have established universities, taking advantage of the government’s special deregulation zone initiative. The two companies will also create new departments and graduate schools for their universities next year, while another joint stock corporation is expected to open a university dedicated to graduate-level education.