Hokkaido professors receive cash from PhD recipients

Hokkaido professors receive cash from PhD recipients

SAPPORO, Japan - Masaaki Hemmi (R), vice president of Hokkaido University, speaks at a news conference in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 22. Hemmi and the other university vice president, Minoru Wakita (L), met the press after nine professors and associate professors at the university were found to have received cash and gift certificates from seven people who acquired doctorate degrees after their theses were examined by them between fiscal 2007 and 2008. (Kyodo)

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