Japanese universities consider big change to academic year

Japanese universities consider big change to academic year

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows students and others attending the University of Tokyo's entrance ceremony in Tokyo in April 2010. Results released Jan. 25, 2012, of a Kyodo News survey showed more than 40 percent of Japan's national universities, as well as many of the country's top private universities, will consider following the University of Tokyo's lead in switching the start of their academic year from spring to fall.

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