Tanaka may allow universities to open under new criteria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese education minister Makiko Tanaka holds a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2012, following her decision the previous week to overrule the planned opening in the spring of 2013 of three universities. Tanaka indicated in the news conference that she may allow the establishment of the universities if they meet new criteria, backpedalling from her earlier position.

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