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Univ. of Tokyo President Hamada in interview

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo President Junichi Hamada speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. Hamada said the university will call on other national universities to join discussions over a plan to change the start of the academic year to fall from spring.

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Japanese universities consider big change to academic year

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo President Junichi Hamada (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012, over a plan to shift the beginning of its academic year to fall from spring. 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 to start their academic year in the autumn.

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Univ. of Tokyo president

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Hamada, president of the University of Tokyo, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. He said the leading Japanese university will switch the start of its academic year from spring to fall ''within around five years.''

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Reps. of universities vow to restore exam credibility

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo President Junichi Hamada speaks at a general conference of the Japan Association of National Universities in Tokyo on March 2, 2011. The association, headed by Hamada, adopted a declaration to do its best to preserve the credibility of entrance examinations after a mobile phone was used to seek answers to entrance exams for prominent universities on the Internet.

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University admits to using banned chemical in rice

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Hamada (R), vice president of the University of Tokyo, bows in apology during a press conference at the university in Tokyo on Oct. 2. Hamada said a banned agrochemical was used in growing rice at its farm in a Tokyo suburb for three years through 1999 and that around 3.6 tons of rice harvested was sold to faculty members and consumers.

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Univ. of Tokyo fires professor, assistant for suspect research

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Hamada (L), executive vice president at the University of Tokyo, speaks about the dismissal of Professor Kazunari Taira and his assistant Hiroaki Kawasaki at a news conference at the university in Tokyo on Dec. 27. The two are suspected of having fabricated research papers on RNA.

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Univ. of Tokyo fires professor, assistant for suspect research

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Hamada (L), executive vice president at the University of Tokyo, speaks about the dismissal of Professor Kazunari Taira and his assistant Hiroaki Kawasaki at a news conference at the university in Tokyo on Dec. 27. The two are suspected of having fabricated research papers on RNA. (Kyodo)

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Reps. of universities vow to restore exam credibility

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo President Junichi Hamada speaks at a general conference of the Japan Association of National Universities in Tokyo on March 2, 2011. The association, headed by Hamada, adopted a declaration to do its best to preserve the credibility of entrance examinations after a mobile phone was used to seek answers to entrance exams for prominent universities on the Internet. (Kyodo)

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Univ. of Tokyo President Hamada in interview

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo President Junichi Hamada speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. Hamada said the university will call on other national universities to join discussions over a plan to change the start of the academic year to fall from spring. (Kyodo)

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Japanese universities consider big change to academic year

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo President Junichi Hamada (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012, over a plan to shift the beginning of its academic year to fall from spring. 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 to start their academic year in the autumn. (Kyodo)

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Univ. of Tokyo president

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Hamada, president of the University of Tokyo, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. He said the leading Japanese university will switch the start of its academic year from spring to fall ''within around five years.'' (Kyodo)