As Japan’s population ages and youth cohorts shrink, universities are looking outward. At the University of Tokyo, Kaori Hayashi helps lead the push for international students.

*Updated: An earlier version of this post said that The University of Tokyo does not offer undergraduate international exchange programs, when, in fact, it does. It also referred to the school as ...

As the government aims to welcome 400,000 foreign students, universities are at the center of this effort, balancing tradition with innovation to meet labor shortages and foster cultural integration.

The importance of higher education in promoting economic growth is a well-known axiom of development and this role is only expected to increase as changes in globalization, demography and technology ...

TOKYO — The campus of International Christian University was an oasis of quiet in the final week of the winter term, with a handful of undergraduates studying beneath the newly sprouting plum trees ...

A preliminary report from Japan’s top-ranked Tokyo University (Todai) made waves last week with a recommendation that the school shift the timing of the academic year. Thirty-six other national ...

Julie Tanaka has spent 19 of her 22 years at Japan Women’s University, in Tokyo. She entered the university’s kindergarten program at the age of 3, progressed through its elementary school, middle ...

Look at any global ranking of universities worldwide and Japan’s ‘big-name’ universities will feature in the top 100. University of Tokyo, for example, ranks well within the top 50 universities in the ...

At 68 and after a lifetime of academic work, Mitiko Go is at the top of her profession: president of Tokyo’s Ochanomizu University. That might not seem like that unusual an accomplishment, but she is ...