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A former University of Tokyo professor was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for three years, and fined about ?1.83 million for accepting lavish entertainment in exchange for favoring a cosmetics industry group in a joint research project.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2026
Ex-University of Tokyo professor gets suspended sentence over bribes
According to the ruling, the 63-year-old former professor, Shinichi Sato, received a total of about ?1.83 million worth of entertainment.
A 16-member screening committee at the University of Tokyo said it had been looking for a leader with strong ethical standards who could restore public trust amid a series of scandals.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 21, 2026
Education ministry calls for University of Tokyo to review president selection
It is the first time the government has requested a review of how a university selected its president.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2026
Koizumi lauds shift as more universities apply for defense research subsidy program
The defense minister characterized the development as a break from academia’s once deep-seated aversions to being involved in national security.
The goal of Fukushima University's overhaul is to meet the demands of a rapidly changing society by strengthening the university's science and engineering programs.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Oct 19, 2026
Fukushima University to undergo overhaul with greater science focus
The university is responding to calls from industries for workers capable of supporting growth sectors such as artificial intelligence.
While students with Pepperdine University's new Kyoto program are studying Japanese alongside their regular classes, program directors are keen to stress that some of the best learning experiences can be had outside the classroom.
COMMUNITY
Oct 18, 2026
In tourist-weary Kyoto, U.S. college targets deeper ties between students and residents
Pepperdine University’s new year-round Japan program aims to give students an immersive experience while they continue their usual areas of study.
Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan agree on the establishment of the Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University during a meeting in October 2013.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2026
Turkish-Japanese science university opens in Ankara
At Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, about 100 Turkish students will study artificial intelligence, earthquakes and other fields.
The University of Tokyo’s Historiographical Institute on the Hongo Campus in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 14, 2026
The University of Tokyo’s first female president, then the backlash
Japan is ranked 117th among 145 countries in the World Economic Forum’s 2026 Global Gender Gap Index.
Students take part in a government intelligence job experience event organized by the Public Security Intelligence Agency in Tokyo last month. Faces have been obscured for privacy.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2026
Government intelligence job experience event receives overwhelming interest
The Public Security Intelligence Agency had sought around 15 participants for the Sept. 20 event?but received more than 200 applications.
Naoki Nishio, an associate professor of otolaryngology at Nagoya University, managed to raise some ?4.2 million from 148 people through a crowdfunding campaign last year that had a first-stage goal of ?3 million.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2026
As state funding stalls, medical researchers in Japan pivot to crowdfunding
Medical campaigns have surged, particularly since the pandemic, when the acute shortage of resources at some hospitals became widely known.
Buildings in the city of Osaka. Osaka Metropolitan University has announced the possible exposure of personal data on up to 130,000 students and teachers after it suffered a cyberattack.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2026
Data on 130,000 students and teachers possibly exposed, Osaka university says
Data that may have been exposed includes the names, addresses and email addresses of people linked to the institution, it said.
A student walks by a sign at the entrance of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2026
Cornell president vows review in wake of alleged student gang rape
The incident has sparked outrage against the Ivy League school and prosecutors for not filing any criminal charges against the accused perpetrators.
A group of lawyers who were students of International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane submit a petition to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki (second from right) calling on the Japanese government to take action to get the U.S. to lift its?sanctions against Akane, in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2026
Sanctioned ICC head’s former students demand action from Tokyo
A petition with 170,000 signatures has been submitted to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki.
The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
WORLD / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Oct 2, 2026
What we know about the Cornell University rape investigation
The reopened case has prompted public outcry and raised questions about how law enforcement and the university initially responded.
Cornell University’s Chi Phi fraternity house in Ithaca, New York, on Tuesday
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2026
U.S. prosecutors reopen Cornell gang rape case after outcry
Newly released details of the alleged incident have fueled allegations that the university was too lenient.
Professor Yuko Fujigaki, 64, of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, is an expert in the interdisciplinary field of science, technology and society.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2026
University of Tokyo’s first female president vows to restore trust in scandal-hit school
Yuko Fujigaki, 64, told a news conference that she thinks being chosen to lead the 150-year-old institution “sends a big message to society.”
Japan's minister of science and technology, Yohei Matsumoto, speaks during a budget committee session in the Lower House of parliament in Tokyo in December 2025. The government must determine how to connect science, innovation and security while managing the tensions created when their priorities converge.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 11, 2026
91AV原创 science-security convergence needs guardrails
The connection between science and technology policy and security, however, is not new.
Thirty years have passed since the murder of Junko Kobayashi, a senior at Sophia University. Her father, Kenji, prays at the scene of the crime on Wednesday in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2026
Tokyo family marks 30 years since daughter’s unsolved murder
Authorities expressed determination to solve the Sophia University student’s murder despite obstacles resulting from the passage of time.
Students and faculty members of Zen University attend an exchange event in the city of Fukuoka in April.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Sep 7, 2026
Online university draws students with flexibility and training programs
At Kanagawa Prefecture-based Zen University, half of its students are fresh high school graduates.
The buildings of the Old Royal Navy College campus of the University of Greenwich, London
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2026
Britain’s universities bet on foreign students. Now they’re turning elsewhere.
Two mid-ranking institutions are merging into one of the U.K.’s biggest, forging a blueprint for others in the economically challenged sector to follow.
A former courthouse in Newcastle, Australia, is now a facility of Japan's Nihon University.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2026
Old Australian courthouse finds new life as Nihon University facility
Completed in 1892, the former Newcastle Courthouse, distinguished by an arched entrance, is listed as a New South Wales cultural heritage site.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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