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The article discusses the efforts by South Korea to become a center for higher education. The article describes how the country is drawing top universities from Japan, China, and the U.S. to establish academic centers. The cities of Pyeongtaek, Seoul, and Incheon City have agreed to establish research centers and colleges with such schools as the State University of New York at Stony Brook, North Carolina State University, and the Netherlands Shipping and Transport College. The article details how the nation's own colleges are renovating their programs, such as improving foreign-language programs, updating technology at their scientific research centers, and starting liberal-arts programs. Also discussed is the effect of globalization, internationalism, and industrialization on education.

The article explains that several members of Japan's academic community have increased efforts since the late 1990's to recast the history of Japan, specifically the Nanjing massacre. When the city of Nanjing was assaulted and taken over by Japanese forces, historians have documented that at least 200,000 Chinese civilians were killed and tens of thousands of women were raped. Scholars like Bunyu Ko and Nobukatso Fujioka argue that these numbers are incorrect and only Chinese soldiers were killed in that conflict. In creating a negative image of the Chinese, these scholars hope to reshape Japanese history and change the ways in which the Japanese youth are educated.

The article reports on the fraudulent publication of several scholarly research articles by Japanese anesthesiologist Yoshitaka Fujii, produced during his time as a professor and researcher at Toho University. The article overviews investigations into Fujii's alleged academic fraud for articles that were published in scientific journals including "Anesthesia," "Anesthesia & Analgesia," and the "Canadian Journal of Anesthesia." The article explores how trust amongst scholars in scientific research may have contributed to Fujii's success in getting articles accepted for publication and comments on additional topics including peer review of academic writing, the group Committee on Publication Ethics, and potential punishments for Fujii.

The article discusses the lack of enrollment at several private colleges in Japan. According to the article, Japan's ministry of education has announced that almost half of the country's 550 private four-year universities are below their government-set recruitment targets. Japan's low fertility rate and its demographic conditions are contributing to the schools' enrollment problem. Japan's foreign-student enrollment and how the acceptance of foreign students at a school reduces the Japanese student enrollment are discussed.

The article looks at how Japanese universities continue to feel unwelcoming to many outsiders. The School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University, Japan's top private university, offers a diverse curriculum taught in English to students who must spend a year abroad to graduate. According to the article, the appointment of Paul Snowden as the dean of Waseda, which is the highest position reached by a non-Japanese at Waseda, was considered highly unusual. Most of the foreigners working in higher education in Japan work as low-level English-language teachers on short-term contracts. According to Bruce Stronach, an American and the president of Yokohama City University, Japanese universities are not doing well, and one reason is because the education students are getting is homogenous.

The article discusses concerns by historians in Japan and China that the government of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe espouse revisionist views that deny Japan's war crimes. Topics addressed include Japanese Education Minister's alleged desire to revoke the verdicts of the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946-1947, Abe's revival of the Education Rebuilding Council, and differing depictions of events such as the 1937-1938 Nanjing massacre in Japanese and Chinese textbooks.

The article presents a profile of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, a research university focused on collaborative research and international education based in Onna, Japan. OIST President Jonathan Dorfan comments on the institute's commitment to promoting interdisciplinary research, recruiting foreign students and faculty, and developing a relationship with the local economy. Other topics explored include the model of government financing used at OIST and potential innovations in the Japanese higher education system aimed at making it more globally competitive. The research of OIST professors such as evolutionary biologist Alexander Mikheyev, physicist Keshav M. Dani, and applied mathematician Tatiana Márquez-Lago is also highlighted.

The article examines how the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, Japan is having an impact on the economic conditions and organizational structure of universities in the area. It describes how Ishinomaki Senshu University is being used as a crisis center for the homeless and disaster volunteers, reports on a trend of foreign students and faculty leaving the area amid safety concerns regarding radiation from the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and examines how the economic problems resulting from the disaster may force Japan's Ministry of Education to reform the country's higher education system. It also explores how power outages have impacted university research projects and provides comments from college administrator Yoshiaki Ozaki.

The article looks at efforts by South Korean universities to recruit and hire foreign professors to teaching and research positions at their schools. It describes the aims of this effort, called the World Class University Project, which include the South Korean government's desire to modernize that have led them commit money to this endeavor. It also describes the competitive salaries that have attracted foreign professors from Europe and the U.S., mentions how problems with the U.S. economy have prompted many college teachers to look overseas for jobs, and highlights the hiring of foreign teachers at Sogang University, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kaist), and Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech).

The article reports on poetry contests in Japan known as poetry boxing tournaments. The goal of the competitions is to transcend shyness and alleviate inhibitions among Japanese people. Before a live audience, mismatched competitors perform and recite haikus, comics, fairy tales, and hip-hop set to monologues on a diversity of topics. The competitors come from a cross section of Japanese society and include university students, housewives, the disabled, teachers, salarymen, and pensioners. Event organizer Katsunori Kusonoki believes the popularity of the event will grow as Japan lets in more foreigners to add to its labor force.

The article discusses university student enrollment in Japan. The author states that Japan's supply of youth is decreasing and more than a quarter of all campuses could close within a few years. Ways that universities are drawing in students include sending recruiters out to high schools, holding open houses for prospective students, building swimming pools and revamping libraries, and recruiting more foreign students. In 2008 10,000 fewer students took national exams to enroll in one of 756 universities and colleges.

The article discusses a plan to increase cooperation between Japan's Ministry of Defense and Japanese universities for military research. Topics include the role of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in promoting university-military cooperation, the ban on military research at schools such as the University of Tokyo, and comparisons of Japan's situation with U.S. university-military cooperation.

The article reports on the academic controversy surrounding accusations of research fraud against the Japanese scientist Haruko Obokata of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in 2014. Details are given noting the allegations against Obokata, their implications on the quality and reliability of Japanese scientific research in general, and further allegations that Riken has disciplined her unfairly.

The article reports allegations made by Japanese university professors that the Japanese government has pressured them to play down the impact of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown that took place in March 2011. Topics discussed include the lack of funding available from the Japanese government to perform research at the Fukushima site, allegations that the Japanese nuclear lobby holds power over the nation's universities, and questions about the radiation levels that resulted from the meltdown.

The article examines the difficulties facing American professors working in South Korea. It notes that the country has increased practices to internationalize its colleges and universities, spending more resources on recruiting foreign teachers. However, the author states that issues such as integrating into the faculty, contract policies that favor Korean academics, and poor retention practices have led to low success rates for American professors. Particular attention is given to disputes from professors Michael Foster and Steven Jordan with Korea University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kaist) over their termination.

The article reports that a forum to be hosted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency in which Chinese and Japanese scholars were invited to explore and expand academic partnerships and student exchanges between Japan and China has been canceled due a territorial dispute between the countries.

The article discusses the higher education system in South Korea and explains that many colleges in the country may have to close or consolidate due to a lack of students. According to the article, the problem is a result of higher education policies that greatly expanded the amount of universities built in the country, despite a minimal increase in the birth rate. Comments from South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak and education ministry director Sung Geun Bae are also presented.

The article discusses the possibility that universities in Japan may shift the beginning of their academic year from spring to fall in order to better align their schedules with those of Western universities. It explores how this shift may impact foreign student recruitment for Japanese schools, examines ways in which businesses who typically hire in March may be affected by this schedule change, and presents comments from Japanese university official Masako Egawa and professor Akiyoshi Yonezawa.

The article presents a brief interview with biologist Tim Mousseau regarding the long-term effects of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster of the Ukraine in 1986 and its possible ramifications on similar events in Japan in 2011.

The article presents discussion of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant disaster of Japan in March 2011, highlighting accusations of pro-nuclear bias on the part of government regulators and within the mass media. Allegations that the Japanese government deliberately misled the public by only quoting pro-nuclear scientists are described. Further information is given suggesting that faculty members of major universities in Japan are also discriminated against for criticizing nuclear energy.

The article reports on ways in which higher education institutions and research centers in northeast Japan were impacted by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It discusses the damage to the buildings at Kitasato University near Sakihama, Japan, explores efforts by officials at Japan's Ministry of Education to confirm the deaths of the region's missing university students, and describes ways in which limitations on power usage for colleges in the summer semesters could impact learning.

The article examines how several universities in Japan including Waseda University, Sophia University, and Iwate University are dealing with issues related to delayed start dates, damaged buildings, and decreased student enrollment due to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

The article examines ways in which universities in northeastern Japan have implemented safety measures to protect students following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, Japan.

The article discusses Campus Asia, a project designed to coordinate higher education in China, Japan and South Korea to encourage undergraduates to stay in the region rather than go to the U.S. or Europe for education.

The article discusses the plan of the South Korean government to allow its most prestigious university, Seoul National University (SNL), more autonomy as the first step in reforming its higher education system. Supporters expect the move to encourage innovation. Professors at SNL say the plan has been pushed through without properly educating faculty or getting their support. It is expected to be passed by the Parliament in April 2010. Under the existing system, professors are state employees.

In this article the author discusses aspects of teaching history at the Guangdong University of Technology in China and at the Sophia University in Japan. He explores the differences in Japan's and China's history curricula. He comments on the number of students who asked him why they haven't heard about a historical event before. Also investigated are other countries' selective inclusion of historical events in their history textbooks.

The article discusses South Korea's National NanoFab Center in Daejeon. Run by the prestigious Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kaist), it is an example of the government's support for research and development in advanced fields such as nanotechnology. In an arrangement typical for South Korea, Kaist donated the land, the local and national governments paid for construction, and the institute provides fabrication and other services for consumer electronics company Samsung Electronics. Samsung sponsors a course at Kaist teaching about microchips to students, who will likely work for Samsung as graduates. The Daejeon center created the world's smallest transistor in 2006, the smallest nonvolatile flash memory device in 2007 and a unified random-access memory in 2008.

The article discusses differences between U.S. universities, who are struggling with the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, and universities in France, South Korea and Australia, who are protected by their governments from the effects of the recession. The information was gathered at the 2009 International Presidential Forum, a gathering of presidents of science and technology universities. Some attendees expressed concern about the ability of the U.S. to remain a leader in higher education. ParisTech, which receives about 70 percent of its funding from the French government, is building a campus in the Paris suburbs. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, site of the conference, received $50 million in additional government funds for sustainable development projects.

The author reports on steps that South Korea is taking in order to entice students to attend a local college. Steps that South Korea plans on taking to entice students to attend a local college are mentioned, such as opening up local branches of foreign universities. The author states that South Korea is also taking steps to improve the quality of research at its universities.

The author reports on the creation of New Songdo City, South Korea. The author states that the centerpiece of New Songdo City is Songdo Global University. According to the article, Songdo Global University is being created to combine the academic strengths of South Korea, the United States and Europe. The involvement that the State University New York at Stony Brook and North Carolina State University are having in the creation of Songdo Global University is mentioned.

The article discusses enrollment numbers for international college students during the 2009-2010 school year. The author reveals that universities in Asia are experiencing declines among South Koreans studying abroad. The statistics are attributed to the fact that the value of South Korea's currency has dropped sharply during the year, almost doubling the cost of living abroad for South Korean students. The potential impact of the situation on finances of universities and colleges in the United States is examined.

The article reports on the plans of Meiji University of Tokyo, Japan to open a museum of manga and anime. Comments are given describing the rise in scholastic interest in the comic art form, highlighting the shift in focus from traditional to popular Japanese culture. Mention is also given to the additional opening of the Kyoto International Manga Museum at Kyoto Seika University in 2006 in Kyoto, Japan.

The article reports on scientist Shinji Suzuki and his plan to launch a paper airplane from the International Space Station. Suzuki expects the airplane to survive re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere and will raise the profile of science and generate interest among children. Other topics include hypersonic wind tunnels, friction and heat, and the astronaut Koichi Wakata.

The article discusses the promotion of transgender students at Suan Dusit Rajabhat University in Thailand. The author notes that transgender students are exempt from following gender-specific school dress codes and that the school is promoted as a safe place for gay, transgender and transsexual students. The college also holds an annual beauty pageant for transsexuals. The article notes how the college is helping to challenge cultural attitudes regarding transgender people.

The article reports that South Korea is attempting to internationalize its insular higher-education system. Part of the effort is the creation of an $800 million World Class Universities grant program intended to get top foreign scholars to come to the country. The program requires grant recipients to spend a few months every year working in South Korea.

The article focuses on child prodigy Alia Sabur, who is still shy of her 20th birthday, and is traveling to South Korea to take a teaching position at Konkuk University in Seoul. While at the university, Sabur will start her research in spectroscopy techniques and give lectures. Sabur is a doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering. The article explains that Sabur was a university student at 10, she had her bachelor's degree at 14, and her masters at 17. She is also a black belt in tae-kwon-do and a concert-level clarinet player, her debut was at the Rockland Symphony Orchestra.

The article profiles the president of South Korea's Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, or Kaist, Nam Pyo Suh. The author states that in just nineteen months in office he has initiated sweeping changes that are aimed at transforming the institute into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of Asia. Reforms of the institution include increasing private financial support, more strict student admissions, and requiring that all freshman classes be taught in English. The author states that most are supportive of the changes, yet some have taken issue with the speed of reform.

The article reports on the appointment of Bruce Stronach as dean of the Japan campus of Temple University.

The article focuses on Pyongyang University in North Korea. It explains that the university will open late due to lack of funds. The university will be the first international university in the country, and has received support from Christian organizations in South Korea and the U.S. The technological support of the school is discussed and comments from a representative, Sung Kwangjae, are included. The recruitment of faculty members to teach at the school is explored and the need for further sponsorship is examined.

The article focuses on female administrators and officials at colleges and universities in Japan. It explains that few women work in top management positions in the country's higher education system. The reasons behind the lack of gender equity are explored, including a shortage of women in academic fields. Information about the female representation among Japan's other businesses is offered, as well as how Japan's rates compare to those of female representation in management positions in the U.S. The social aspects of women as homemakers in Japan are explored, and the recruitment of women for jobs in higher education is discussed.

The article presents news briefs related to international colleges and universities. Research regulations in South Korea's universities have tightened following a faked cloning scandal by scientist Woo Suk Hwang. The "Banff" principles on graduate education were released by higher-education leaders who attended a global conference on graduate education. The Iranian government was ordered by an American court to pay damages to the family of Marla Bennett, a student killed during a bomb attack.

The article focuses on the development of Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, an English-language university, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The amount of foreign involvement and money supplied for the campus are explored. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's leader, is reported to have ordered the site cleared for use and granted the university the right to hire staff members from anywhere in the world. The university is expected to help train a generation of business executives and technicians. Details are provided for Malcolm Gillis, a former president of Rice University, who has helped to raise money among U.S.-based Koreans.

The article reports on controversy over a paper published by researchers at Japan's Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine. At a news conference Dean Masaya Tohyama announced that an investigation, the results of which were not made public, found "flaws" and "immature data" in the paper based on "inadequacies" in its preparation. The paper's author, researcher Dr. Iichiro Shimomura, says the accusations are not substantiated and are politically based, and he is considering legal action. Shimomura's lawyer questions how the university could release his client's name to the press when they have no intent of charging him with fraud or disciplining him. The journal "Science," in which the paper was published, is following the situation but has no plans to retract the paper.

The article describes the goals and methods of activists and academics like Fumiko Niki who work to prove the magnitude of Japanese crimes committed before and during World War II. Niki is the curator for the Chukiren Peace Museum. which displays a collection of images and testimonies from these war-torn years. These Japanese individuals are fighting against the revisionist movement to depict a much different and less incriminating history for Japan. Niki and others are concerned about the youth of Japan and feel that the country must remember it's past in order to create a safe future.