Enrollment Crisis Threatens Japan's Private Colleges.

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.