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WST: Japan Rethinks Higher Education in Skills Push

Japan is reshaping its public universities, cutting liberal arts programs in favor of skills that employers say they need.

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By Mitsuro ObeTOKYO—Japan is retooling its public universities, sacrificing liberal-arts programs in collaboration with a business community eager for better-skilled graduates.Read the rest of the story at The Wall Street Journal.

By Mitsuru Obe

TOKYO—Japan is retooling its public universities, sacrificing liberal-arts programs in collaboration with a business community eager for better-skilled graduates.

Read the rest of the story at The Wall Street Journal.

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    Mitsuru Obe reported for The Wall Street Journal; edCircuit republished the story in 2015 with credit to The Wall Street Journal.

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