By Taro Fujimoto/Japan Today

Kazuhiro Ohshima, Director of Center for International Exchange, Nihon Kogakuin College (Katayanagi Institute)

In Japan, 3,218 private vocational schools offer professional education in individual areas of industry. Currently, 23.1% of high school graduates study at vocational schools and 99.6% of them find employment after graduation. (more…)

Japan’s higher education system is undergoing major changes due to oversupply and a falling birthrate, forcing many universities to merge, while others face bankruptcy or are taken over. Universities across the country are making desperate efforts to attract new students as admissions quotas fall. (more…)