LEARNING CURVE

Issues | LEARNING CURVE Sep 13, 2017

Hong Kong's lesson in accountability for Japan's ailing universities

by Paul Stapleton

One word is key to understanding why the Chinese territory's universities tend to outshine Japan's in world university rankings.

Issues | LEARNING CURVE Sep 3, 2017

Some schools in Japan get air conditioning while others are left to nature's whim

by James McCrostie

Government data shows air conditioning is becoming standard in most Japanese public schools, but a handful of cities and prefectures are resisting the trend for questionable reasons.