Japan's 2018 Problem: Its Universities Are a Ticking Time Bomb

By Sanjena Sathian. Yuki Sato, on paper, has achieved the dream. He is a student at Waseda University, one of the top colleges in Japan, studying political science. Which means he successfully survived the rite of passage that looms large over all Japanese adolescents: the wild hustle to get into a good college. More...