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The number of international students in Japan totaled roughly 184,000 as of May 2014; of them, ...</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-list "> <div class="article-box text-list"> <ul> <li> <div class="sub-title">All-out push for talent</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150912105337/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Education/Japan-sets-sights-on-Indian-tech-students">Japan sets sights on Indian tech students</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- The Japanese government will step up efforts to lure talented information technology students from Asia -- particularly from India -- to come here by joining hands with the University of Tokyo and electronics manufacturers. The Ministry ...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Think, don't cram</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150912105337/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Education/A-new-university-aspires-to-change-China">A new university aspires to change China</a></h3> <p>GUANGZHOU, China -- South University of Science and Technology of China is going its own way. It opened in 2011 without obtaining approval from the Ministry of Education. 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The...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Tokyo Institute of Technology</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150912105337/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Education/Japanese-university-plans-to-shine-globally">Japanese university plans to shine globally</a></h3> <p>SINGAPORE -- In an effort to scale the global rankings, the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) is making fresh efforts to transform its undergraduate offerings. 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