Japan's schools flunking at global level: symposium | The Japan Times Online

Japan's schools flunking at global level: symposium | The Japan Times Online: "The keynote speakers and panelists agreed that the Japanese education system, particularly universities, is in need of sweeping revamp to remain competitive on a global scale. The audience of some 300 heard daunting figures about the poor evaluation abroad of Japanese universities. For instance, the World University Rankings for 2006, issued by The Times Higher Education Supplement, the weekly education magazine published by an affiliate of The Times of London, shows that only three Japanese universities are in the top 100. They are Japan's top-notch national universities — University of Tokyo (ranked 19th), Kyoto University (29th) and Osaka University (70th). None of the country's venerable and highly prestigious private universities, including Keio and Waseda, made the top 100."