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Need for change in Japan's universities

Nature volume 388, page 223 (1997)Cite this article

Japan's universities need strong leadership to give young scientists, foreign staff and women the opportunities that are denied them. Academics should have more of a sense of crisis over what is an unacceptable situation.

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  1. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, 464-01, Nagoya, Japan

    Yoshinori Kumazawa

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Kumazawa, Y. Need for change in Japan's universities. Nature 388, 223 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/40744

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