Topics
List- StudySapuri survey: People who buy Christmas presents for their children "until they reach the age of 3 or reach adulthood" will "not change" their budget even if their household finances are tight
- Four Aichi Prefectural Affiliated Junior High Schools to Open in 17 Aiming to Cultivate Change-Makers, with some schools seeing 2025 times the number of applicants in the first year
- April 2028: Plan to establish Koshi University (tentative name) Utilizing Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture's corporate version of hometown tax payment
- Ryukoku University's Faculty of Policy Studies Sumoto Project wins the Ministry of the Environment's "12th Good Life Award, Environment Minister's Award, Schools Category"
- Play Ideathon "Future of Play Factory" to be held at the University of Tokyo in February 2024
Research
List- 20 minutes of exercise improves long-term memory for up to 8 weeks
- The main ingredient is water. Mitsubishi Electric and Tokyo University of Science have developed a heat storage material with the world's highest heat storage density.
- Clarifying the current situation where nurses have difficulty expressing concerns about doctors' diagnoses Juntendo University
- Tohoku University analysis: Japan's Taisho-era medical community was initially uninterested in the "Spanish flu"
- Kyushu University discovers that electrical stimulation of immune cells can activate "cancer immunity"
Local creation
List- April 2028: Plan to establish Koshi University (tentative name) Utilizing Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture's corporate version of hometown tax payment
- Ryukoku University's Faculty of Policy Studies Sumoto Project wins the Ministry of the Environment's "12th Good Life Award, Environment Minister's Award, Schools Category"
- Chiba University of Commerce's Teshigawara Seminar and the affiliated high school's business department set up a permanent booth at "Ichikawa Roadside Station"
- Students from the Faculty of Economics at Kanazawa Seiryo University participate in the Kiriko Festival in Miyaji, Noto Town
- Yokohama National University A satellite facility opens in front of JR and Sotetsu's "Hazawa Yokohama National University Station" Inside Terrada Warehouse's first multi-purpose commercial facility "HAZAAR"
Industry-academia collaboration
List- The main ingredient is water. Mitsubishi Electric and Tokyo University of Science have developed a heat storage material with the world's highest heat storage density.
- First step towards unmanned tunnel excavation: Keio University and Obayashi Corporation succeed in blasting tunnel face with "automatic explosives loading system"
- Ryukoku University and NINZIA Co., Ltd. confirm that konjac fiber suppresses postprandial blood sugar rise
- Saitama Institute of Technology conducts Japan's first self-driving bus test ride using next-generation fuel "renewable diesel" through industry-academia-government collaboration
- Kochi University and others launch industry-academia-government collaboration project to revive seaweed in danger of disappearing
entrance exam
List- Ritsumeikan University to introduce "Faculty-specific point allocation method (information type)" for 2026 general selection
- [2024 Entrance Examinations] The total number of students admitted to national, public and private universities falls short of the number of students they are looking to recruit. The total number of students admitted through comprehensive and school recommendation selections accounts for 51.0% of all students admitted, according to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology statistics.
- Kitasato University School of Health Sciences establishes "Special Treatment Scholarship" and "Minamiuonuma City Study Encouragement Scholarship"
- Ehime University Faculty of Engineering will be able to select "Biology" for the general selection (early schedule, science entrance exam AB) from the 2026 entrance exam
- Kumamoto University announces notice regarding admission selection method for new faculty organization "Co-Creation Interdisciplinary Studies (tentative name: planned to be established in April 2026)"
Careers
List- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University begins accepting applications for "BEGIN" Global Human Resource Development Camp for 2nd and 3rd year high school students
- Kinki University and Kintetsu Real Estate partner to provide land to support student entrepreneurs and use for business testing
- A total of 2024 doctoral degree holders will be hired by central government ministries and agencies in April 4, with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare leading the way
- Ranking of popular companies for employment: First half of the 2026 graduate job hunt (Summer 2024) survey by Diamond Human Resources
- Sophia University begins partnership with BizReach Campus; alumni association "Sophia University Sophia Association" cooperates to strengthen career support starting with alumni visits