If Japanese universities are failing, how they are leaders in science?
Are they? I hear more about American, British, and Chinese universities and research institutions than Japanese institutions.
Japan's Universities Are Failing
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Re: Japan's Universities Are Failing
#52I really don't see a way out for Japan that's not immigration. It might lead to social upheaval, but it sounds like that kind of change is sorely needed. A well executed immigration policy could inject fresh blood into that country.
> I really don't see a way out for Japan that's not immigration. That's a pretty small-minded and dogmatic statement; it basically amounts to "copy US policy, it's the only way." At some point, someone in the world is going to actually have to solve the problem of stagnant or declining populations, without copping out and just importing new populations from elsewhere.
Well, that "US way" has worked better than every other developed country in that respect, why not adopt it?
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
As soon as their economy picks up... Japan had their real estate and stock market bubble in 1990. The Nikkei index reached nearly 40,000. People in Japan speculated that Japan would pass the US in GDP in a few years. Then came the long crash.[1] The Nikkei index dropped all the way to 7000 by 2003. Then it recovered some, but crashed again in 2008. There's been considerable recovery since; it's now around 20,000. But…
The problem of Japan is caused specifically because of its make work culture. Jobs are focused on shoe face, NOT on producing value. What matters is not how good you are it is how many years you have put into the company working 80 hour weeks. It is unsurprising to me that a culture not focused on producing value wouldn't produce much value.
Shoe face?
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
that would seem to make it comparable to a number of "elite" American universities ;)
Do you spend like six hours studying after school and eleven hours in weekends for several years? Then it is comparable :)
I'm sure it's a similar regimen to get into Stanford, except that time is spent towards research and other extracurriculars in addition to SAT prep.
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#55I really don't see a way out for Japan that's not immigration. It might lead to social upheaval, but it sounds like that kind of change is sorely needed. A well executed immigration policy could inject fresh blood into that country.
No, it seems they have decided they prefer robots to immigrants.
It actually makes more sense with all the talk about the ai revolution.
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#56I really don't see a way out for Japan that's not immigration. It might lead to social upheaval, but it sounds like that kind of change is sorely needed. A well executed immigration policy could inject fresh blood into that country.
> I really don't see a way out for Japan that's not immigration. That's a pretty small-minded and dogmatic statement; it basically amounts to "copy US policy, it's the only way." At some point, someone in the world is going to actually have to solve the problem of stagnant or declining populations, without copping out and just importing new populations from elsewhere.
I mean, the US way works. Immigration, especially of skilled labour, lends real tangible benefits to the US, its growth, and its culture.
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#57I applied to a university in Japan and got in.
Essentially it's hard to get in, once you in, you pass. Work culture in Japan and school is a bit toxic.
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#58I really don't see a way out for Japan that's not immigration. It might lead to social upheaval, but it sounds like that kind of change is sorely needed. A well executed immigration policy could inject fresh blood into that country.
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Re: Japan's Universities Are Failing
#59I really don't see a way out for Japan that's not immigration. It might lead to social upheaval, but it sounds like that kind of change is sorely needed. A well executed immigration policy could inject fresh blood into that country.
> I really don't see a way out for Japan that's not immigration. That's a pretty small-minded and dogmatic statement; it basically amounts to "copy US policy, it's the only way." At some point, someone in the world is going to actually have to solve the problem of stagnant or declining populations, without copping out and just importing new populations from elsewhere.
You are absolutely right.
Korea and Japan are investing heavily into robots.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I really don't see a way out for Japan that's not immigration. That's a pretty small-minded and dogmatic statement; it basically amounts to "copy US policy, it's the only way." At some point, someone in the world is going to actually have to solve the problem of stagnant or declining populations, without copping out and just importing new populations from elsewhere.
Well, that "US way" has worked better than every other developed country in that respect, why not adopt it?
We do not live in a one variable world.
You can't ascribe the position of the US solely to its immigration policies. Especially since it's impossible to correlate immigration trends in recent years in the US to economic trends.