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Japan Faces University Consolidation Crisis as Finance Ministry Targets 250 Private Institutions

Japan's finance ministry has reported that approximately 250 private universities, representing about 40% of the nation's 624 private higher education institutions, are likely to face closure or merger due to enrollment shortfalls and financial pressures. Education experts blame the education ministry for approving new university openings in the last decade despite the well-known declining birth rate, creating the current oversupply problem.