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After boosting its number of postdocs by thousands, Japan is dealing with a major researcher glut. Heidi Ledford reports.

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Ledford, H. Scientists to spare. Nature 449, 1084–1085 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7165-1084a

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