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This chapter discusses national research policy and higher education reforms in Japan. Three distinctive stages are identified—prewar, postwar, and the present— in terms of relevant developmental stages related to the chapter’s themes.
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Arimoto, A. (2006). National Research Policy and Higher Education Reforms in Japan. In: Meek, V.L., Suwanwela, C. (eds) Higher Education, Research, and Knowledge in the Asia Pacific Region. Issues in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603165_8
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