Exam season in Japan is brutal. Not only do college hopefuls have to study in order to get into the university of their dreams, those hoping to go to high school also have to endure a rigorous ...

Tokyo - Japan is engaging in soul-searching after police arrested a 19-year-old accused of cheating on a prestigious university's entrance examination by using his mobile phone to post questions on a ...

Close to half a million university aspirants across Japan began two days of unified entrance exams from Jan. 18. This year, new subjects were included in the test. The exam is the first to reflect ...

Hundreds of thousands of students across Japan began taking standardized university entrance exams that traditionally are viewed as an ordeal that will make or break their futures. A worrying ...

The dream of a Japanese robot with artificial intelligence to secure a place at the prestigious University of Tokyo is over after the bot failed miserably in a standard entrance exam. The dream of a ...

The makers of Kit Kat are struggling to cope with a surge in demand for the chocolate bar in Japan, because the country's teenagers believe that it will help them pass exams. Kit Kat, an expression ...