| Extremely high educational levels |
| Japan boasts very high levels of education
due to the thorough and strict education system instituted in postwar
Japan. Mandatory education lasts nine years; however, more than
95% of students continue to high school, and nearly 40% then go
on to college. These high levels of education underpin Japan's high
productivity rate as well as its widespread newspaper readership.
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Advancing to Senior High School |
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Advancing to University |
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Source: Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology
Note: The ratio of students enrolling in graduate school is the ratio
of students who graduated from university and immediately continued
on to graduate school. |
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Public School Education Costs (FY2000, per student) |
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| Source: Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology |
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Private School Education Costs (FY2001, national average per student) |
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Source: Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology
Note: Average cost per student in first school year. |
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