日本研究生教育遭遇罕见"学生慌"

　　In a country with a shrinking population, the latest trend in Japan's higher education is something of a mystery: the number of universities and academic programs is rising. But there is one obvious problem: not enough students are signing up.

　　在日本这个人口缩减的国家，近来其高等教育出现了一个耐人寻味的奇怪趋势：高校以及科研项目增多。但是问题也很明显——找不到学生。

　　The Japanese government says that nearly half of professionally oriented programs, aside from law schools, have yet to fill their stated student capacity. And the problem has been especially acute in graduate programs in education.

　　日本政府称，除法学院外，几乎一半的专业研究项目都招不满。而师范领域的研究生项目招生尤其困难。

资料图：东京大学研究生院

　　"Japanese universities tend to roll out programs without having a good grasp of the needs in the marketplace. When they start a program, they assume there will be students," said Kenichi Yoshida, an executive senior consultant at the Japan Research Institute in Tokyo, which is affiliated with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

　　“日本大学一般都是在没有很好地掌握市场需求的情况下就设置专业研究项目，当学院开设一个研究项目时，首先就认为肯定能招到人，”位于东京、隶属于三井住友银行的日本研究所资深顾问吉田建一说。