Japanese entrepreneur pitches plan to narrow education gap

Dwango founder Kawakami intends to open affordable online university

DWANGO KAWAKAMI

Dwango founder Nobuo Kawakami on entering Japanese universities: "The more money you spend, the more you are pushed up." (Photo by Ryohtaroh Satoh)

RYOHTAROH SATOH, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- An entrepreneur who works at Studio Ghibli is trying to narrow the wealth disparity in Japan's higher education system.

Nobuo Kawakami, founder of Japanese internet content company Dwango and an assistant manager at Ghibli, told Nikkei Asia that the problem with the education system lies in "the examination industry being excessively developed, in that the more money you spend, the more you are pushed up."

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