Caixin
China tightens curbs on 'disguised' tutoring as winter break nears
Authorities enforce policy designed to reduce excessive homework and tutoring
Education
DealStreetAsia
Indian edtech startup LEAD becomes unicorn after raising $100m
Company to expand affordable education service making use of fresh money
Japan immigration
Japan weighs slightly easing omicron entry ban for foreign students
Move would allow in only a few hundred scholarship holders
Education
60,000 staff cut as China's New Oriental Education pivots business
Company statement calls chairman's financial disclosures 'not authorized'
Education
Japan entry ban puts student exchange programs at risk
University of California, Johns Hopkins and more won't send undergrads in spring
Japan immigration
Foreign-born children in Japan struggle to enter universities
Drive to lure overseas talent could be helped by education reform, experts say
Caixin
A Chinese glass tycoon's dream to build a world-class university
Billionaire's plan has been brewing for years
Market Spotlight
Asia's lesser-known tech manufacturers shine in 2021 stock market
Chinese education companies are biggest losers; Alibaba and Tencent tumble
Politics
Peking University gets extra dose of Xi ideology with new centers
Communist Party keeps careful eye on former bastion of activism
Education
Vietnam edtech market soars to $3bn on remote learning boom
Blue chips and startups tap national campaign for digital talent
Hong Kong security law
Thousands of students leave Hong Kong schools in growing exodus
Concerned parents plot escape amid China's national security law
Education
China pushes private schools to turn public in 'fairness' lesson
Soaring education costs place many families in financial bind
Business Spotlight
Chinese tutoring companies struggle to reinvent themselves
After crackdown, school operators venture into clothing and farm equipment
Education
China cram schools drop core tutoring programs amid crackdown
New Oriental and TAL shift focus from children to lifelong learning
Education
Japan to subsidize company-backed university courses
Tokyo intends to nurture talent that can develop batteries, chips and more
Education
International students to U.S. rebound only 4% after COVID-hit year
Japan saw biggest drop of 32% in 2020-21 as nondegree language programs closed
Education
Universities in Japan welcome open borders but face long entry backlog
Pandemic ban forced thousands of students to abandon study abroad plans
Education
China's tutoring crackdown puts over 3 million jobs at risk
Private education companies shed staff as they restructure or close doors
Startups
Singapore's high tide of tech startups surf digitalization boom
Fintech and edtech companies flock to Asia's welcoming Silicon Island
Education
Why an Oxford college is renaming itself for Vietnam's richest woman
Vietjet founder Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao's $211m gift to Linacre draws criticism