China lures increasing numbers of research scholars from Japan

Ample funding and openings attract talent frustrated by chances at home

20230608 The Tsung-Dao Lee Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The Tsung-Dao Lee Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University is seeking to become the world's top-level research body in the field of astrophysics. 

NORIAKI KOSHIKAWA and RYOSUKE MATSUZOE, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- An increasing number of Japanese scholars are filling research posts at universities and laboratories in China. In the past, China had mainly welcomed engineers from Japanese companies, but it is now looking to attract academics in astronomy and other basic fields of science.

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