Tokyo university offers higher pay for US researchers

Move seeks to gain from American schools' brain drain

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Tokyo Metropolitan University has begun accepting applications for two research positions with five-year contracts available to researchers from outside Japan. (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

RYOKO SHIMONOYA

TOKYO -- Tokyo Metropolitan University began accepting applications from U.S. researchers on Wednesday, part of a broader trend of Japanese schools recruiting American scholars who face budget cuts at home.

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