Japan readies $700m package to lure talent amid US brain drain

EU, France, Netherlands also eyeing researchers fleeing Trump policies

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Under Trump, the U.S. is cutting university research budgets and putting pressure on institutions like Harvard University. (Source photos from Nikkei, Reuters)

RYUTO IMAO

TOKYO -- The Japanese government has put together an emergency policy package of at least 100 billion yen ($698 million) to attract overseas researchers in the wake of an exodus of talent from the U.S. under President Donald Trump.

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