College is, overall, cheaper in Japan than in the U.S., but it isn’t free [1]. You might be thinking of some countries in Europe. The top schools in Japan are

College is, overall, cheaper in Japan than in the U.S., but it isn’t free [1]. You might be thinking of some countries in Europe. The top schools in Japan are indeed quite competitive, but there are also universities that admit almost any high school graduate. A few decades ago, a lot of new universities were established just when the birthrate was starting to drop. Now some lower-tier private universities are struggling to attract enough students to survive. [1] https://schoolynk.com/media/articles/245ea105-7e5e-49db-ad13-17c083b9a00a https://schoolynk.com/media/articles/245ea105-7e5e-49db-ad13...