japanese universities hold (ANNUALLY)..........entrance examination to decide which students will be attending their classes from the start of the (ACADEMY)..............year in April. Japanese society place a hight (VALUABLE)..........on the academy background, making an (IMPRESS)............educational record helpful in getting ahead. (PARTICULAR).........since the boom years of the 1960s anh 1970s, attending a (PRESTIGER) ..............universities is seen as a way of improving one's chances of winning a job at a top company and gaining the (RESPECTFUL)..........of other. However the country's low birthrate has led to smaller(POPULATED)..........of young people, meaning that entrance examination are not as(TOUGHNESS).........as the onece well, while other options, like study aboard, are further (TRANSFORMATION).............the education landscape.
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