{
  "id": 15740235,
  "title": "University of Tokyo Urged to Review President Selection",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/university-of-tokyo-urged-to-review-president-selection",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T11:37:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026102000692/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan's education ministry on Tuesday urged the University of Tokyo to review whether the selection process for its next president was appropriate, in response to doubts raised both within and outside the school. This marked the first time the ministry has requested a university to verify the new president selection process. Tetsuo Goda, director-general of t...",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Japan ministry asks University of Tokyo to review president selection",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/japan-ministry-asks-university-of-tokyo-to-review-president-selection",
        "published": "2026-10-20T10:00:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/saudi-ambassador-in-japan-meets-citizens-and-scholarship-students-in",
        "published": "2026-10-20T11:44:28.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}