Inter- and intra-regional dynamics on the idea of universities in East Asia: perspectives from Japan
比较日本与东亚其他地区高等教育系统的特征与动态，分析竞争压力如何影响区域互动，同时指出日本大学与亚洲其他大学在机构层面的联系正在加深，导致价值观与身份的趋同。
The authors analyze the profile and dynamism of the Japanese higher education system in comparison with the higher education systems of other East Asian countries, with special reference to East–West hybrid patterns. The authors reflect on the development and transformation of Japanese higher education, especially its interaction with neighboring higher education systems. The authors argue that the stress of competition and hierarchical recognition in regional higher education settings at the macro level may impede active interaction among various Asian higher education systems and institutions. At the institutional level, however, the linkage and interaction between Japanese universities and other Asian universities have been strengthened and deepened. Now, these institutional initiatives are resulting in the convergence of the Japanese higher education with regional higher education systems in terms of institutional values and identities.