President Questionnaire (Part 2) – published on Nikkei

Thirty-six percent of the nation's 520 universities welcomed the government's new rules that will allow companies to use evaluations of students' work performance during internships when making hiring selections, calling them "desirable." In the future, 35.2% of respondents said they would "strengthen support" for long-term student internships. 25.8% of respondents supported the introduction of job-based recruitment for new graduates.