TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that shifting the start of the academic year to September from its current beginning in April is an option but does not need to be done hastily, effectively giving up a proposal that would bring the Japanese academic year in line with the global standard in the fall of 2021.
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