80% of universities offer both in-person and online classes

About 80% of universities and junior colleges in Japan plan to conduct both in-person and online lessons in the second semester of fiscal 2020 beginning this autumn, an education ministry survey showed, reports Jiji Press.

In light of novel coronavirus infection risks, only around 20% of surveyed institutions said that all lessons will be done face-to-face.

Of the surveyed 1,003 public and private universities and junior colleges, 824 said that they will offer lessons both in-person and online, while 173 said they will conduct all lessons face-to-face as usual. One public institution said that it will have all of its courses online.
Full report on the Jiji Press site