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Why ‘safe spaces’ are nowhere to be seen on Japan’s university campuses

25 February 2020

10:18 PM

25 February 2020

10:18 PM

A part-time lecturer and friend of mine was reported to his university last month for making ‘inappropriate comments’ in the teacher’s room. These comments, related to his sceptical views on man-made climate change. The accuser, another part-time lecturer irate at such heresy, clearly wanted my friend to be sacked. Had this been a British or American university, I would have gravely worried about my friend’s position.

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