'Radical' university planned for Tokyo.

'Radical' university planned for Tokyo Yomiuri The Tokyo metropolitan government announced Thursday it will integrate four metropolitan universities under its jurisdiction with the goal of transforming them into a radical new style of university with an independent corporation-based administration. The four universities--Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Tokyo Metropolitan University of Health Sciences and Tokyo Metropolitan College--will be integrated and consolidated over a period of about four years, metropolitan government officials said. In line with Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's plan to establish a different style of university, …