Judging individuals solely by elite academic credentials reflects intellectual stagnation. This mindset closely resembles North Korea’s rigid, status-based worldview.

Judging people by “Tokyo University credentials” alone is intellectual stagnation indistinguishable from North Korean thinking.

2017-07-14

Indeed, there are people for whom being a University of Tokyo professor or graduate appears to be their sole reason for existence.

Holding meaningless and foolish assumptions about the University of Tokyo is equivalent to possessing an intellect on par with that of North Korea.

An article recently revealed that North Korean officials judge Japanese politicians based on whether they graduated from the University of Tokyo.

Indeed, the manner in which individuals whose only claim to existence is being a University of Tokyo professor or graduate have undermined Japan and weakened its national strength.

That manner, together with the way North Korean officials evaluate people solely by whether they graduated from the University of Tokyo, is strikingly similar.