• Wall Street Journal, Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:29 AM

Kyoto University said it will prohibit students from wearing or using any type of watch during its entrance exams beginning next year in order to prevent cheating. The university said the proliferation of smartwatches has made it difficult to determine whether someone is using a watch to communicate with a friend or calculate figures. The ban “is required in order to conduct a fair test,” a university official said. Other universities in the world have taken similar measures, but Kyoto University is likely the first national university in Japan to ban use of all watches at entrance exams, the official said. Exam takers wishing to know the time will have to look up at clocks set up in each room.

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