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No. 82280
>>82279
Noooope. The high school exams are no cake either, but getting into a good university is hard as balls - and getting into a good university is really important if you want a good job afterwards. Like, everywhere has its elite universities but it's not considered a failure to not get into one in the same way as it is in Japan, and won't have as much of an effect on your job prospects.
Ironically, once you actually get in, Japanese Universities are easy street. You're expected to do way less work and studying, not only than you did in high school, but also way less than an American university student would be expected to. It's one of the few times in a Japanese person's life when they get to take it easy, and a lot of them get part time jobs or take up lots of club activities or hobbies.
(All this, BTW, is according to my Japanese professor and TA, both of whom have been there, done that. Also cultural notes and readings in my textbook)
This sort of thing pops up a lot in anime/manga. For example, a major source of conflict in Eyeshield 21 was that even though Hiruma, Kurita, and Musashi were only second-years, because Deimon forbid club activities in te second semester for third-years so that they can prepare for these exams without distraction, they only had one shot at the Bowl and couldn't come back and try again next year if they failed.
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