Loans are to be forgiven for students returning to their home countries.

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One school campus was obliterated, and on the eve of 1, 500 students returning to class for the first time since Wednesday's blast, Superintendent Marty Crawford said the high school and middle school could also be razed.

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But when they launched Chattersource in April 2010, students were sending them emails asking whether the site could help graduating students sell their furniture or returning students to sublet their apartments for the summer.

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For college and university students, fall typically marks the back-to-school time of returning to campuses, classrooms and colleagues.

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But looking beyond the advanced degree itself, students might hope and expect to find a job abroad and work for a few years before returning to Japan.

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The school is hoping to open on 9 January for students taking exams, with the rest of those at the 1, 330-pupil school returning by the end of that week.

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