Inside Japan's oldest, defiant student dorm

Inside Japan's oldest, defiant student dorm

The elite Kyoto University's Yoshida Dorm is self-governed by students, who treasure it as a bastion of free thinking away from the strict hierarchies that permeate many Japanese institutions. However, the dorm has had to fight to keep its autonomy, and has been enmeshed in a decades-long battle with the university, which owns it and has at times threatened its closure, saying it is unsafe.