[Machine Translation] Universities are in crisis. This has been the cry for decades, and even now, measures are being taken and opinions exchanged to change universities from a variety of perspectives. So, what is really wrong with universities? This report traces back to the reform proposals made after 1980, and analyzes in detail why these unreasonable and inexplicable policies were allowed to prevail, and why the universities accepted them. The lack of progress in reform is not the fault of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) or university officials alone. The true "bad guys" who are blocking university reform are revealed.