Japan¡¯s university students have had a rough six months and the immediate future isn¡¯t looking much brighter.

While much of the country has more or less returned to some semblance of normalcy, students have almost been left behind in terms of their studies.

¡°It¡¯s like we¡¯re still stuck in the state of emergency,¡± wrote , including the hashtag ¡°Daigakusei no nichijy¨­ mo daijida¡± (¡°The daily lives of university students are also important¡±). ¡°Please listen to the voices of university students. I¡¯m a freshman who has never attended a real lecture, and I¡¯m at the end of my tether.¡±