Editorial: Japan’s Education System Is Failing Foreign Children April 19, 2022 There are many children in Japan with foreign roots who, because they do not speak Japanese…
Japan’s Ministry of Education boosts education for young Ukrainian evacuees April 19, 2022 The Japanese Ministry of Education has called for flexible use of existing school support systems so that children of Ukrainian evacuees can study in…
Former Japanese Education Minister Hase Elected Governor of Ishikawa March 13, 2022 Newsfrom Japan Policy March 14, 2022 Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, March 13 (Jiji Press) — Former Japanese Education Minister Hiroshi Hase was elected governor of…
Southwest Japan Education Council Asks Schools to Tell Parents PTA Membership is Voluntary February 8, 2022 A notice from the Kitakyushu City Board of Education asking schools to tell tutors that joining the…
Adult stress linked to record number of child suicides in Japan, education ministry says October 15, 2021 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology can be seen in this file photo taken in the Chiyoda district of Tokyo on…
Delhi Skill University signs MoU to place students in Japan July 14, 2021 The partnership aims to transform the skills ecosystem through an exchange program between Indian and Japanese students, the statement said, adding that the intention…
Japanese Education Ministry’s Social Media Recruitment Campaign Slammed By Teachers April 6, 2021 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Koichi Hagiuda (Mainichi / Masahiro Kawata) TOKYO – The Education Ministry’s social media campaign to generate…
The 6th meeting of the Steering Committee of the Egypt-Japan Education Partnership “EJEP” takes place April 6, 2021 CAIRO – April 6, 2021: Egypt and Japan held the 6th Steering Committee meeting on April 4, 2021 as part of the Egypt-Japan educational…
Egypt-Japan Education Partnership Holds 6th Steering Committee Meeting April 6, 2021 The Egypt-Japan Education Partnership (EJEP) Steering Committee held its sixth meeting on Sunday in the presence of government officials and representatives of the two…
Growing indifference to educational inequality in Japan February 5, 2021 In the past, many Japanese believed in the ideal that all children deserved the same access to education. However, more and more parents seem…
Lawsuit draws attention to sexual abuse in Japanese education system December 25, 2020 We’ve seen how difficult it is for victims of sexual assault in Japan to get even a minimum of justice in the case of…
UPIKE provost receives Fulbright to study Japanese education system September 16, 2020 Lori Werth PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Provost and Academic Director of the University of Pikeville, Lori Werth, has been selected by the United States Department…
Japan education officials divided over reopening schools amid COVID-19 outbreaks April 2, 2020 Education officials across the country are scrambling to decide whether or not to reopen schools in their districts following recommendations from a high-level government…
[Speaking Out] Japanese Ministry of Education should be more transparent in screening textbooks March 21, 2020 On December 25, 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Education disapproved of the Jiyusha Publishing Middle School history textbook prepared by the Japan Society for…
Legal measures needed to increase school attendance of foreigners in Japan: Ministry of Education January 24, 2020 An expert panel discusses the outline of how to provide opportunities for children of foreign nationality residing in Japan, at the Ministry of Education,…
New Chapter in QU-Japan Education, Research Link December 26, 2019 The importance of the continued collaboration between Qatar University (QU) and Japan in the fields of education, culture and research was underlined during the…
West Japan Education Council bans school group gymnastics after crashes and fractures December 21, 2019 KOBE – Multiple injuries prompted the local school board on December 20 to ban city-run primary and secondary schools from having pyramids and human…
Japanese Ministry of Education Seeks Local Government Cooperation in Investigation into Foreign Student Attendance May 25, 2019 In this archive photo from November 2017, the logo of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is seen during a press…
Japanese Ministry of Education seeks to expand teacher system in specialized subjects April 18, 2019 Education Minister Masahiko Shibayama is seen during a press conference at the ministry’s headquarters in Tokyo in this file photo taken on December 14,…
Japan education fair opens doors to Khmer students October 26, 2018 Getting a scholarship is every student’s goal; but it is also every student’s turmoil. Due to lack of information and the complicated process, students…
Scandal shakes Japan’s education ministry as senior official resigns September 22, 2018 TOKYO – Japan’s scandal-ridden Ministry of Education saw the second resignation of a senior official in less than two years, revealing an institutional culture…
Japanese Education Minister Apologizes After Magazine Reveals ‘Sexy Yoga’ Studio Visit With Official Car April 25, 2018 Education Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi apologized on Wednesday after a magazine reported the day before that he had used an official ministry car to visit…
Japanese Education Minister visits ‘sexy yoga’ studio in official car April 24, 2018 Education Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi used an official ministry car to tour a “sexy yoga” studio in Tokyo run by a former porn actress, a…
Should Oman follow the Japanese education system? February 5, 2018 Muscat: The Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development (Ithraa) recommended that Oman follow Japan’s pioneering educational philosophy to boost knowledge-based industries in…
Japan’s education reforms revive memories of wartime indoctrination April 5, 2017 TOKYO (Reuters) – A push for patriotic content on the ethics curriculum in Japanese schools is reigniting fears that children will learn to have…
The Japanese Ministry of Education is reallocating thousands of school buildings, emptied by the country’s dwindling population. – Quartz October 28, 2015 Japan’s Ministry of Education has over a thousand vacant school buildings that they would like to sell to you. The rapidly aging country is…
Education Ministry urges schools to let transgender children use preferred bathrooms: report April 30, 2015 Japan’s education ministry reportedly sent out a statement on Thursday urging schools to increase support for transgender students. The Japan Times reported that government…
Japanese Minister of Education and schools scandal March 10, 2015 TOKYO – Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology may need lessons in morals, honesty and political finance laws from Japan. Hakubun…
Japanese education panelist urges moms to quit jobs and stay home September 5, 2013 Simply closing the employment gap, according to a 2010 Goldman Sachs report, could increase Japan’s gross domestic product by 15%. This is twice the…
Japanese education minister aims to nurture global talent August 25, 2013 TOKYO – Hakubun Shimomura, Japan’s Minister of Education and Science, has been working to make the country’s universities more competitive globally since his appointment…
Indian students flock to the Japanese education fair at DPS RKPuram in Delhi August 30, 2012 With the aim of attracting more and more Indian students to increasing higher education opportunities in Japan, a one-day Japan Education Fair was held…