‘Please understand’: Japanese town distributes student-made labels to people who cannot wear masks

November 11, 2021

TAKAYAMA, Gifu – Wooden tags asking for understanding for people who have difficulty wearing masks due to hypersensitivity, skin or respiratory diseases or other…

Eastern Japanese city creates first government-run helpdesk for young caregivers

November 3, 2021

(Getty images) TOKYO – To support young caregivers required to care for and care for their family members, starting in fiscal 2022, the municipal…

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…

Silent media on Japanese culture of sexual exploitation

May 22, 2021

When it comes to sexual harassment in Japan, the image emerges of the stereotypical train mugger or chikan – the deviant middle-aged man who…

Community and police in central Japanese city decide to remove accident-infested crosswalk

May 6, 2021

This April 20, 2021 photo shows the passage where a fatal accident occurred in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture. Although there are two lanes in each…

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…

Western Japanese city to start providing free sanitary napkins amid coronavirus pandemic

March 22, 2021

Akashi’s municipal government can be seen in this file photo from September 26, 2019 (Mainichi / Toshihiro Hamamoto) AKASHI, Hyogo – The government in…

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…

City in southwestern Japan sees 12 new cases of coronavirus, group suspected at school

June 1, 2020

A special worker is seen disinfecting the building of Moritsune Primary School, where a cluster infection is believed to have occurred, in Kitakyushu on…

Southwestern Japanese city sees 46 new COVID-19 cases in 6 days after lull

May 29, 2020

People wearing masks walk to work and school at JR Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on the morning of May 29, 2020 (Mainichi…

[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…

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,…

Teacher’s passion drives city in central Japan to promote education for foreign children

February 10, 2019

Foreign children study the basics of the Japanese language in a class for these young people in Kani City, central Japan, Gifu Prefecture, September…

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…

Hyoe Yamamoto delves into Japanese corporate corruption culture in “Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair”

May 16, 2018

As a Japanese, it’s a little disheartening to see the words “samurai” and “idiot” in the same sentence. Filmmaker Hyoe Yamamoto’s documentary “Samurai and…

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…

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