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…
A city in northeastern Japan is stepping up road snow removal efforts to help the visually impaired January 11, 2022 MORIOKA — This municipal government in northeast Japan has taken steps this winter to step up snow removal efforts so that visually impaired people…
Ghanaian man with kidney failure sues Japan’s city government for blocking aid because of his nationality December 15, 2021 The Chiba Municipal Government Office can be seen in Chuo Ward, Chiba, in this file photo taken on March 1, 2019 (Mainichi / Buntaro…
Public high schools in eastern Japan city allow girls to choose pants instead of skirts December 12, 2021 UTSUNOMIYA – Female students at the 25 municipal high schools in this eastern Japanese city will be able to choose pants instead of skirts…
Western Japanese city to use anonymous donation to give $ 88 per child to families in need November 13, 2021 The Takarazuka Municipal Government Building is seen in Hyogo Prefecture on November 11, 2021. (Mainichi / Kazuhiro Doi) TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo – The government of…
‘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 launches avatar robot test for educational purposes November 10, 2021 The robot avatar presented by the Yaita Municipal Government is seen at the government office in Tochigi Prefecture on October 25, 2021. (Mainichi /…
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…
Western Japanese city starts English classes for all grade 1 and grade 2 students October 23, 2021 Students from Senzaki Primary School listen to and pronounce English words played on a tablet, in Nagato, Yamaguchi prefecture, October 13, 2021 (Mainichi /…
Lithuanian cookbook distributed for free in eastern Japanese city after host city pact October 17, 2021 HIRATSUKA, Kanagawa – A recipe book on food in Lithuania on the Baltic coast has been published and is distributed free of charge in…
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…
All emus that escaped from ranch in southwestern Japanese town captured October 11, 2021 An emu that escaped from a ranch can be seen in this photo provided by a local resident. KIKUCHI, Kumamoto – All the emus…
Western Japanese city offers multilingual support to 6,000 foreign residents to boost COVID fire September 12, 2021 A woman completes a medical questionnaire with the help of interpretation staff at the Toyonaka International Center in Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture on August…
Western Japanese town’s goat ranch cafe stirs hopes for new bleat-worthy attraction September 5, 2021 The manager of the “Lago Sento” cafe is seen next to a large goat statue in Matsue town on August 20, 2021. (Mainichi /…
Wreckage of Japanese warplane arrives in southwestern Japanese town of Usa for preservation August 8, 2021 USA, Oita – Wreckage of a former Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bomber that was recovered after the plane crashed off Tanegashima Island in the…
Temperature in northern Japanese city of Sapporo soars to 35 ° C ahead of Olympic marathon July 20, 2021 This archive photo shows an ambulance on a road. (Mainichi / Kazuhisa Soneda) SAPPORO – Temperatures in Japan’s northernmost prefecture, Hokkaido, recently soared, with…
Cormorant fishing season underway in central Japanese city with anti-virus measures May 17, 2021 Tourists aboard boats watch a fishing captain check cormorants in Seki, Gifu prefecture, May 15, 2021 (Mainichi / Sawako Kumagai) SEKI, Gifu – Cormorant…
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…
Anonymous man donates $ 9.2,000 to western Japanese city to support young caregivers April 19, 2021 This photo shows the letter and envelope that the anonymous man brought to the Ashiya Municipal Government Building in Hyogo Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of…
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…
Japanese city aims to teach kids about sustainability with city-building browser game January 15, 2021 NAGOYA – A website using games to teach children about the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to solve international problems…
80% of Japanese City Public High Schools Have Underwear Color Rules: Lawyer Group December 24, 2020 A group of lawyers and others announce the results of their investigation into Fukuoka City Municipal High Schools at the headquarters of the Fukuoka…
Amid anger over luxury local government vehicles, Japanese town sends mayor’s car on school trips October 19, 2020 A student is seen getting into the Shibukawa City Public Use Vehicle, which has a school bus sticker on its hood, in Shibukawa, Gunma…
Japan city education council chief to resign after saying war could solve coronavirus September 3, 2020 Tsubame City Council of Education Superintendent Hiroshi Endo bows to apologize during a press conference on his previous remark, at Tsubame Town Hall on…
Wild boar leads police in hours-long chase in southwestern Japanese town August 5, 2020 FUKUOKA – A wild boar led police in a savage chase through this southwestern Japanese city for much of the morning of August 5….
A city in Japan in the “second wave” of the coronavirus crisis to resume dispersed school attendance June 3, 2020 Kitakyushu Municipal Government Building (Mainichi / Kimiya Tanabe) A special worker is seen disinfecting the building of Moritsune Primary School, where a cluster infection…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
Palme d’Or winner director Kore-eda turns down invitation from Japanese culture ministry June 8, 2018 TOKYO – Director Hirokazu Kore-eda declined an invitation from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to celebrate his film “Shoplifters”…