Government data shows air conditioning is becoming standard in most Japanese public schools, but a handful of cities and prefectures are resisting the trend for questionable reasons.

Increasing numbers of Japanese are going abroad to study, but a close look at the data reveals that looser definitions are inflating the numbers — and that most students aren't spending much time overseas anyway.

Upcoming changes to Japanese university admissions have students, parents and teachers raising their hands to ask questions.

Data suggest Japan's schools are seeing a surge in food allergies among students, but are all the claims legitimate?

Ambitious program has helped Japan meet the world, but does it have a role to play today?

With schools well into their final term and the university academic year already winding down it's time to reflect on the most significant events in Japanese education this past year.

“Predatory conference” organizers now stalk Japan’s groves of academe, preying on unsuspecting researchers. These conferences are inferior events that contribute little to the field of academic knowledge but generate plenty of revenue for organizers’ bank accounts. Academics, some simply naive but others willingly participating, ...

The first sign that Olivia's Gaba lesson would be anything but ordinary came when her student insisted during the warmup that he didn't like wearing clothes. The middle-aged gentleman had previously studied English with Olivia while wearing the shortest of shorts. On this winter day ...

The four-year legal battle between management and teachers at Berlitz Japan was declared over Thursday as both sides signed an agreement to end the company's lawsuit against union officials. Claiming an 11-month strike by unionized teachers to be illegal, Berlitz Japan had sued five teachers, ...

After hearing more than three years of testimony, the judge took only a minute to read the court's verdict rejecting Berlitz Japan's ¥110 million lawsuit against striking teachers and their union and reaffirming organized labor's right to take industrial action. According to the Feb. 27 ...