Schools in Japan are struggling to meet the needs of children with non-Japanese parents who come from a diverse range of countries.
Aichi Prefecture, which has the largest concentration of non-Japanese pupils in the country, has strong expertise in supporting Portuguese-speaking Brazilian children who had been on the rise before the 2008 Lehman shock. But now teachers are scrambling to cope with an increasing number of children from parts of Asia, including the Philippines and China.
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