Goldman sees a bargain in resilient Japanese cram school with focus on private tuition
Noriko Mori, 47, paid about ¥700,000 ($6,300) to a cram school to help her daughter prepare for a school entrance exam in Tokyo. Her daughter was six, and the entrance exam was for an elementary school. "It was expensive," Mori said. But "she passed the ...
Kanji workbook's sexual references draw flak, prompting publisher to ponder revision
The workbook, published by a teacher last February, contained phrases such as, “No one should notice the intimate relationship between my professor and I.”
Cram school operator Yoyogi Seminar to abolish nationwide mock tests
Struggling cram school operator Yoyogi Seminar is planning to stop offering nationwide mock tests for university entrance exams next year as part of its restructuring efforts, a company official said Monday. In January it will also stop assessing how applicants fared in unified college examinations. For ...
