Commentary / Japan Dec 17, 2018
Japanese education for Egyptian kids?
by Kuni Miyake
Will adopting Japanese-style education help boost Egypt's future economic growth?
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Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Dec 16, 2018
Programming: A code for fun and games
by Danielle Demetriou
The world of programming not only has countless educational benefits for kids, but it can also be an impressive creative outlet.
Business Dec 15, 2018
78% of Japanese high school students seeking jobs after graduation land offers
A government survey has shown that 78.2 percent of high school students hoping to work after their graduation next spring had secured job offers as of the end of October. The figure rose 1 percentage point from a year before, up for the ninth straight ...
National Dec 14, 2018
The ministry will start preparing rules to ensure fairness in the entrance exams for the 2020 year and beyond.
National Dec 10, 2018
Waseda's newly elected president aims to make university a top-notch global draw for scholars
by Chisato Tanaka
Perhaps he won the presidency thanks to his specialized knowledge of voting behavior and public opinion, or maybe it was his casual tweets in conversations with students, his use of mocking buzzwords or his adoption of slang used by his pupils. Whatever the case, 67-year-old ...
National Dec 10, 2018
Myanmar opens first training course for Japanese-language teachers
Myanmar's first-ever training course for Japanese-language teachers is opening as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to invite more Asian youths to work in Japan. The initial phase of the training program starts this month at the Yangon University of Foreign Languages for students ...
Issues | LAW OF THE LAND Nov 25, 2018
School rules in Japan offer harsh lessons in mindless assimilation
by Colin P.A. Jones
"You may not put more than three pencils in your pencil box/ If you wish to speak in class, raise your hand forward at a 70-degree angle/ No going to the toilet in groups/ You must finish using the toilet within seven minutes/ Use ...
National Nov 23, 2018
Children who spend a lot of time reading perform better in academic subjects, particularly mathematics, than those who do not, a private-sector survey has revealed. The Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute, which carried out the survey, said it believes that reading "helps enhance children's ...
National Nov 22, 2018
Japan auditors release Moritomo Gakuen report but fail to answer why land was sold so cheap
The national accounting watchdog released a report Thursday on the murky sale of state land in 2016 involving a school operator close to the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but fell short of identifying why the land was sold at a heavily discounted ...
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Nov 22, 2018
Kim Jong Who? South Korea revamps how students study their northern neighbor
A year of warming relations between North and South Korea has raised the prospects of closer ties, if not some form of unification for the still-warring neighbors far in the future. But it might not be obvious in a typical South Korean classroom. "I really ...
National Nov 20, 2018
Support group highlights pressure to leave no food uneaten at school lunch
Over 1,000 people across the nation have contacted a support group about problems triggered by pressure at elementary and junior high schools to leave no lunch leftovers, it was learned Monday. The Tokyo-based group, whose name translates to the Japan association to help people overcome ...
National / Social Issues Nov 20, 2018
As foreign labor system evolves, education has to play catch-up
Japanese-language education is becoming more important for children of foreign residents in Japan at a time when the government is planning to introduce a new visa system to increase the number of foreign workers. Elementary and junior high schools accept children with almost no conditions ...