Asia Pacific | ANALYSIS Jun 24, 2022
Record numbers of Chinese graduates enter worst job market in decades
by Martin Quin Pollard
Struggling to find jobs goes against what educated young people have come to expect after decades of breakneck growth.
News updates, features and analysis related to the field of education in Japan and the world
National / Science & Health Jun 23, 2022
An education ministry survey showed that children's uncorrected vision got progressively worse as they moved through grades, with the phenomenon especially prominent among girls.
National Jun 23, 2022
Japan aims to up number of international students to 300,000 by 2027
by Magdalena Osumi
The number of foreign students declined significantly due to COVID-19 and related border controls, and now the education ministry aims to get it back to the pre-pandemic level.
National Jun 22, 2022
Will a ¥10 trillion fund be the savior of Japan’s universities?
by Tomoko Otake
Experts say that without major reform of Japan's deeply ingrained academic culture, it will be hard to improve the quality of the nation's research — no matter how much money is spent.
Asia Pacific / Politics Jun 14, 2022
Rewritten schoolbooks state Hong Kong was never a British colony
by Krystal Chia
The four sets of textbooks for a class on citizenship say the Chinese government never recognized the 19th-century treaties that handed Britain control of Hong Kong.
National Jun 14, 2022
Japanese universities team up to accept students from Ukraine
by Supriya Singh
The universities, including International Christian University, Meiji University and Sophia University, plan to offer approximately 70 students free education and a safe environment to study.
National Jun 8, 2022
Chinese man arrested for alleged Hitotsubashi University exam cheating
The man, in his 20s, allegedly leaked a test question through social media and solicited an answer, sources said
National | Regional voices: Chubu Jun 6, 2022
Schools in Japan struggle to serve affordable lunches as food prices surge
While schools are trying to curb costs by changing ingredients, it is not easy to do that and at the same time meet the required nutritional standards.
National Jun 3, 2022
Japan to offer support for students with outstanding talents
The support program is aimed at allowing such students, who sometimes feel uncomfortable and isolated at school as regular classes can be too easy for them, to receive advanced education.
Asia Pacific Jun 3, 2022
Myanmar classrooms become latest battleground as junta opens schools
In a makeshift school near a monastery, members of a pro-junta militia stand guard outside, providing protection in the absence of regular security forces.
National Jun 2, 2022
Scandal-hit Nihon University to appoint author Mariko Hayashi chair of board
Hayashi, who has won the prestigious Naoki Prize for fiction and been given the Medal with Purple Ribbon, would be the first female chair at the university, which is one of Japan's largest.
National May 29, 2022
Four Japanese universities set to apply for ¥10 trillion government fund
Nagoya University and Osaka University are among the schools that intend to apply for the funds, established as part of efforts to promote science and technology in Japan.