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EDUCATION

JAPAN
Feb 10, 2022
Calls for Japan to relax COVID-19 entry restrictions intensify
Foreign business groups and students have weighed in on the issue, warning of international damage to the country's reputation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2022
Female students join male peers as Afghan universities reopen
The Taliban administration has not officially announced its plan for female university students, but education officials said women were permitted to attend classes — away from male student.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2022
COVID-stunted educations dim prospects for India’s economy and its youth
Hundreds of millions of students across India have received little to no in-person instruction with schools intermittently shut down since the start of the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jan 24, 2022
Kyushu drives changes to school rules to ensure freedoms are respected
A substantial number of prefecture-run schools in the region are only now lifting restrictions on the color of students' underwear.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jan 24, 2022
Landed a gig teaching in Japan? You may need a crash course in curriculum creation
Schools that are under strain from both budget shortfalls and the pandemic don't have time to walk new teachers through every step of the process.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2022
Stop saying student debt relief is for the rich
Instead of perpetuating the myth that student debt cancellation is for the rich, politicians should recognize how regressive the status quo is and do what's best for the nation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2022
Japan must restore trust in the future among the young — here’s how
According to the Cabinet Office, just 38.8% of Japanese youth are either satisfied or fully satisfied with the state of the country compared with 57.8% in the U.S. and 56.9% in England.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2022
Top U.S. universities sued in class action for colluding to limit financial aid
Colleges targeted in the antitrust lawsuit include Yale, Columbia and MIT.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 9, 2022
America’s killer capitalism
While many commentators with alternative calculations have questioned the extent of rising income inequality, none has succeeded in dismissing the trend.
JAPAN / Explainer
Jan 4, 2022
What's next for English-language education in Japan?
English has been at the heart of discussions over nationwide university entrance exams amid growing frustrations that few Japanese students learn to speak the language fluently.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2021
Harvard’s conservatives shouldn't have to hide behind pseudonyms
Fearing the wrath of cancel culture, conservative writers at Harvard are reluctant put their names on student publications.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Dec 6, 2021
A dramatic shift: Subject teachers in Japan's grade schools
The plan may improve teacher effectiveness and ease students' transition to junior high, but some schools don't have the resources to pull it off.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 4, 2021
Education ministry seeks to iron out wrinkles over school history syllabus
“Modern global history” is to be made a compulsory subject in senior high schools in Japan from 2022.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 13, 2021
Substitute teachers never got much respect, but now they are in demand
When Amber McCoy called in sick this fall, there wasn’t a substitute teacher who could step into her fourth grade class in Huntington, West Virginia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2021
North Korea seeks to boost education with toy-like robots
The robots, with scowling blue eyes and a North Korean flag across its chest, are intended to help children learn basic math, music and English.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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