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Japan to downsize elementary school classes to 35 students by 2025

National Dec 17, 2020

Japan to downsize elementary school classes to 35 students by 2025

The reduction in class sizes will be implemented gradually, starting from lower grades.

Japanese schools struggle with sports days in the age of COVID-19

National | Regional voices: Chubu Oct 23, 2020

Japanese schools struggle with sports days in the age of COVID-19

The need to maintain social distancing and enforce sanitizing measures has seen numerous changes to the traditional event.

Aichi schools' field trip plans upended by spread of COVID-19

National | Regional voices: Chubu Apr 3, 2020

Aichi schools' field trip plans upended by spread of COVID-19

As the number of COVID-19 infections surge, especially in the Tokyo metropolitan area, many junior high schools in Aichi Prefecture have been forced to change their school trip schedules, which are typically held in the spring with third-year students traveling to the Kanto region, ...

Free school lunches to start year early in Osaka due to coronavirus

National Mar 18, 2020

Free school lunches to start year early in Osaka due to coronavirus

by Eric Johnston

Osaka city approved a plan Wednesday that will make it the first major city in Japan to offer free school lunches to all students at municipal elementary and junior high schools, as part of its economic measures to ease the burden on parents in ...

Experts raise doubts that Japan school closures will curb coronavirus

National Mar 5, 2020

Experts raise doubts that Japan school closures will curb coronavirus

by Magdalena Osumi and Enzo Degregorio

Public health experts are concerned the move may turn out to be counterproductive.

Japan to hire 1,726 more teachers in 2020 for elementary and junior high schools

National Dec 23, 2019

Japan to hire 1,726 more teachers in 2020 for elementary and junior high schools

The government will increase its employment quota for teachers at public elementary and junior high schools by 1,726 in fiscal 2020. The measure, included in the fiscal 2020 budget that was approved Friday, is designed to promote work-style reforms for teachers and better respond to ...

Aichi city hires non-Japanese assistants to support foreign children at elementary schools

National | Regional voices: Chubu Dec 13, 2019

Aichi city hires non-Japanese assistants to support foreign children at elementary schools

During a recent math class at an elementary school in Aichi Prefecture, Kamila Tamy Tida Miyamoto, 31, a Brazilian school assistant, pointed to the textbooks of Aika and Ayumi, second-grade Brazilian students who enrolled this year, as she explained concepts to them in Portuguese. Currently, ...

Girls wrestle in the Wanpaku sumo ring for the first time ever

Sumo Aug 27, 2019

Girls wrestle in the Wanpaku sumo ring for the first time ever

by John Gunning

It was a historic weekend for sumo in Japan as the first-ever Wanpaku national championships for elementary school-age girls took place at Okudo Sogo Sports Center in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward on Sunday. Previously, girls who had won through regional qualifying events were unable to take ...

Education ministry to review smartphone ban for elementary and junior high school students

National Feb 20, 2019

Education ministry to review smartphone ban for elementary and junior high school students

The education ministry will consider reviewing a ban on elementary and junior high school students carrying smartphones and other mobile phones at school, education minister Masahiko Shibayama said Tuesday. "We'll consider reviewing the notice (that included the smartphone ban) in the light of changes in ...

Aichi finds wartime elementary school teaching materials

National | Regional voices: Chubu Mar 19, 2018

Aichi finds wartime elementary school teaching materials

Teaching materials for third-year students who attended Kokumin Gakko (equivalent to a modern-day elementary school) in Aichi Prefecture during the Pacific War have been discovered in Aisai, Aichi Prefecture. Believed to have been used for summer homework, the materials recommend students visit injured soldiers, pay ...

Native English speakers in demand as Japanese teachers hone their language skills for new curricula

National Mar 13, 2018

Native English speakers in demand as Japanese teachers hone their language skills for new curricula

More and more elementary school teachers in Japan are turning to English language schools with native speakers, as they seek to gain confidence in teaching the language before it is formally added to their curricula in the academic year starting April 2020. Many teachers admit ...

Olympic organizers send details on mascot contest to elementary schools nationwide

National Nov 20, 2017

Olympic organizers send details on mascot contest to elementary schools nationwide

The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee distributed information to the nation's elementary schools on Monday ahead of the vote for the official mascot. Postcards were sent to over 21,000 schools with details about the voting process so children can participate in the process beginning next month. The ...

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