National Aug 24, 2020
Over 20% in Japan open to esports as high school club activity, survey shows
Sporting activities played through computer games are beginning to find favor in Japan.
National | Regional Voices: Kyushu May 29, 2020
Japan’s farming and fisheries schools struggle to move lessons online
Students who are required to go through practical training, sometimes so they can attain national qualifications, are not able to carry that out at present.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Regional Voices: Chubu May 27, 2020
Local baseball federation to hand out masks made of washable antimicrobial fabric that are more breathable.
National Apr 21, 2020
In era of COVID-19, a shift to digital forms of teaching in Japan
by J.J. O'Donoghue
Even at the university level, where most students and faculty should have a degree of competency when it comes to digital tools, institutions fall short.
National | Regional voices: Chubu Jan 17, 2020
Nagoya tech school students plan to build seaplane for flood rescues
Members of Nagoya City Technical High School's airplane club are planning to develop a seaplane that can be used to rescue people from floods — an idea they came up with after learning about the Ise Bay Typhoon, a 1959 storm that swept through ...
National Jan 14, 2020
Japan Tourism Agency to promote school trips abroad, with China as major destination
The Japan Tourism Agency is set to promote school trips abroad and other overseas tours for educational purposes in order to help expand interaction between young people in Japan and those outside the nation. The government agency is eyeing China as a major destination for ...
National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Jan 10, 2020
Avatar robot allows Hiroshima students to attend classes from hospital beds
The education board in Hiroshima Prefecture has pioneered the use of a pint-sized "surrogate robot" to realize what was previously considered impossible: allowing hospitalized students to take classes remotely without being monitored by teachers. The success of the board's tech-savvy initiative, considered an educational first ...
National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Dec 13, 2019
Hiroshima's middle school students wear bike helmets, so why not high schoolers?
A 33-year-old housewife in the city of Kure phoned the Chugoku Shimbun one day to convey her concern about her sixth-grade son. He will be attending a junior high school starting next spring and will be traveling there by bicycle, but he does not ...
National / Crime & Legal Aug 29, 2019
Japan's top court dismisses damages over exclusion of pro-North Korea schools from tuition waiver
The Supreme Court has dismissed a damages claim filed over the government's decision to exclude pro-Pyongyang Korean schools from its tuition-free program for high schools, upholding lower court rulings that found the policy lawful. The top court's Third Petty Bench, presided over by Justice Toshimitsu ...
National Jun 20, 2019
Tokyo's Board of Education said Thursday it has decided to allow students at metropolitan junior high and high schools to bring their mobile electronic devices, including smartphones, to school. For elementary and junior high schools run by cities and other municipalities in the capital, the ...
National Jun 20, 2019
Japan's junior high school teachers face longest average working hours in OECD survey
The survey was conducted by the Paris-based institution from February to March 2018.
National Mar 19, 2019
Zama school gives helping hand to foreign students struggling with Japanese life
by Maya Kaneko
A public high school in Kanagawa Prefecture is providing a safety net to foreign students who face difficulties in their day-to-day lives, helping them with everything from the Japanese language to addressing family issues and preparing them for self-sufficiency. Sagami Koyokan High School, in the ...