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HIGH SCHOOLS

Japan Times
JAPAN / 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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2019
Nationwide test results highlight Japanese students' poor English speaking and writing skills
In the speaking section, many students struggled with improvised speech on randomly chosen topics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2019
Japanese junior high school students slightly more open to marijuana use, survey suggests
Junior high school students have become slightly more open to the use of marijuana, in part due to the influence of the internet, an official survey suggests.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2019
Tokyo to allow students to bring smartphones to school
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2019
Zama school gives helping hand to foreign students struggling with Japanese life
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Mar 15, 2019
As population declines, Fukushima Prefecture to lose 15 of its 96 high schools
The Fukushima Prefectural Board of Education will reduce its number of prefecture-run high schools by 15 by the end of fiscal 2023 as the region continues to struggle with a dwindling number of students due to a declining birthrate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2019
Four Niigata teens arrested over assault on high schooler captured in video that went viral in Japan
Four teenage boys were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of assaulting a high school student boy last month, police said, after a video showing the boy being hit and kicked went viral on social media.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2019
Video of Niigata high school student being bullied goes viral on social media
A video of a first-year high school student in Niigata Prefecture being attacked by a group of schoolmates was posted online and went viral on social media, school officials said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2019
Police to investigate how human skulls ended up as teaching aids at three Fukui high schools
Three public high schools in Fukui Prefecture are believed to have kept human skulls for use as teaching aids, with one having been put on display, officials of the prefectural education board said Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 30, 2018
The direction of education in Japan
Japan has the 6-3-3-4 education system — compulsory education of six years in elementary school and three years in junior high school. Students then commonly go on to three years in high school and four years in university.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2018
Japan to nurture young scientists by integrating high school, university education programs: sources
Plans are afoot to help talented Japanese math and science students grow into leading researchers by integrating some of the nation's high school and university programs from the next academic year, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2018
Education ministry to introduce new compulsory subjects at high schools in Japan
The education ministry released a draft Wednesday of revised curriculum guidelines for high schools, including the introduction of rekishi sōgō (comprehensive history) and kōkyō (public affairs) as new compulsory subjects.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2017
Osaka surveys schools over hair-color rules after lawsuit
Around 80 percent of prefectural high schools in Osaka have requested students whose natural hair color is not black to confirm their original color, a Board of Education survey revealed.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2017
Teen hoops player in critical condition with heatstroke after 43 penalty laps from teacher
A Tokyo high school student is in critical condition after coming down with heatstroke during a punitive basketball practice, officials said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2017
Ministry looks to support high schools involved in fostering regional social businesses
The education ministry has started discussions on providing support for high schools that operate social businesses, aiming to solve problems in regional communities through business methods, Jiji Press learned Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2017
Love of anime prompts young Filipinos to pursue Japanese studies in select high schools
Schoolmates Beatrize Chee and Gio Franza from Manila's financial district of Makati are both self-confessed anime fans.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2017
Japanese high schools saw record number of foreign students in 2015
A record-high 2,147 students from overseas studied at Japanese high schools for a period of three months or longer in fiscal 2015, rebounding from a sharp drop in 2011, the education ministry said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2017
Only 11 of 66 prefectures, major cities held makeup tests for high school entrance exams in 2016: survey
Eleven of the nation's 66 prefectures and major cities held makeup tests last spring for students who were unable to take their high school entrance exams due to illness, an education ministry survey showed Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2016
Japanese students shine in English-language newspaper contest
A group of students from Soka Senior High School in Tokyo won the English Paper Champion Prize this week for their English-language newspaper featuring articles on world peace, human rights and nuclear disarmament.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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