Commentary / Japan Dec 24, 2017
If the government allows some Japanese children to attend non-Article 1 schools, it should allow all Japanese children to do this.
Voices | COMMUNITY CHEST Feb 23, 2017
In case you missed them: a year of responses to Community stories, part 1
The first in a series of selections of unpublished letters about Community stories from the year just passed.
Issues | LEARNING CURVE Jan 25, 2017
Your school may be international, but what values does it teach?
by Kris Kosaka
If you are vested in an international school as a parent, student, member of staff or management, here are four questions to consider.
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Mar 30, 2016
Evidence mounts of missed red flags in case of former Tokyo teacher facing U.S. child rape charges
by Simon Scott
Fugitive 'Mr. Wonder' returned to Tokyo in the 1980s and visited St. Mary's International School, witness says.
National Aug 21, 2015
Education ministry failing to address teacher shortfall at overseas Japanese schools, report finds
by Reiji Yoshida
Despite a recent surge in the number of Japanese school-age children living abroad, the ministry has failed to dispatch enough teachers.
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Apr 29, 2015
A child rape at St. Mary's school in Tokyo, then a 50-year wait for closure
by Simon Scott
Victim reveals details of ordeal at the hands of teachers at international school in 1960s, and of meeting his abuser half a century later.
Issues | LEARNING CURVE Dec 7, 2014
International schools in East Asia are as local as they want to be
by Teru Clavel
International schools are not hermetically sealed off from their surroundings. The local culture can have a huge impact on everything from the schools' academic approach and parental involvement to community outreach.
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Oct 27, 2014
Former St. Mary's teachers faced child sex abuse charges in U.S.
by Simon Scott
Two former teachers at St. Mary's International School in Tokyo faced child sexual abuse charges after returning to the United States.
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Oct 27, 2014
St. Mary's school in Tokyo to investigate child sex abuse after teacher's rape confession
by Simon Scott
St. Mary's International School is setting up a panel to conduct an internal investigation into reported cases of child sexual abuse — including one confirmed case of rape — at the school in Tokyo.
Issues | LEARNING CURVE Sep 14, 2014
All-Japanese families take a chance on international schools
by Teru Clavel
In a notoriously homogeneous society where parents can face criticism for going against the grain, what drives these parents to shun local schools and instead seek out what the education ministry calls "foreigner schools"?
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Sep 1, 2014
St. Mary's International School in Tokyo rocked by sexual abuse claims
by Simon Scott
After Catholic boys school responds to account from 1960s, other former pupils allege systematic abuse by another teacher during the 1970s
Voices | COMMUNITY CHEST Jun 23, 2014
Some letters in response to Jon Mitchell's The Foreign Element articles about sexual abuse by late American School in Japan teacher Jack Moyer.