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International school teachers exempt from Japan's COVID-19 entry ban, foreign minister says

National Aug 4, 2020

International school teachers exempt from Japan's COVID-19 entry ban, foreign minister says

Foreign teachers at the schools and their families have been allowed in to protect children's education and due to difficulty in finding replacements, the minister said.

Clear regulations needed for international schools

Commentary / Japan Dec 24, 2017

Clear regulations needed for international schools

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The first in a series of selections of unpublished letters about Community stories from the year just passed.

Your school may be international, but what values does it teach?

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.

Evidence mounts of missed red flags in case of former Tokyo teacher facing U.S. child rape charges

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.

Education ministry failing to address teacher shortfall at overseas Japanese schools, report finds

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.

A child rape at St. Mary's school in Tokyo, then a 50-year wait for closure

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.

International schools in East Asia are as local as they want to be

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.

Former St. Mary's teachers faced child sex abuse charges in U.S.

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.

St. Mary's school in Tokyo to investigate child sex abuse after teacher's rape confession

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.

All-Japanese families take a chance on international schools

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"?

St. Mary's International School in Tokyo rocked by sexual abuse claims

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

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