Japanese education ministry official arrested over drug possession
A career bureaucrat in the education ministry was arrested Tuesday for allegedly possessing a stimulant drug and marijuana, drug regulatory authorities said. Mitsuhiro Fukuzawa, 44, assistant director to the counselor for the elementary and secondary education bureau of the ministry, has admitted to possessing a ...
Following a recent spate of accidents in which children have been killed, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday instructed ministers to ensure road safety for preschoolers. Abe also called for measures featuring advanced technology such as automatic braking systems to enhance the safety of vehicles ...
Employment rate for Japan's college graduates close to record high at 97.6% amid labor shortage
Demand remained strong among companies on the back of the labor shortage, an education ministry official said.
Filipino student trio chart map to happy life in Japan
In navigating their way through Japan's often complex and confusing society, a group of Filipino international students formulated a road map for those who might choose to follow their path and want to spread the word. Through their activities at school and elsewhere, in connection ...
Education ministry draws up reference guide on gambling addiction for Japan's schoolteachers
The documents are intended to improve teachers’ understanding of various addictions by detailing the factors that cause them.
After university loses contact with hundreds of foreign students, Japan plans penalties for schools
The government plans to penalize universities with many foreign students whose whereabouts are unknown, it was revealed Thursday. The move is included in a draft of the government's response to the issue, which came to light following the recent revelation that about 700 foreign students ...
Japan rebuts China and South Korea's protests over textbooks outlining stance on disputed islands
All six social studies textbooks to be used by fifth- and sixth-grade students call the disputed areas an “inherent part of Japan’s territory.”
The green light has been given to a controversial research process that involves implanting human stem cells inside animals and could eventually lead to growing human organs for transplant inside animal hosts. The decision by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on ...
The education ministry has said it will step up efforts to encourage public schools to adopt reforms intended to tackle excessive overtime work by teachers, calling on local education boards to establish pools of support staff capable of leading extracurricular activities on behalf of ...
Number of cases of school bullying rises to new high in Japan
Japanese schools reported a record number of bullying cases in fiscal 2017 amid a nationwide effort to have teachers identify even the most minor cases in order to tackle problems while they are still at an early stage, the education ministry said Thursday Public and ...
If a structure of collusion between the education ministry and the sector that it oversees is behind the bribery cases, it needs to be exposed and fixed.
Education ministry's top bureaucrat Kazuo Todani quits amid bribery scandals
Todani steps down to take the blame for bribery scandals that embroiled two senior officials.
