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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jan 24, 2022
Kyushu drives changes to school rules to ensure freedoms are respected
A substantial number of prefecture-run schools in the region are only now lifting restrictions on the color of students' underwear.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 2, 2021
Japan's incoming PM to retain defense and education ministers, report says
Fumio Kishida is set to keep current Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi and current Education Minister Koichi Hagiuda in his Cabinet, the Mainichi newspaper reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
May 28, 2021
Bill on rehiring teachers fired for sexual acts with children clears Diet
A new law aims to make it more difficult for educators who lost their teaching licenses due to acts of sexual violence to work again.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2021
School's out in much of the world, but Japanese teachers are happy to return
Japan's situation contrasts sharply with that in other countries, where the question of whether to reopen schools has become a hot-button political issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2021
'No singing, eat in silence': How Japanese schools have stayed open despite the pandemic
Japanese schools — which unlike many parts of the world have mostly remained open — are experimenting with various ways to co-exist with the coronavirus while keeping children safe.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 10, 2020
Nankai quake numbers skewed to prioritize budgets over science
When manipulated figures on the likelihood of a Nankai Trough quake were released, internal disagreements were kept hidden.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 9, 2020
Japan's seismologists and policymakers at odds over quake science
Selecting the most alarming estimate for a Nankai Trough quake was seen as a good idea, meeting minutes show.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 8, 2020
The truth behind fear-inducing Nankai Trough quake prediction figures
When a revised probability number was announced for a potential Nankai Trough earthquake, some experts were far from happy.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 30, 2020
Extend support for foreign students in Japan
The COVID-19 outbreak in Japan has left hundreds of thousands of university students in a chaotic situation. Lectures that were supposed to start in April only recently began to be offered online.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2020
In era of COVID-19, a shift to digital forms of teaching in Japan
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 7, 2020
Crisis offers an opportunity for radical educational reform
Shifting the start of the school year to fall would bring the nation a number of benefits.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 1, 2020
Japan’s art institutions struggle to cope with the COVID-19 crisis
Since the quarantine of the Diamond Princess, Japan has gone from being one of the world’s most at-risk countries to lucky outlier, to being again fearful of COVID-19 getting out of control.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2020
Japan-wide academic achievement test canceled as coronavirus spreads
Education minister Koichi Hagiuda said Tuesday the nationwide academic achievement test that was set for April 16 will not be held, following mass school closures in response to the new coronavirus epidemic.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2020
Almost 99% of Japan's public elementary schools shut as COVID-19 spreads
In line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's request last week that schools nationwide close their doors following the COVID-19 virus outbreak, 98.8 percent of all municipally run elementary schools have started extraordinary breaks, education ministry data has shown.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 21, 2020
Japan going the wrong way in English-education reform
English-language education in Japanese schools should focus on reading and writing rather than conversation to build a strong foundation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 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.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 9, 2019
Japan to go ahead with using descriptive questions in university entrance exams from 2020
Japan will carry out plans to introduce descriptive questions for Japanese and mathematics subjects under a new unified university entrance examination system starting in fiscal 2020, education minister Koichi Hagiuda said.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2019
Abe vows level playing field for students taking English tests for Japan university entrance
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday the government will consider measures to address inequalities in opportunities for students taking private-sector English tests under a planned unified university entrance examination system.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2019
Koichi Hagiuda, Japan's new education minister, looks to revamp teacher training system
New education minister Koichi Hagiuda on Wednesday said he wants to review the nation's teacher training system.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2019
Japan's night high schools, a fixture in postwar boom, attracting new kinds of students in today's economic malaise
Night high schools, established after World War II for working youths who were unable to attend ordinary schools, are now providing opportunities for all kinds of people, from former truants to foreign residents with limited Japanese skills.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
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