Voices | OVERHEARD Jul 22, 2017
Marine Day Special: Summer days
"Hurry up and pack your bag. We've got to get back to Tokyo. You've got school tomorrow."
National Jun 21, 2017
Junior high students rip elementary English as 'useless': survey
by Magdalena Osumi
Around half of junior high school students have called the English skills they acquired in elementary schools “useless,” according to recent findings by education services provider Benesse Holdings Inc.
National Mar 14, 2017
Japanese high school students most passive toward studies, poll finds
Japanese high school students have a passive attitude toward their studies, compared with their counterparts in the United States, China and South Korea, a survey showed Monday. According to the survey by the National Institution for Youth Education, 91.2 percent of Japanese respondents think their ...
National Mar 10, 2017
Miyagi tsunami survivor, 17, keeps memory alive via storytelling
About a month after the March 2011 disaster, an elementary school class in a tsunami-hit Tohoku region city was in uproar, with classmates taking out their nervous exhaustion on each other. After Honoka Tsuda threw a desk at a classmate, she and her classmates were ...
Commentary / Japan Mar 6, 2017
It's time to get real about curriculum reform
by Walt Gardner
Overhauling the curriculum to better prepare students for the future is commendable, but only if the changes are grounded in reality.
Commentary / Japan Feb 7, 2017
No wide agreement on how to handle bullying
by Walt Gardner
A better way for both Japan and the U.S. to handle bullying is to intervene before the problem occurs.
Voices | OVERHEARD Dec 17, 2016
Youth must be served
World Sep 29, 2016
Teen kills dad at home, wounds two pupils, teacher at South Carolina school: police
A teenager killed his father at his home Wednesday before going to a nearby elementary school and opening fire with a handgun, wounding two students and a teacher, authorities said. The teen was apprehended within minutes of the school shooting in this rural town about ...
World May 3, 2016
Duck upholds 13-year tradition, leads ducklings on yearly waddle through Michigan school
A mother duck has grown attached to a Michigan elementary school's courtyard, returning each year to lay her eggs and then walk the hallways with her ducklings — with the help of students and staff — to safely get to a nearby pond. The duck ...
Commentary / Japan Apr 29, 2016
Digital textbooks are accompanied by caveats
by Walt Gardner
It's only a matter of time before the days of students lugging around backpacks full of heavy books are over.
World / Crime & Legal Apr 25, 2016
Alert cop outside prom kills teen gunman who shot two, foils dance massacre
An 18-year-old man opened fire with a high-powered rifle outside of a high school prom in northern Wisconsin, wounding two students before a police officer who was in the parking lot fatally shot him, authorities said Sunday. Investigators did not say whether they believe the ...
Entertainment News Apr 21, 2016
Entertainment firm Yoshimoto Kogyo to open acting academy in Okinawa
Osaka-based entertainment management company Yoshimoto Kogyo Co. said Wednesday it will establish an academy in Okinawa to foster local talent. It will offer training in the performing arts, including dance, song and comedy, and production skills such as lighting and costume design. "Okinawa is a fitting ...