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Students at Japan high school developing cream to prevent jellyfish stings
The aquarium club at a public high school in Ehime Prefecture has developed a prototype for a cream that prevents jellyfish stings, with a goal of releasing the product in February with help from a private company. With products to prevent jellyfish stings still a ...
Post-quake survey finds quarter of Japan's schools have dangerous external walls
The education ministry said Friday that an emergency survey found that about a quarter of schools in the country, or 12,640 institutions, have dangerous external walls. The survey was conducted after a student of an elementary school in Osaka Prefecture was crushed to death when ...
Using their noodles: Fukui school's soba club hopes to roll to national title
Noodle club members from a high school in the city of Fukui are hurriedly honing their soba-making skills to prepare themselves for the national high school championship in Tokyo later this month. The noodle club, a rarity even in noodle-crazed Japan, was launched two years ...
In-person and online bullying led to 2016 suicide of 13-year-old Aomori girl: report
The 2016 suicide of a 13-year-old girl in the city of Aomori was caused by bullying carried out in person and online, a panel looking into her death reported to the local government Thursday. The final report on Rima Kasai's suicide was compiled by a ...
Fukushima 'ambassadors' visit Taiwan school to offer thanks for 3/11 aid
Three students from Fukushima Prefecture visited a junior high school in Taipei to offer thanks for Taiwan's reconstruction support after the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. The three junior high and high school students, acting as "reconstruction ambassadors," called on the Taiwanese students ...
The torrential rain has also hit agricultural and fisheries industries nationwide, with the government estimating damage of about ¥53 billion and warning that figure could rise.
Japan plans to launch advanced placement system in high schools
The education ministry plans to establish a system that allows students at some 50 high schools to take university courses for credit, with the aim of developing human resources ahead of the advances expected in artificial intelligence. Advanced differential equations, data mining and other subjects ...
Two top executives at Tokyo Medical University quit amid bribery scandal
Tokyo Medical University announces that two top executives have quit over a bribery scandal centering around an education ministry grant program for private universities.
Fukuoka's 'guest teachers' of English outstay their welcome
Job insecurity, excessive secrecy and legal curbs on dispatch teachers come under the spotlight as 120 teachers lose their classes.
Japanese schools adopting 'color universal design' to help kids with color vision deficiency
A growing number of Japanese schools are adopting the "color universal design" system to ensure education materials meet the needs of people with color vision deficiency. About 3 million people are believed to suffer from color blindness in Japan and activists are calling for greater ...
Staff, teachers take up firearms training amid spate of U.S. school shootings
When Donald Trump proposed arming teachers to deter school shooters, the overwhelming response from educators was horror. Yet teachers in Colorado are taking action to carry concealed guns to school. The nonprofit group FASTER, set up after 20 small children were killed in 2012 at ...
While earthquakes cannot be prevented or predicted, the damage they cause can be limited by taking action to address foreseeable risks.
