COVID-19 pushes 1,300 Japanese university students to drop out
While seeking advice at consultation centers, some students said they cannot pay tuition and others expressed loneliness, as they couldn't make friends through online classes.
Most schools in the capital have been closed, since remaining open is seen as a vote of confidence for President Jovenel Moise amid an extended dispute over alleged election fraud.
Court backs Osaka high school's right to ask students to dye hair black
Presiding Judge Noriko Yokota also rejected a woman's claim that her natural hair color is brown.
The number of elementary, junior high and high school students who killed themselves in Japan hit a record high of 479 in 2020, up sharply from 339 the previous year.
The education ministry has kicked off its first extensive survey to examine how students were affected by nationwide school closures implemented last spring.
Government adopts bill to downsize elementary school classes
The class size was already reduced to 35 for the first grade in fiscal 2011.
Junior high schools in Japan rush to adapt entrance exams amid pandemic
Most junior high schools in Tokyo and neighboring Kanagawa Prefecture have decided to require test-takers to wear face masks and have their body temperatures checked, among other measures.
Japan's 2020 laptop shipments hit record high on teleworking
Meanwhile, shipments of desktop computers dropped 41.5% to 1.5 million units following a temporary rise in 2019.
Japan seeing results from efforts to export education
Introducing the Japanese school model to countries such as Egypt has been met with approval from other nations and their teachers and parents.
Japanese high school axes entrance exams due to COVID-19 scare
The decision was made after several students at the high school took polymerase chain reaction tests Thursday. The results on Saturday showed that all the students tested negative.
How to protect students from sexual misconduct
Japan reported the second-highest number of cases of sexual misconduct at 273 for fiscal 2019, according to a survey by the education ministry.
The education ministry opened a section on its website for providing information on jobs at schools as a way to help maintain employment by companies hit hard amid the pandemic.
