Over 500 public schools in Chiba Prefecture damaged by Typhoon Faxai
Over 500 public schools in Chiba Prefecture, or some 40 percent of the total in the area, have confirmed damaged due to Typhoon Faxai, which hit the region earlier this month, according to a Kyodo News tally based on local government data. Altogether, 548 public ...
20,000 homes damaged by Typhoon Faxai; classes resume at many Chiba schools
In Yachimata, all 13 public elementary and junior high schools reopened, but 6,000 households remained without electricity and three schools had to draw electricity from mobile generators.
Japan eyes stronger law to protect women from sexual exploitation
The welfare ministry is considering crafting a new law to strengthen the protection of women, including schoolgirls, from sexual exploitation, according to sources. The law would provide the legal basis for prefectural consulting centers for women, a role currently played by a law that deals ...
Officials in Kawasaki Ward in the city of Kawasaki have teamed up with a social welfare service provider to host a summer school this year for students who have come to Japan within the past three years.
NY schools first to have 'red flag' petition power on gun access
Schools across New York began the academic year with a new tool intended to prevent student suicides and violence: the ability to ask a court to remove a troubled person's access to firearms. About a third of U.S. states have "red flag" laws, which allow ...
To create an immigrant-friendly Japan, start with education reform
The conformity that is encouraged in Japanese public schools shapes a social consciousness that is suspicious of outsiders.
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. According to the education ministry, as many as ...
Clock is ticking on N.Y. deadline for student vaccinations amid measles epidemic
When New York lawmakers revoked a religious exemption for mandatory school vaccinations, the change sent thousands of the state's parents scrambling to get their kids shots — or get them out of the classroom entirely. Lawmakers did away with the exemption in June amid the ...
Suit settled over Chicago teen confronted by school about home sex video
The case of a Chicago teenager who killed himself after being confronted at school about whether he made a video of himself having sex has been resolved. A wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of 16-year-old Corey Walgren focused on the questions about how ...
New York state education department urges schools to also refer to Sea of Japan as 'East Sea'
The education department of the state of New York has recently advised public schools to refer to the Sea of Japan also as the "East Sea," the name pushed by South Korea. The guidance, which is not legally binding, was sent out earlier this month ...
Elitism scandal engulfs would-be justice minister in South Korea, highlighting class division
Law professor Cho Kuk's nomination as South Korea's next justice minister could have been a step toward the presidency, but instead he faces allegations of favoritism and hypocrisy over his daughter's schooling in a scandal highlighting the country's class division. A liberal darling with an ...
Scholarship honoring historical figures in Yamaguchi aims to get grads into world's top universities
The city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, has initiated a scholarship program to help high school graduates enter the world's top universities in honor of Hirobumi Ito, Japan's first prime minister, and other local historical figures who studied abroad. The program was inspired by the members ...
