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Teen arrested in connection to knife attack on 9-year-old near school in Shizuoka
Police arrest a teen suspected of involvement in a knife attack Tuesday on a 9-year-old boy — causing serious head trauma — who was returning home from school in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Kobe educational official and school principal concealed bullying records in suicide case
A senior official of the Kobe Board of Education instructed a junior high school principal to cover up interview-based memos that proved a student who committed suicide in 2016 was bullied. The memos were produced chiefly by teachers when interviewing six students and were kept ...
An Idaho teacher accused of feeding a sick puppy to a snapping turtle in front of several students has been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty. Preston Junior High School science teacher Robert Crosland was charged Friday. He faces up to six months in jail and ...
Pilot schools cash in as drone business takes off in Japan
As Japan positions itself to take advantage of the growing trend in drones, another sector is popping up in the promising market — drone schools. Industries ranging from agriculture to security are setting their eyes on the benefits of the device. And although the aerial ...
'Do something': Parkland students express anger after Texas shooting
Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, took to social media to express outrage and heartbreak after a student opened fire at a high school in Texas on Friday, killing 10 people. The shooting at Santa Fe High School marks the deadliest school shooting ...
Accused Texas high school gunman described as bullied loner in a trench coat
The teen accused of killing 10 people in a mass shooting at his Texas high school on Friday was described by fellow students as a quiet loner who played football but kept to himself and was reportedly the victim of some bullying. The suspect, identified ...
A 17-year-old armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. It was the nation's deadliest such attack since the massacre in Florida that gave rise to a campaign ...
Okinawa measles outbreak sparks vaccination checks at Japanese hospitals and nurseries
Unvaccinated medical workers are reportedly helping the infectious disease spread to the mainland, where it threatens to debunk Japan’s measles-free status.
Trump back in step with NRA after doubts over Parkland shooting
President Donald Trump enthusiastically embraced the National Rifle Association on Friday, vowing not to tighten U.S. firearms laws, despite suggesting just weeks ago after a Florida school shooting that he would take on the powerful gun-rights group. At the NRA's annual convention in Dallas, Trump ...
Some 96 prison officers will be deployed to schools on Hiroshima Prefecture's Mukaishima island where a fugitive who escaped from prison over a week ago is believed to be hiding, the justice minister said Tuesday. The officers will keep watch around the clock on all ...
'Make America Smart Again': Demonstrators speak out for science at rallies around the world
Gesturing toward the White House, home to President Donald Trump, who has called himself "a very stable genius," Isaac Newton begged to differ. "Knowing many geniuses, and being one myself, I would venture to say that was rather a boastful claim on his part," said ...
91-year-old actress continues 50-year fight for inclusive society
As Japan's first school for people with disabilities celebrated its 50th anniversary last week, its founder — 91-year-old actress Mariko Miyagi — has been hailed for her "revolutionary" work battling prejudice and working to create an inclusive society. When Miyagi launched Nemunoki Gakuen in 1968, ...
