China opposition likely to stop Japanese students speaking at U.N. disarmament conference in Geneva
Japanese student peace ambassadors are unlikely to deliver a speech at this year's Conference on Disarmament in Geneva due to vehement opposition from China and other countries, a U.N. diplomatic source said Monday. If high school student ambassadors — candidates for this year's Nobel Peace ...
Despite terror attacks close by, Japanese student will stay in Paris
A Japanese graduate student who lives in a Paris suburb that police raided in connection to last week's terrorist attacks will stay in France, even though he said he was scared he might have been caught up in the trouble. Junichiro Yasu told The Japan ...
University student to face additional charges for allegedly attempting to poison classmates
Police have sent to prosecutors their case against a 19-year-old university student who allegedly attempted to murder two friends with rat poison in 2012. The student, being held for the murder of an elderly woman in Nagoya in December, was served with a fresh arrest ...
Fukui professor arrested over female graduate student's murder
An associate professor at a national university in Fukui is arrested on suspicion of killing a female graduate student under his tutelage.
Magazine IDs student suspect in Nagoya slaying, breaking legal taboo
A news magazine defies a ban on identifying minors in criminal cases by running a four-page expose on a student accused of killing an elderly woman in Nagoya.
The parents of a high school student who leaped to his death after an allegedly violent dressing down in class are suing the school. The family is seeking ¥140 million in damages from the private high school in Ishikawa Prefecture, for the 15-year-old boy's death ...
Parents of mixed kids look abroad for high schools
College preparation for bicultural young adults may include seeking out international as well as domestic opportunities. Some youngsters, however, are heading abroad much sooner — for high school or junior high school. The Japan Times spoke with 13 families whose children were all educated in ...
Student internships becoming more oriented toward problem-solving
Gradual but steady changes are taking place in internships and on-the-job training programs offered by Japanese firms, with companies increasingly determined to recruit creatively minded young workers with problem-solving skills. Some 20 students at Senshu University's Ikuta campus in Kawasaki have been working since May ...
Teach your teens basic life skills
Everyone graduates from high school knowing how to read, write and do basic math (you would hope). But to be a self-sufficient adult, those skills are not enough. In fact, they're nowhere close to enough. Advanced skills in academic areas aren't going to help young ...
