High school students volunteer to sort waste in quake-hit Yamagata Prefecture
High school students from Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, worked on sorting disaster waste Monday in the Koiwagawa district of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, which was hit by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake last week. Nine first-year students at Sakata Minami High School, two of whom live in Tsuruoka, ...
More than half of Japanese young people not interested in studying overseas, survey shows
A government survey has found that over half of youths and young adults in Japan do not want to study abroad. The finding was included in the 2019 white paper on children and young people, which was adopted at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. When asked whether ...
China warns students and academics of risks of studying in U.S.
China warned students and academics on Monday about risks involved in studying in the United States, pointing to limits on the duration of visas and visa refusals, amid a bitter trade war and other tension between the two countries. Relations between China and the United ...
Japan to open up job fields for foreign graduates from universities
The immigration agency said Tuesday it will increase the number of business sectors that foreign nationals are allowed to work in after graduating from universities or completing postgraduate studies in Japan, in the latest effort to lure more laborers to the country. Under a revised ...
Indian police charge owners of private Gujarat school as fire death toll hits 20
Indian police Saturday charged the owners of a private school which turned into an inferno that killed 20 teenagers, some who died jumping from the building in a desperate bid to escape the flames, officials said. Sixteen of the dead were young women who had ...
Who should pay for higher education in Japan? The public, parents or students themselves?
The powers that be have enacted legislation that will expand support for higher education, including grants and scholarships for college and trade school students from low-income households. Education experts are suggesting it's time once again to consider who should shoulder the costs. The law coming ...
Nationwide student strike begins in Brazil over education budget cuts
Students and teachers from hundreds of universities and colleges across Brazil began a nationwide demonstration on Wednesday in "defense of education" following a raft of budget cuts announced by President Jair Bolsonaro's government. Classes were suspended in numerous establishments as demonstrations took place in 17 ...
South Korean students flock to Japan as birthrate sinks and unemployment climbs
More and more highly educated young people from South Korea, which like Japan has a rapidly graying population and needs more foreign labor for its economy, are coming to Japan because it's difficult to find work at home. Amid high youth unemployment driven by hiring ...
Filipino student trio chart map to happy life in Japan
In navigating their way through Japan's often complex and confusing society, a group of Filipino international students formulated a road map for those who might choose to follow their path and want to spread the word. Through their activities at school and elsewhere, in connection ...
Thai students learn art of wooden architecture in Japanese village
A community in Nara Prefecture has taken five Thai college students under its wing, training them in wooden architecture as the Southeast Asian country hopes to put such structures back on the map. The village of Mitsue aims to revive its aging forestry industry through ...
Companies that adopt year-round recruiting practices should ensure the practice doesn't impact university students' academic studies.
Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposes scrapping student-loan debt for millions
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren proposed eliminating student-loan debt for an estimated 42 million Americans with a wealth tax, seeking to show young voters she would ease one of their biggest economic burdens. The plan would eliminate as much as $50,000 in student debt for ...
