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STUDENTS

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2014
Thousands of Hong Kong students seek to 'grasp destiny' in demand for democracy
Thousands of students braved sweltering heat Monday to demand greater democracy in Hong Kong as they launched a weeklong boycott of classes, underscoring a restive younger generation's determination to challenge the Chinese Communist Party.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 17, 2014
Sen. Warren sides with loan-strapped students over billionaires as 2016 draft begins
A day after a group formed to draft Elizabeth Warren to seek the 2016 presidential nomination, the Massachusetts senator riled up student activists with a speech on her bill that would let them refinance loans at lower rates.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2014
Tohoku teens plan thank-you festival in Paris
Some 80 Tohoku teenagers in an OECD-supported educational project will hold a cultural festival in Paris in August to express gratitude to those who supported the region's recovery, student representatives said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2014
Tokyo launches young volunteer training program ahead of 2020 Games
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has opened applications for a new summer seminar project that will prepare a cohort of young volunteers to act as guides for the growing number of foreign travelers expected to visit the city ahead of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 13, 2014
Over 600 school students have GID, pioneering survey finds
In the first survey of its kind, at least 606 students are recognized as having gender identity disorder, the education ministry reveals.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2014
Students take worldly approach to study abroad
A University of Tokyo student set to spend a year as an exchange student in Illinois this summer doesn't think English skill is the only thing that matters when going to the United States.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2014
Students in Aichi city to be banned from using cellphones after 9 p.m.
Hoping to minimize the negative effects that smartphones can have on children, students in elementary and junior high schools in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, will be banned from using cellphones after 9 p.m.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2014
Parents up allowances to university students: poll
Monthly allowances sent by parents to university students living away from home increased last year for the first time in seven years, according to a survey on college life.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2014
Job hunters: No OT pay a key trait of 'black companies'
Not paying overtime is the biggest "sin" a potential employer can commit to get labeled as an abusive "black company" to be avoided by college students entering the job market, according to a survey of young job hunters.
JAPAN / GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT ENGLISH
Dec 31, 2013
English to get 2020 push but teachers not on same page
A reform plan released in mid-December by the education ministry looks to bolster English study from elementary to high school from the 2020 academic year to pursue globalization.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past