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STUDENTS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2017
Japan's 'Matrix'-style job fairs evolving as employers forced to think outside the square
Graduate recruitment in Japan looks a bit like a scene from the movie "The Matrix."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2017
Trump factor has Japanese students rethinking study in U.S.
While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears to have succeeded in building cozy ties — at least for now — with U.S. President Donald Trump, the president's controversial executive orders and remarks have made some Japanese students aspiring to study in the U.S. think twice about their choice of destination....
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2016
Did U.S. academia help elect Donald Trump?
U.S. institutions of supposedly higher education are awash with hysteria, authoritarianism, obscurantism, philistinism and charlatanry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 12, 2016
LGBT-inclusive curriculum badly needed
For too long, Japanese LGBT students have faced verbal abuse, physical harassment and far worse because of homophobia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2016
Journalism students headed for Kyoto in cultural exchange
Journalism students from universities will have the opportunity to travel to Kyoto and report on Japan with the help of local peers under a new cultural exchange initiative launched recently.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2016
Preventing youth suicides
More than 300 schoolchildren take their own lives every year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 29, 2016
Foreign part-timers proliferate in Chubu as scarce Japanese flee drunks at pubs
Foreign students working part-time in izakaya (pubs) are rising rapidly in the Chubu region amid the increasing tendency of many young Japanese to avoid drunk customers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2016
Asian students finish cross-cultural summer science course in Yokosuka
Forty-eight junior high and high school students from across Asia got together in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, to attend a one-week science summer school earlier this month.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 26, 2016
Striking a balance on free speech at schools
The freedom that teachers have to express their opinions on controversial issues is far more limited than that of students in both the U.S. and Japan.
EDITORIALS
Jul 16, 2016
Getting youths to the ballot box
Teachers and students alike should be encouraged to express their political opinions and discuss concrete issues while refraining from imposing their views on others.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 16, 2016
Youthful voter turnout is unpredictable
The sheer newness of being able to vote too often fades unless it is underpinned by a deep sense of civic duty.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 9, 2016
Recruiting foreign students to study locally
A perfect storm of demographics and economics has caused universities in both Japan and the U.S. to aggressively woo students from abroad.
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jul 8, 2016
Teachers say Japan's young voters need to have political awareness nurtured in schools
Three 18-year-old high school students at Shinagawa Joshi Gakuin in Tokyo said they were excited to cast their ballots in Sunday's Upper House election, being among the nation's first teenagers to join the electorate.
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2016
The need for more scholarships
The ruling and opposition parties must follow through on their promises to increase university scholarships and prevent more students from having to take out crippling loans.
EDITORIALS
Feb 13, 2016
Teens stepping up to the plate
Japanese teens are increasingly taking an active interest in politics.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2016
Japan's student loans system seen falling short, but change underway
The government is working to lighten the burden of student loan repayments in an effort to help those who have difficulty finding work after college.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 25, 2016
Changes in store for TOEIC, but test still not total gauge of fluency: experts
In Japan, having high English proficiency can be a strong advantage for students wishing to get into prestigious universities and companies and for businesspeople seeking a promotion.
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2016
Ministry steps up labor crackdown on 'overworked, underpaid' university students
The welfare ministry is ramping up its fight against black 'baito,' or exploitative part-time jobs, amid claims more firms are underpaying and overworking university students to cut costs.
EDITORIALS
Jan 2, 2016
Education deserves more attention
The government's conservative agenda is exposed by the rise in defense spending while funding for education remains static.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2015
Unfair pressure during job hunt
Companies forcing university students to take the first job offer they get is piling anxiety, pressure and confusion on these young people before they even enter the workforce.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japan ranked one of the most peaceful places in Asia as global tensions rise
Visitors look at paper cranes hung at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
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