National May 24, 2020
Shift to online classes leaves Japan's university teachers exhausted
Some complain that their hours are now longer but their salaries remain the same.
National Mar 4, 2020
Some areas short of Japanese-language teachers for foreign youth
Some areas in Japan are struggling to secure enough public school staff to teach Japanese to children with foreign roots, amid a recent surge in the number of such students in the country, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday. The city of Yokohama, Saitama Prefecture ...
National Dec 23, 2019
Japan to hire 1,726 more teachers in 2020 for elementary and junior high schools
The government will increase its employment quota for teachers at public elementary and junior high schools by 1,726 in fiscal 2020. The measure, included in the fiscal 2020 budget that was approved Friday, is designed to promote work-style reforms for teachers and better respond to ...
National Dec 4, 2019
Diet passes bill giving teachers more holiday but longer work hours during busy periods
As part of work style reforms, the Diet enacted a bill Wednesday to introduce a new working-hour system that will enable public school teachers to take extended holidays. The legislation to revise a special law on teacher salaries was adopted at a plenary meeting of ...
National Nov 21, 2019
Teacher at prince's school in Tokyo admits kicking student and breaking his rib, sources say
The school consulted the police about the incident in late September and held an emergency meeting for parents to explain what happened, the sources said.
National Nov 19, 2019
Police begin questioning Kobe teachers over force-feeding of spicy curry to colleague
Police on Monday started questioning schoolteachers in Kobe involved in the bullying of a 25-year-old male colleague, a source close to the matter said. The police are questioning the teachers on a voluntary basis after a local education board said last month that the male ...
National Nov 8, 2019
Japan school boards start to rethink 'black rules' on everything from underwear to protesting
by Tomohiro Osaki
Japan’s teaching culture prizes conformity and docility, but the public is apparently getting fed up with the suffocating rules imposed to achieve that.
National / Social Issues Oct 18, 2019
Bullying in Japan's schools surged nearly a third to record high in 2018
The record high number of cases was credited to a greater effort by teachers to report bullies nationwide, the education ministry survey said.
World / Social Issues Oct 18, 2019
School's out for 300,000 Chicago students as teachers strike for better support and duty nurses
More than 32,500 teachers and other staff walked off the job Thursday in Chicago, canceling classes for 300,000 students in nation's third-largest school district. At the heart of the dispute is class sizes and resources rather than pay, with teachers saying they want more social ...
National Oct 10, 2019
Kobe teacher accused of bullying colleagues also incited students to create chaos, principal says
One of four teachers accused of bullying their colleagues at an elementary school in Kobe also encouraged pupils to defy authority and create chaos in class, the principal of the school said Wednesday, citing one of the bullying victims. Miki Nio said at a news ...
National Oct 4, 2019
Kobe elementary school embroiled in bullying scandal as teachers turn on one of their own
Four teachers at an elementary school in Kobe have been removed from their positions and are facing further disciplinary action for allegedly rubbing hot soup into the eyes of a colleague and forcing him to drink alcohol, among other acts. A teacher in his 20s ...
National Sep 26, 2019
Koichi Hagiuda, Japan's new education minister, looks to revamp teacher training system
New education minister Koichi Hagiuda on Wednesday said he wants to review the nation's teacher training system. "Teaching is a significant job linked to human resource development," Hagiuda, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, said in an interview with news organizations. Hagiuda raised questions ...