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U S SCHOOLS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 6, 2013
Men start taking advantage of nursing shortage
If nursing looks more like a real career, then more men will apply.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2013
Lower-ranked prefectures' students see improved achievement tests
Achievement tests given last April indicate elementary and junior high school students in lower-ranked prefectures improved their learning performance, a recent education ministry report found.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2013
After closures, caviar producers breathe new life into old schools
When Naoki Itasaka, owner of an interior finishing company, heard his alma mater was likely to be demolished after being closed down, he came up with an idea for a new business that would, instead, make good use of the existing campus — sturgeon farming to produce caviar.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2013
Nearly 90% of public schools deemed quake resistant
The government says 88.9 percent of the country's public elementary and junior high school buildings are up to code for withstanding a strong earthquake, an improvement of 4.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2013
Worst nightmare for parents
The knife attack in Tokyo's Nerima Ward underscores the difficulty in preventing the realization of parents' worst nightmare when they let their kids walk to school.
WORLD
Jun 29, 2013
School achievement gap shrinks for U.S. minorities
America's 9-year-olds and 13-year-olds are posting better scores in math and reading tests than their counterparts did 40 years ago, and the achievement gap between white students and those of color is narrowing, according to federal government data released Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2013
Tokyo panel mulls ways to enhance high school English education
A panel of experts kicked off discussions Thursday on measures to enhance English education at Tokyo's public high schools, aiming to enable students to acquire practical communications skills and become more global-oriented.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2013
Unified Japan college entrance test to be replaced
The education ministry plans to scrap the unified test for university admissions and instead establish a new achievement test for high school students, ministry sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2013
Kitakyushu grade schools still teaching Korean culture
Teacher Pak Kang Su's Korean culture classes are popular among students at Wakamatsu Chuo Elementary School in Kitakyushu.
EDITORIALS
May 26, 2013
Super global English schools
One recent proposal likely to have a good effect on English education in Japan is allowing certain high schools to teach subjects such as science or math in English.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2013
Pro-Pyongyang school's kids to get alarms: Machida board about-face
The board of education in Machida, Tokyo, has reversed a decision by the city to exclude students at a pro-North Korean school from receiving personal safety alarms because of Tokyo's tense political relationship with Pyongyang.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2013
Wrestling coach who was violent to kids punished
The Kyoto prefectural board of education said Thursday it has learned that a male high school wrestling coach was involved in seven cases of physical violence from 2004 to 2012.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2013
Foreign enrollment in Japanese high schools slumps
The number of foreigners who were enrolled in Japanese high schools for at least three months in fiscal 2011 fell 30 percent from fiscal 2008 to 1,283, according to the education ministry.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 2, 2013
A gentler Ottoman Empire returns to Balkans
Turkey conquered the Balkans five centuries ago. Now Turkish power is making inroads through friendlier means.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2013
Fukushima evacuee kids made welcome in Saitama school
With little hope of returning home, children from the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, are making new friends at a school in Saitama Prefecture that took them in two years ago after the meltdowns of March 2011 ruined the area.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2013
Evacuee sixth-graders graduate
Twelve sixth-graders from the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, whose residents had to evacuate because of the nuclear catastrophe, held a graduation ceremony Friday at a makeshift school in another community.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2013
Japan builds on Philippine students' dreams
To some people, the seven-classroom facility used by elementary school students in the Muslim-dominated southern Philippine village of Bualan in the town of Pikit is just a building — though evidently a well-built one.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2013
Government smacks down the Pop-Tart terrorist
Government is failing at core functions such as budgeting, yet it still empowers protectors who panic over Pop-Tart pistols and Hello Kitty bubble guns.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 3, 2013
Students convenient proxies in LDP's Pyongyang angst
Since returning to power late last year, the Liberal Democratic Party has said it will dismantle some of the social programs the Democratic Party of Japan implemented during its short reign.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2013
Pro-Pyongyang schools lose subsidy after nuke test
Pro-Pyongyang Korean schools in Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures will not receive a local subsidy for fiscal 2013 in light of North Korea's nuclear test Tuesday, the governors of the two prefectures said.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
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