Japanese Teacher Introduces Terrifying New Way For Students to Learn English — Playing Hideo Kojima's P.T. Demo

A language teacher in a Japanese secondary school has introduced a novel — if horrifying — new way to teach students English: ...

Teacher license fraud highlights screening flaws

A 66-year-old man arrested for using a forged teaching license has turned out to be a serial offender. First convicted of ...
East Asia Forum

Japan’s paradoxical teacher shortage

Despite its low birth rates, Japan is struggling with a shortage of teachers. In Japan, a ‘teacher shortage’ is a situation in which the number of teachers assigned to schools does not meet local ...
朝日新聞社

OECD: Japanese teachers still working longest hours in world

Japanese teachers continue to work the most hours among educators in major countries and regions, according to a survey by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The weekly ...
WTOL

Social studies educator represents Perrysburg Schools in Japan

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — A Perrysburg Schools teacher is ready to share with her students the lessons she learned during an educational experience in Japan this summer. Hull Prairie Intermediate School ...
LancasterOnline

Lancaster elementary school teachers fish for knowledge in Japan this summer

In a small fishing village situated along the eastern coast of Japan, a couple from Lancaster city, two elementary school teachers, wake up at 4:30 a.m. to get to the pier. There, they climb aboard ...
毎日新聞

Teachers in Japan still work longest hours among OECD, other countries: survey

A classroom is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi/Buntaro Saito) TOKYO -- Teachers' working hours in Japan remained the longest among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ...