Coinciding with Japan’s domestic milestone is an effort at the United Nations to draft a new international human rights treaty—technically a “fourth optional protocol” to the 1989 Convention on the ...
Why does Ohtani Shohei, a Japanese baseball star, pick up litter after games? Why do Japanese people queue so politely, and wait for green lights before crossing the road? Why, in short, is Japan so ...
Osaka, Japan — Observers of Japanese early childhood education and care have pointed to the mindset of educators watching over and waiting on preschoolers as being an intriguing tendency. This ...
TOKYO -- The majority of students at an Indian international school in Tokyo are Japanese, and behind the school's popularity are its educational programs and tuition fees that are less expensive ...
The policy debate over free high school tuition is drawing considerable attention in Japan. Compulsory education ends in junior high school but the high school enrolment rate already reached nearly 98 ...
TOKYO -- A new survey shows that about half of parents in Japan whose children took junior high school entrance exams regret ...
Officials in a Japanese city are banking on robots to boost the confidence of absent pupils. The self-propelling robots will connect to pupils at home, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported. The ...
TOMODACHI Kibou for Maui students at the program’s opening reception in Higashimatsushima, Japan, are, top row, Mia Kosianowski, left, Jazmin Mathias, Sabrina Calma, Taika Swearingen, M Jee Abara and ...