Studying on vacation? Learn how one prefecture in Japan is giving kids more time with their parents – but only if they keep hitting the books.
Saying “rōnin” in English conjures up images of cool, lone-wolf samurai. But in modern Japan, being a rōnin kinda sucks.
Japan’s government took steps this week to make it easier for school-age women to report groping assaults.
Japan’s political parties appear to agree: Kids shouldn’t go hungry. Inside Japan’s rapidly advanced plans to make public school lunches free.
A Black Japanese student said he just wanted to honor his roots with his hairstyle. He ended up not participating in his own graduation.
As the new school year ramps up, students in one Japanese city will get a choice of uniforms – and parents a break on expensive prices.
Mass strikes, the creation of the 8-hour workday, and an early 20th-century vogue for foreign words – all led to the most popular Japanese word many don’t even realize is foreign in origin.
Japanese teacher Chihiro Morioka reflects on a career spent learning and teaching language in both Japanese and English – and the lessons she’s learned.
An unofficial “black regulation” at some Japanese schools is decried as “creepy” and “disgusting” by parents and students alike.
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