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Famichiki to be part of public school meals on special day in Family Mart’s original hometown.
Getting enough sleep is important for good health, but commenters aren’t sure this is the best way to do it.
Only three other countries from East or Southeast Asia scored lower on the global ranking.
Blessed Wearable Blankets all receive prayers that wearers will pass their entrance exams.
Report says schools are looking at alternatives to the traditional top school trip destination.
Board of Education doesn’t want students to be penalized for times when missing school is necessary.
School is back in session in this Ehime mountain town, where the student body has dramatically expanded to a very small size.
History of the World manga series features design of Napolean and Leonardo da Vinci by creators of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Promised Neverland.
Ahead of Japan’s national baseball tournament, one school’s strategy sessions includes a plan to prevent peeping photography.
Board of Education hands down punishments to teachers fighting, dating their teenage students.
Even public high schools charge tuition in Japan, but that’s going to be ending soon in the nation’s largest city.
Kumamoto City Board of Education thinks robots can help ease kids with anxiety issues back into social interaction.
Our Nagasaki-born reporter, the grandchild of A-bomb victims, gives her thoughts on the series.
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