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The lower-than-usual number of students points to both population-based and educational trends reflective of many other areas of the country.
We take a closer look at some of the entries selected by Gen Z and Gen Alpha Japanese schoolgirls and suddenly feel very old.
Number of high schoolers who’ve kissed or lost their virginity drops to half of early-2000s peak.
Board of Education doesn’t want students to be penalized for times when missing school is necessary.
Even public high schools charge tuition in Japan, but that’s going to be ending soon in the nation’s largest city.
Starting next spring, going to school is going to mean going to Shibuya to play games for some Tokyo teens.
Kyoto’s mandate seems to be one of the most burdensome on families in light of national directives for equipping students with electronic devices.
Coronavirus is straw that breaks the back of boarding school with shrinking enrollment numbers.
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