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Report says schools are looking at alternatives to the traditional top school trip destination.
“These chips are for adults only” sounds like a joke, but it turns out it’s a legitimate warning.
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.
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.
A new flexible learning-based high school program allows students to pursue their passions in preparation for careers in the gaming industry.
As our reporter’s daughter enters elementary school, he talks with an education veteran about how to deal with bullying.
Unisex swimsuits that were piloted last year are making such a splash that they’re now available for anyone to buy.
Woman he illegally invited to come to his bar wasn’t who she initially seemed to be either.
Nitori asks whether Japanese elementary school kids’ backpacks really need to be so heavy.
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