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The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology says that in three years teachers might get their holidays to themselves.
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55-year-old politician thinks kids are ditching school because they’re spending too much time on their phones.
Our Japanese-language reporter had his world turned upside down when his German wife commented on his childhood memories.
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