Tag - bullying

 
 

BULLYING

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2016
Game app could teach children how to detect potential dangers of smartphones
As the use of smartphones grows in popularity with school children, educators are struggling with ways to teach young people how to recognize and handle the potential dangers they could face, and a smartphone game app called "Soul Negotiator" could be the answer teachers are looking for.
EDITORIALS
Jan 2, 2016
Education deserves more attention
The government's conservative agenda is exposed by the rise in defense spending while funding for education remains static.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 12, 2015
Will the bullies inherit Japan's top jobs?
Why aren't people nice, good and kind?
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2015
In 'historic' shift, night school admission standards are eased in Japan
In a landmark development, the government has dictated a drastic easing of admission requirements for night junior high school, paving the way for victims of childhood abuse and bullying to take the classes again, only this time actually benefitting from them.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 26, 2015
Reporter laws are needed to prevent 'bullycide'
The tragic suicide of an Iwate junior high school student demonstrates why Japan needs to enact reporter laws that compel teachers to report suspected cases of bullying to designated agencies.
EDITORIALS
Jul 22, 2015
A life that should have been saved
When bullied students suggest they are contemplating suicide, schools must take their words seriously and intervene immediately.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jul 1, 2015
Public schooling is a two-way street
Earlier this year, a reader wrote to The Japan Times in response to an education feature on schooling options for the children of non-Japanese parents. The reader wanted to know more, but the earlier feature was unfortunately curtailed by space.
JAPAN
May 18, 2015
Tokyo teacher censured for fingerprinting students
An elementary school teacher in Tachikawa, Tokyo, fingerprints 37 students in what he says was a bid to prevent bullying in his classroom.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 14, 2015
Seeking blame in a Kawasaki teen's death
On the morning of Feb. 20, police were summoned to the grassy, elevated bank of the Tama River, which forms the boundary between Tokyo and Kawasaki. They found the naked body of 13-year-old junior high school student Ryota Uemura, dead of multiple stab wounds. The same morning, the partly burned remnants...
EDITORIALS
Mar 4, 2015
Society failed to save Uemura
Educators, local government officials and police officers need to reflect deeply on what could have been done to prevent the murder of Ryota Uemura.

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?