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EDUCATION 4

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.
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2015
Abe's ill-conceived university policy
The government should remember that the primary purpose of unversities is to provide students with a well-rounded education that helps them became more insightful citizens.
EDITORIALS
Jun 27, 2015
University autonomy under fire
Education minister Hakubun Shimomura and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are moving dangerously close to trampling on the academic independence of universities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2015
Subsidies used as carrot to prod Japan's national universities to streamline and ditch humanities
In a move that has angered academics, the Abe administration plans to reform the national university system by telling schools to abolish departments in fields deemed less useful to the industrial world, such as the humanities, and provide more "practical" education to win a greater share of the subsidies,...
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2015
More newspapers in nation's schools
More elementary and junior high schools are making newspapers available for their students, a wise move to help them build important skills.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 17, 2015
Indians in Japan — a love story beset with challenges
While the recent increase in the number of Indian residents in Japan might appear substantial, it is small compared to the influx seen in some other countries. So why the big difference?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 16, 2015
Turning Japan's universities into genuine global players
If Japan wants to raise its own profile in the world, along with its universities, it must place greater emphasis on group discussion, debate and public presentation.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 15, 2015
Keep pounding away and eventually Japanese will reveal its secrets
If some patterns in Japanese don't make sense yet, just keep pounding the rock. With enough time and repetition, they'll click.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Jun 13, 2015
Take on the samurai in Edo Period Toei
When my parents were young, action movies were about gunslingers, sheriffs and saloons. For my in-laws in Osaka, however, cinema was more about swords and samurai.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 8, 2015
China cites rural libraries in report card on human rights
Citing improved rural library services and indoor cinemas along with a deluge of other information, China praised its human rights record in a lengthy report card Monday, its latest bid to deflect Western criticism.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jun 7, 2015
Hey bureaucrats, leave those kids — and teachers — alone
To look at Japan's educational policy in action, you can't help but wonder if insularity and mediocrity might actually be the goal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 1, 2015
E-textbooks to open digital can of worms
As the world goes digital, many schools are trying to introduce digital materials into the classroom to encourage studying and meet the needs of students' increasingly diverse needs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
May 31, 2015
Karuizawa boarding school touts international diversity, hard truths
One tiny experience in your life may floor you and open the door to an entirely new world. Though rare, it sometimes happens when one stumbles upon a totally different culture.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
May 27, 2015
In international education in Japan, there's diversity between as well as within schools
Profiles of four schools demonstrate the wide range of philosophies and curriculums that families can choose from.
EDITORIALS
May 23, 2015
Rakuten forges ahead in English
E-commerce giant Rakuten has managed to do what the educational system apparently can't — get Japanese people to speak English competently.

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