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EDUCATION

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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 28, 2018
Indian women in Japan struggle to find their niche
After following their husbands to Japan, educated Indian women face obstacles tracking down work that matches their qualifications.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 27, 2018
Moral education may not reflect the realities of life in Japan
What's wrong with the following story?
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 14, 2018
Raising kids in Japan, with extra challenges: Foreign parents of children with physical or learning difficulties share their stories
Raising children as a foreign parent here is no picnic, but what about when your child is also coping with physical or learning challenges?
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2018
Choosing the best students isn't easy
In sharply unequal societies, elite universities receiving government funds can properly be expected to play a role in fostering social mobility.
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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 12, 2018
New education minister Shibayama ready to serve despite backlash on Imperial Rescript remarks
New education minister Masahiko Shibayama's work in Japan's latest Cabinet got off to a rocky start.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 9, 2018
Students hoping to see friends as they return to school in quake-hit Indonesian city
Children in the Indonesian city of Palu began returning to school on Monday to tidy up their classrooms and hopefully see their friends 10 days after a major earthquake and tsunami struck.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Oct 7, 2018
Art classes can help boost your kids' creativity
Take your kids to an art class and let their imaginations run wild.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 4, 2018
Crack down on sexual harassment in schools
It's time to close the loopholes that allow teachers who sexually harass students to remain in the education industry.
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JAPAN
Oct 1, 2018
Support group for victims of Tokyo Medical University's discriminatory admissions policies urges investigators to reveal scores
A support group for those subject to discrimination through Tokyo Medical University's admissions policies, which favored male students, said Monday it had requested that the university's third-party investigation release the scores of students who took the exams and want to know their scores.
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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 1, 2018
Load lifted from students' shoulders as ministry recommends letting them leave textbooks at school
In early September, the education ministry issued a notice to boards of education nationwide asking schools to let students leave their textbooks and other study materials at school — the practice known as okiben in Japanese — to reduce the weight of their school bags.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 30, 2018
The direction of education in Japan
Japan has the 6-3-3-4 education system — compulsory education of six years in elementary school and three years in junior high school. Students then commonly go on to three years in high school and four years in university.
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COMMUNITY / Issues
Sep 29, 2018
At the Kyoto dorm that time forgot, Japanese students dig in
The reception area at Yoshida Dormitory, a 105-year-old student residency in Kyoto University, is reached via a short lane lined by tall gingko trees and rows of bicycles, some of which look like they have been stationary for as long it would take to complete a Ph.D. The classic wooden entrance is a...
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JAPAN
Sep 26, 2018
Top Japanese universities climb in world rankings
A record 103 Japanese universities made it onto this year's Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings list, with the nation's two top universities — the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University — moving up in the standings.
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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 24, 2018
Aichi couple sets up phone booth for people seeking to connect with loved ones they have lost
A red, wooden telephone booth stands on a hill in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, overlooking Mikawa Bay. Inside sits a disconnected black telephone.
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2018
Probe deeper into education ministry scandals
If a structure of collusion between the education ministry and the sector that it oversees is behind the bribery cases, it needs to be exposed and fixed.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 20, 2018
China removes unapproved and foreign content from school textbooks
China's education ministry has launched a "comprehensive" inspection of school textbooks to remove unapproved alterations or foreign content, state media reported late on Wednesday, amid a push to combat Western influence in China's schools.

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