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N HIGH SCHOOL

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CULTURE / Stage
Mar 25, 2015
Summit spotlights school dramatists
"Diversity is the outstanding attraction of high school drama, so I'm always appreciating afresh theater's myriad charms," the prominent director Keisuke Tanaka said with a beaming smile during a recent interview ahead of the fifth annual High School Drama Summit at Tokyo's leading Agora Theater.
EDITORIALS
Jan 12, 2015
Set clear goals for unified schools
The education ministry plans to submit bills to the Diet that will legally institutionalize unified schools — encompassing grades one through nine — as part of the nation's compulsory education system.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 28, 2014
Oka Gakuen beats Showa Gakuin for Winter Cup girls title
After the game, Shinichi Inoue, longtime head coach for the Oka Gakuen High School girls basketball team, said that his team was "still weak."
EDITORIALS
Jun 14, 2014
Entrance exam scoring errors
The apology by Tokyo's Office of Education for more than 2,000 scoring errors found on high school entrance examinations underscores the need for greater exactitude in the entrance exam system and more transparency about its aims.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 19, 2014
Tohoku school's plays tell how it is
"We always start creating our next work by having a meeting with everyone involved in the drama club," high school teacher Michiko Ishii explained.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 28, 2013
Oka Gakuen captures back-to-back Winter Cup titles
Oka Gakuen didn't repeat its nearly miserable state of the previous day.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 27, 2013
Oka Gakuen edges St. Catalina Girls in Winter Cup semifinals
High school basketball giant Oka Gakuen survived a late surge from St. Catalina Girls to earn a 68-65 win in the girls semifinals of the 44th All-Japan High School Tournament at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Dec 15, 2013
Fukushima loses first high school to meltdowns
A private high school in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, will close for good at the end of March because the nuclear disaster has decimated enrollment, school officials said.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 27, 2013
Ashland High edges Japan All-Stars in entertaining Pacific Rim Bowl XIII
High School team held off the Japan All-Stars 32-30 in an wild finish in Pacific Rim Bowl XIII on Saturday at Kobe's Oji Stadium.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 25, 2013
Ashland set to take on Japan prep stars in Pacific Rim Bowl
While NFL and U.S. college football teams are gearing up for the upcoming season, high school players on both sides of the Pacific Ocean are busy fine-tuning their skills for the fall season.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Mar 29, 2013
Makankosappo: high school girls conjure up a special force
In homage to Dragon Ball Z, Japanese high school girls beam themselves up.
EDITORIALS
Feb 24, 2013
Sportsmanship gone awry
Details of the brutal physical and verbal abuse by the basketball coach of an Osaka high school boy who committed suicide have finally been released. The external independent panel found that coach Hajime Komura repeatedly and consistently used corporal punishment and verbal abuse on the boy before the...
EDITORIALS
Jan 29, 2013
Odd response to student's suicide
The Osaka City Board of Education is more intent on engaging in political gimmicks than on enacting meaningful reform in the wake of a student's suicide.

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