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TEACHERS

COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 25, 2016
PISA confirms excellence of a handful of nations
The obsession with rankings on international student assessment tests may be counterproductive.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Dec 14, 2016
The woman who brought the joys of kindergarten to Japan
German who blazed trails in preschool and music education is also believed to be the first to have registered a mixed marriage here.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Dec 7, 2016
So you want to write about Japan?: the 10 essential tips
Having taken the daring — not reckless or avoidant — step of leaving your home country, you now have a million stories to tell.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 12, 2016
LGBT-inclusive curriculum badly needed
For too long, Japanese LGBT students have faced verbal abuse, physical harassment and far worse because of homophobia.
COMMENTARY / World / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Oct 21, 2016
Anthem refuseniks, and ancient legends
Japan knows all about people taking a public stand by refusing to rise for the national anthem.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2016
Preventing youth suicides
More than 300 schoolchildren take their own lives every year.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 10, 2016
The need for effective English teachers
Japanese students' ability to speak English is abysmal. Improvement will require finding native speakers as teachers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jul 20, 2016
Eiken broadens language tests to address criticisms
As the Eiken Foundation tries to meet the demands of a growing number of test-takers, what do students, parents and teachers make of the tests?
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Jul 20, 2016
Readers' letters: Rote learning, vocab and Eiken's aims
Some readers' responses to last month's article by Hans Karlsson, 'Is the Eiken doing Japan's English learners more harm than good?'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 6, 2016
Tokyo is squandering resources on its 2020 Olympic English drive
Misguided training program appears to be aimed at turning city workers into unlicensed tour guides.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 20, 2016
Helping foreign students to learn Japanese
The education ministry's proposal to establish hub schools where foreign students can learn Japanese is a good idea, but the plan will hinge on getting good teachers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2016
Japan's dispatched ALTs struggle without a safety net
In late March, 65 English assistant language teachers, or ALTs, effectively lost their jobs after dispatch agency Interac lost a contract with the Sapporo Board of Education.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jun 8, 2016
Is the Eiken doing Japan's English learners more harm than good?
Critics argue that the Eiken proficiency exams focus too heavily on vocabulary, grammar and the written word at the expense of fluency.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 22, 2016
Teacher seeks advice on sick leave and contract nonrenewal
A reader writes to Lifelines about difficulties he is dealing with at work.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
May 11, 2016
'Predatory conferences' stalk Japan's groves of academia
“Predatory conference” organizers now stalk Japan’s groves of academe, preying on unsuspecting researchers. These conferences are inferior events that contribute little to the field of academic knowledge but generate plenty of revenue for organizers’ bank accounts. Academics, some simply naive...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2016
Global education experts urge Japan to look beyond rote learning
The teaching methods of Kazuya Takahashi, 35, using Lego blocks and speaking entirely in English, may not be the norm in the Japanese education system.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 8, 2016
Extracurricular activities deserve greater respect
Already busy school teachers should not be pressured into spending excessive hours supervising extracurricular activities without compensation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 7, 2016
Overworked teachers call for change as extracurricular supervision takes toll
As this year's elementary school graduates enter junior high school in April, one of their biggest concerns will be which extracurricular club to join.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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