Coinciding with Japan’s domestic milestone is an effort at the United Nations to draft a new international human rights treaty—technically a “fourth optional protocol” to the 1989 Convention on the ...
Why does Ohtani Shohei, a Japanese baseball star, pick up litter after games? Why do Japanese people queue so politely, and wait for green lights before crossing the road? Why, in short, is Japan so ...
After returning from their weeklong stay in Higashimatsushima, Japan, in late March, the 11 Maui students who participated in the TOMODACHI Kibou for Maui program, their families and program ...
In 2019, I was approached by the Office of International Education at the university where I teach and asked to design a course that would culminate in a trip abroad for the students. Given my ...
The policy debate over free high school tuition is drawing considerable attention in Japan. Compulsory education ends in junior high school but the high school enrolment rate already reached nearly 98 ...
Officials in a Japanese city are banking on robots to boost the confidence of absent pupils. The self-propelling robots will connect to pupils at home, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported. The ...
TOKYO -- Introducing children to not just English but other languages from a young age might help them grow into internationally minded adults. After ・・・ ...
HADANO, Kanagawa -- A program offering free Japanese language and academic support for foreign children and their families in and around this eastern ・・・ ...