The drive to move the start of Japan’s school year from April to September appears to be losing steam as the sheer scale of such a change has hit home. Weeks have passed since government leaders ...
He said the current April start of the school year was a major reason Japanese universities were not globalizing like their Western counterparts and why fewer Japanese students were thinking about ...
"We need to consider a range of options, including shifting the start of the school year to September." Schools across Japan remain closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some say it is an ...
Teachers at a school in southern Japan are being mocked and condemned after a 14-year-old girl was punished for plucking her eyebrows. The student at a junior high school in the town of Kurume ...