Summary Japan's education system has seen rising absenteeism («futoko») for years: In 2023 and 2024, over 346,000 students skipped school for more than a month, driven by stress, bullying and ...

Shiv Kumar Gautam, a 23-year-old student who came to Japan as a teenager, nearly gave up his plans to advance to higher ...

Seventh-grade Rattlesnake Middle School science teacher Tom Facey saw stark contrasts between the American and Japanese education systems while visiting the Far Eastern country with 200 other U.S ...

Rates of English competency in Japan are generally low. Many people believe this stems from the education system (which concentrates on teaching grammar and reading) and the university entrance exam ...

What makes Japanese people, “Japanese?” Filmmaker Ema Ryan Yamazaki offers a unique lens to this question by playing observer to the Japanese education system, carefully uncovering the cultural ...

By Takaaki Hiratsuka, professor of applied linguistics at Ryukoku University Have you ever felt like an imposter in your own profession? I have.

The Japanese government rules for romanizing Japanese characters are being updated from the conventional Kunrei method to the ...