While you read this article, look up and count six people around you. One of them may experience a significant disability, according to WHO data. If none of them appears to be a person with a ...

A nation respectful of centuries-old traditions, Japan is also the well-spring of the world’s future. The high-speed train, the Walkman and humanoid robots are just a few Japanese inventions that have ...

University Hall, the main lecture building at International Christian University. Formerly part of the Nakajima Aircraft Company, the building houses classrooms and the Institute for Educational ...

In an increasingly diverse Japan, more and more young people come from non-Japanese backgrounds. Ensuring that they get the training they need to succeed in the Japanese language, at higher levels of ...

As Japanese society increasingly gets global, a new study finds that its education system has not kept pace. Students with foreign roots face cultural and linguistic hurdles in schools that still ...

What if school wasn't just about accumulating knowledge, but also about learning to respect oneself, to take care of oneself, and to live better every day? In Japan, a little-known school subject ...

January and February decides the fate of Japanese students preparing for university entrance exams. This year’s high schoolers have been through a particularly stressful period because of policy ...