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Japanese high school closes its cafeteria, replaces it with a 7-Eleven convenience store

• Oona McGee
  Jun 6, 2026
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The first time a 7-Eleven has opened inside a high school in Japan.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience stores • cool • high school • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese high school • Japanese schools • Japanese students • kochi • schools • student life • students)

The top 12 incomprehensible school rules, as chosen by high school students

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2026

Plus some surprising extra requirements, like having to say “thank you” at least 10 times a day. 

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• (high school • high school girls • high school in Japan • high school students • Japanese schools • Japanese students • school • school rules • schools • society • students • youth)

All-Japan Pillow Fighting Tournament brings fun and games to onsen town【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 25, 2024

The one place in Japan where pillow fighting is a competitive sport.

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• (COK • cool • fun • high school • high school students • ito • Japanese schools • pillow fight • pillow fighting • Pillow tournament • Shizuoka • Shizuoka Prefecture • sport • students • weird)

Foreign English teacher in Japan calls student’s ability garbage, says it was an “American joke”

• Oona McGee
  Dec 31, 2023

Teacher reprimanded for inappropriate remarks towards junior high school student.

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• (English conversation • English education • English education in Japan • english language • English language education • japanese education • Japanese schools • Japanese students • junior high school • learning English • schools • Studying English • Teachers • teaching • Teaching English in Japan)

Sports-playing Japanese junior high students at an all-time low, survey finds

• Shannon
  Nov 14, 2022

Expert says it’s high time to revise the system.

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• (bukatsu • compulsory • Japanese schools • Japanese sports • junior high school • news • sports)

Survey finds obesity rates fell, but eyesight worsened among Japanese schoolchildren

• Shannon
  Jul 23, 2022

Don’t take P.E. for granted ever again, kids.

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• (elementary school • eyesight • high school • Japanese schools • Japanese students • junior high school • obesity • obesity in Japan • obesity rates • Smartphones • Surveys • trends)

Blackboards in the west, hallways in the north: Japanese school layouts spark discussion online

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2022

Are all Japanese schools designed the same way???

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• (architecture • buildings • design • elementary school • high school • Japanese schools • Japanese students • junior high school • schools • students • twitter)

What event did you hate most in elementary school? Survey asks Japanese adults

• Katie Pask
  Jun 7, 2021

Those less sportingly inclined had a hard time.

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Osaka’s new remote-learning policy leaves teachers strained and forces students to go to school

• Ingrid Tsai
  May 15, 2021

Logistical mishaps and contradicting guidelines hinder what could be one of the best ways to lower COVID-19 community transmission.

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• (board of education • coronavirus • COVID-19 • education • elementary school • Japanese schools • junior high school • middle school • Osaka • public health • schools • society • technology)

Osaka elementary school becomes first in Japan to have a police box established on campus

• SoraNews24
  May 13, 2021

Will this police box be an outlier or set a new precedent for community policing?

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• (elementary school • Japanese schools • koban • Moriguchi • news • Osaka • police • Police box • safety • school)

Teacher disciplined for drinking alcohol during class in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 19, 2021

Students driving you to drink is no excuse to open a cold one in the classroom.

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• (chu-hi • education • elementary school • Japanese schools • Japanese students • news • Okinawa • school • teacher • teaching)

Japan’s Ministry of Education hosts Twitter campaign to recruit teachers, it backfires right away

• Ingrid Tsai
  Apr 4, 2021

When the Ministry of Education said “pass the baton,” some folks threw it in the trash instead.

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• (education • Japanese schools • Japanese Twitter • MEXT • Ministry of Education • overworked • schools • teacher • teaching)

Petition to allow students to choose what they wear to school gathers almost 19,000 signatures

• Dale Roll
  Mar 31, 2021

A coalition of students, teachers, and lawyers submitted the petition to the Japanese Ministry of Education on March 26.

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• (debate • Japanese school uniforms • Japanese schools • petition • rules • school • school rules • society)

Shibuya gives each public elementary and junior high student a Surface Go 2 tablet for school

• Dale Roll
  May 16, 2020

Modernization is on its way to Tokyo schools!

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• (education in Japan • elementary school • Japanese schools • Microsoft • modernization • Shibuya • surface go 2 • tablet • Tokyo)

Japanese student dons full protective gear to return to school during coronavirus pandemic

• Oona McGee
  Apr 23, 2020

Shutting the virus out when your school won’t shut down. 

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• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • hazmat suit • Japanese schools • Japanese students • photos • PPE • schools • students • twitter)

Japanese PM asks schools around Japan to close as coronavirus cases rise

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2020

Surprise announcement comes as children are now testing positive for COVID-19.

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• (Abe Shinzo • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • government • Japanese Government • Japanese Prime Minister • Japanese schools • news • Prime Minister Abe • schools • travel)

Not everyone hates school uniforms: Japanese Twitter shows us why

• Dale Roll
  Nov 30, 2019

Some people may want to abolish school uniforms, but others are strongly in favor of them.

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• (fashion • Japanese school uniforms • Japanese schools • poverty • schoolgirl uniforms • society • student life • uniforms)

American English teacher fired from Japanese high school after exposing genitals

• SoraNews24
  Oct 29, 2019

ALT acted inappropriately with students on at least three different occasions.

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• (ALT • high school students • high schools • Japanese high schools • Japanese schools • Japanese students • news • Saitama • schools • teacher • teaching)

Narita Airport accommodation: New hostel opens in a converted Japanese elementary school

• Oona McGee
  Oct 3, 2019

Go back to school at Ready to Flight! Narita.

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• (accommodation • hostels • hotels • Japanese schools • Narita • Narita Airport • schools • travel)

Japanese high school students build crazy wooden roller coaster at school festival【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 15, 2019

Yes, the slide is built on school desks stacked on top of each other, but that just makes the ride even more thrilling. 

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• (high school • high school students • Japanese high school • Japanese schools • Japanese students • roller coasters • school festival • schools • videos)

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