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Kobe middle schools begin abolishing extracurricular activities, shift to community programs

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 6, 2026
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The Kobekatsu program could end up being better for kids than the options they had before.

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• (club activities • COK • education • extracurricular activities • middle schools • schools • schools clubs • society • youth)

Japan’s largest online flea market reminds users that selling used school swimsuits is prohibited

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2026

Even if they’ve been professionally cleaned, used school swimsuits are too dirty for this marketplace.

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• (crazy • fashion • mercari • school swimsuits • schools • society • swimsuits • weird • youth)

Japan has a new maid school, and it’s now accepting applicants for its first term

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 4, 2026

Butler Association Japan wants to provide training in legitimate maid skills, but says they can be applied to other professional fields as well.

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• (butlers • education • hospitality • maids • schools • society)

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

• Oona McGee
  Jun 6, 2026

The first time a 7-Eleven has opened inside a high school in Japan.

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Kyoto public junior high school becomes first in Japan with a hoodie school uniform

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 3, 2026

School getting ready for its 80th birthday makes a modern addition to its uniform options.

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• (education • hoodies • Japanese school uniforms • School Uniforms • schools • society • uniforms)

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)

Art Fire Festival lights up the night at a unique venue in the mountains of Japan

• Casey Baseel
  May 6, 2026

Sarusho continues to shine in its second life.

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• (art • awesome • closed schools • cool • fire • Gunma • hotels • pyrotechnics • schools)

Super-salty pizza sends six kids to the hospital in Japan, linguistics blamed

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 13, 2026

Home economics class pizza had more tsumami than it was supposed to.

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• (cooking • crazy • food • Japanese language • linguistics • pizza • schools • weird)

A look back on 40 years of Japanese schools banning stuff

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2026

Mr. Sato leads an office roundtable discussion on weird things Japanese schools have said “Nope, you can’t do that” about.

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• (COK • Mr. Sato • school rules • schools • SNJO • society • stickers • youth)

Proposed sakura name for new middle school in Japan draws complaints for kamikaze overlap

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 22, 2025

This isn’t the cherry blossom image the committee was going for.

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• (cherry blossoms • education • history • kamikaze • Ohka • sakura • schools • society • World War II)

Real-life Love Live? Japanese high school starting official idol club extracurricular activity

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 7, 2025

School idols will create original songs, hold live performances.

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• (COK • extracurricular activities • high schools • idol singers • Idols • music • school clubs • schools • youth)

Japanese convenience store opens new branch inside public high school【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2025

Sure beats stale snacks from the vending machine.

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• (convenience stores • cool • high schools • schools • video • weird • Yamazaki • Yamazaki Shop)

Teacher stares down bear at school in Japan, saving students from harm

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2025

The glare of a vice-principal is enough to make a bear run away.

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• (bear sighting • bears • Iwate • japanese school • junior high school • news • schools • students • Teachers)

Japanese schoolteacher losing job for misconduct after being caught in convenience store…working

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 25, 2025

Board of education issues apology to children for emotional damage over their teacher having a part-time job.

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• (convenience stores • education • schools • society • Teachers • weird • youth)

Elementary and junior high students speak out on Japan’s strangest school rules

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 21, 2025

Underwear must be a certain color, or if in gym class, removed entirely.

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AR sport Hado added to Shizuoka high school curriculum

• Master Blaster
  Jun 11, 2025

Shoot fireballs for your health!

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• (AR • gym class • Hado • health • PE class • schools • sports • technology • video games)

Japanese high school ends tradition of having all students walk 85-kilometer all-night trek

• Casey Baseel
  May 9, 2025

Those kids are still going to be doing a lot of walking, though.

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• (crazy • education • schools • society • youth)

Number of foreign students in Japan hits record high, one country accounts for over 35 percent

• Casey Baseel
  May 2, 2025

More students from abroad than ever before are studying in Japan, with a massive surge between the last two reporting periods.

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• (COK • foreigners in Japan • internationalism • schools • society • students • study in Japan • studying in Japan)

School suddenly changes field trip from 2025 Expo to Universal Studios Japan over safety concerns

• Master Blaster
  Apr 18, 2025

Will more follow their lead?

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• (2025 Osaka World Expo • class trip • Osaka • safety • school trips • schools • society • students • travel • Universal Studios Japan)

University of Tokyo announces new department with all classes taught in English

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2025

Japan’s most prestigious university adds its first new department in nearly 70 years as it strives for greater internationalization.

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• (colleges • education • internationalization • schools • society • study in Japan • universities • University of Tokyo)

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