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

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2022
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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)

Students in Japan get free point on entrance exam because of typo, Internet says they got off easy

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2022

Fukushima Board of Education admits mistake, but it’s hard to imagine it made any difference.

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• (COK • education • entrance exams • Japanese language • linguistics • schools • students)

This is chalk?!? Yep, and it’s a touching Pokémon goodbye from a Japanese teacher to his students

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2022

Teacher bookends three years with his class with two stunning pieces of chalkboard art.

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• (anime • art • awesome • chalkboard art • cool • Dragon Quest • education • illustrtion • moving • Pokemon • Pokémon Arceus • Pokemon Legends Arceus • schools • Teachers • touching • video games)

Japanese man breaks into school to recover stuff teacher took from him…over 40 years ago

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 19, 2022

It should still be around somewhere, right?

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• (COK • crazy • crime • schools • students • weird)

Japan is opening a video gaming/e-sports high school, and the idea isn’t as crazy as it sounds

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 24, 2021

Starting next spring, going to school is going to mean going to Shibuya to play games for some Tokyo teens.

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• (awesome • cool • e-sports • education • high school • kids • pro gaming • schools • video games • weird • youth)

All-boys’ high school in Japan has mandatory grooming lesson, teaches about skincare, hairstyling

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2021

125-year-old Tokyo school wants its boys to think of proper grooming as part of their “gentlemen’s education.”

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• (COK • education • grooming • schools • society • video • weird • youth)

Uniqlo outfits might become Japanese high school’s official uniforms

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 7, 2021

Switch would solve a lot of school uniform-related problems, but not everyone thinks it’s a great idea.

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• (education • fashion • high schools • School Uniforms • schools • society • uniforms • Uniqlo)

“I need to talk with you,” Japanese worker tells boss, gets sweet reaction to “serious” problem

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 31, 2021

Boss fears the worst, shows that he’s the best.

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The only woman managing a high school baseball team in Osaka does things a little differently

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 20, 2021

And she’s making a big difference for her players.

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• (baseball • COK • high school baseball • Japanese High School Baseball Championship • Koshien • Koshien tournament • schools • shaved heads • society • sports • Teachers • youth)

Can you handle the heat? Japan’s one and only Curry College now enrolling new students

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jun 21, 2021

If you’re not good with spice, be sure to bring a gallon of milk with you to class. Read More

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• (curry • Curry College • education • food • instant curry • Japanese curry • schools)

Japanese high schools abolish old rules, provide freedom with underwear, hair and dating

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2021

Pressured to review outdated prohibitions, an entire prefecture says goodbye to “relics of the past”.

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Teacher in Japan literally picks up truant kid, carries him out of house to make him go to class

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2021

Parents are less than pleased with overly hands-on approach to education.

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• (COK • crazy • education • kids • schools • Teachers • truant)

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)

Kyoto families angered by new policy forcing high school students to buy tablets at own expense

• Krista Rogers
  May 5, 2021

Kyoto’s mandate seems to be one of the most burdensome on families in light of national directives for equipping students with electronic devices.

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• (board of education • COK • education • high school • high schools • ipad • Kyoto • schools • secondary education • society • tablets • technology)

Japanese high school kendo coach caught forcing students to pay birthday-tribute money

• Ingrid Tsai
  Apr 22, 2021

Typically, students are encouraged to report bullying to the adults, but what do you do when the adult is the bully?

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• (crime • Ehime • extracurricular activities • high school students • Kendo • martial arts • news • schools • sports • Teachers)

The top 10 universities in Japan determined by 2021 World University Rankings

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 21, 2021

Top ten universities in the overall ranking are situated in nine different Japanese prefectures. 

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• (COK • colleges • education • ranking • schools • Times Higher Education • universities • World University Rankings)

Japanese girl can’t think of anything to write about for in-class essay, writes awesome one anyway

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 9, 2021

Outside-the-box thinking gets a thumbs-up from teacher.

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• (cool • education • funny • kids • moving • schools • Teachers • touching)

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)

Japanese schoolkids to be able to carry their books in official Harry Potter randoseru backpacks

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 1, 2021

Hogwarts crest and wand holder-equipped bags for the start of little wizards’ academic careers.

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• (backpacks • bags • fashion • Harry Potter • kids • Q-pot • randoseru • schools)

Public schools in Japan’s Saga Prefecture will no longer regulate/check students’ underwear color

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 26, 2021

“Male” and “female” uniform designations, character strap prohibitions also removed.

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• (COK • education • gender • school rules • schools • society • underwear • youth)

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