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Tokyo Tama schools distributing free feminine hygiene products to students
- Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2021 - Tweet
West Tokyo program is the first of its kind in Japan.
Survey asks Japanese teens which school club they want to join, and “kitaku” club is top choice
- Casey Baseel
Mar 18, 2021
Sure, tennis and band are fun, but it’s hard to beat the appeal of kitaku.
- Japan
- (COK • education • extracurricular activities • schools • society • students • survey • youth)
Okazaki City gives all elementary and junior high students portable Vocaloid software
- Master Blaster
Mar 13, 2021
Why, back in my day, we had to make music by hitting and blowing into pieces of wood!
- Japan
- (Aichi • COK • education • GIGA School • Hatsune Miku • music • Okazaki • schools • technology • Vocaloid • Yamaha)
Some Japanese elementary schools don’t let kids wear underwear during P.E., and parents are mad
- Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2021
Even by Japanese school rule standards, this is a baffling, infuriating one.
Majority of Nagasaki high schools and middle schools have white-underwear-only rules, study finds
- Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2021
Board of education asks schools to consider whether the policy is an outdated infringement on individual rights.
- Japan
- (COK • dress codes • school rules • schools • society • underwear • youth)
Japan’s Shizuoka bans teachers from personal communication with students on social media
- Casey Baseel
Mar 5, 2021
Teachers who violate rule will face disciplinary action.
Zara creates loungewear that looks like a Japanese school P.E. uniform
- Oona McGee
Feb 26, 2021
New fashion choice puzzles people around Japan.
- Japan
- (elementary school students • fashion • gym • Japanese school uniforms • loungewear • marketing • P.E. • P.E. uniforms • schools • Zara)
Brown-haired girl sues Japanese school for telling her to dye hair black, court makes decision
- Casey Baseel
Feb 18, 2021
Four-year lawsuit ends with win for former student, but not the one she was hoping for.
- Japan
- (COK • education • hair color • hair dye • lawsuit • school rules • schools • society)
Netflix offering full Tokyo anime school scholarships with living expense support, open to foreigners
- Casey Baseel
Feb 13, 2021
Streaming giant teams up with Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell studios for course designed by Studio Ghibli veteran.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • Netflix • Production I.G. • scholarship • schools • Studio Ghibli • Studio WIT • WIT Animator Academy)
Former schoolgirl sues Tokyo high school that made her drop out for breaking no-dating rule
- Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2021
No love in school leads to fight in court.
Male deer breaks into Japanese high school’s women’s bathroom【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 1, 2021
Breaks multiple school rules.
A+ in kindness — Tsukuba university donates over 19 tons of food to students during pandemic【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2021
School staff, Tsukuba farmers, and local businesses all pitch in.
- Japan
- (awesome • charity • coronavirus • crazy • donation • food • moving • schools • touching • University of Tsukuba • video)
Man kicked out of Japan’s national college entrance exam for improper mask-wearing technique
- Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2021
If you can’t handle wearing a mask properly, you’re probably not ready for higher education.
- Japan
- (Center Test • COK • college • college entrance exams • coronavirus • education • entrance exams • masks • schools • university)
Japanese school renames boys, girls uniforms as “Type I” and “Type II” in gender identity reform
- SoraNews24
Dec 23, 2020
New dress code allows choice of bottoms for female students only.
- Japan
- (COK • dress code • education • School Uniforms • schools • society • uniforms)
Dumb Japanese school dress codes — Coronavirus winter edition
- Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2020
In a year like no other, school insists on enforcing same old dress code even while temperature in classrooms is anything but normal.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • crazy • dress codes • school rules • School Uniforms • schools • society • uniforms • weird)
ALT in Japan asked to remove earrings by Board of Education
- Oona McGee
Dec 18, 2020
Assistant language teacher left angered by the request.
- Japan
- (ALT • assistant language teacher • culture • elementary schools • English • Japanese elementary schools • Japanese students • learning languages • schools • students • Teaching English in Japan • working in Japan)
Japanese middle school criticized for pulling out girls’ bra straps to check their color
- Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2020
Law association calls practice a violation of human rights.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • dress code • education • school rules • schools • underwear • weird • youth)
Life isn’t like anime — Japanese school to close, students must transfer 200 kilometers away
- Casey Baseel
Oct 28, 2020
Coronavirus is straw that breaks the back of boarding school with shrinking enrollment numbers.
- Japan
- (anime isn't like reality • boarding schools • COK • coronavirus • crazy • high school • schools • society • teens)
Japanese student teased for American pronunciation gets sweet revenge on classmates
- Oona McGee
Oct 21, 2020
Heartwarming tale of a boy who grew up to have the last laugh, and get rich off the experience as well.
- Japan
- (agriculture • English • farming • heartwarming • high school students • Japanese high schools • Japanese students • learning languages • linguistics • pronunciation • schools • students • Teaching English in Japan • tomato • tomatoes • twitter)
Bomb threats for Bitcoin bewilder local governments in Japan who couldn’t pay if they wanted to
- Master Blaster
Oct 10, 2020
Because elementary schools are famous for dabbling in the crypto exchanges.
- Japan
- (Bitcoin • bomb threat • city office • crime • government • schools • technology)
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