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Tokyo schoolboy assumes other boy’s identity for six months, attends classes at top high school
- Casey Baseel
Oct 1, 2020 - Tweet
What the real boy was doing was even weirder.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • education • entrance exams • high schools • imposter • scam • schools • students • weird)
The reason why Japanese students don’t pronounce English properly
- Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2020
Good English pronunciation is less about ability and more about “surrounding eyes”.
- Japan
- (English • high school students • Japanese high schools • Japanese students • learning languages • linguistics • pronunciation • schools • students • Teaching English in Japan)
Japanese government promises reduced teacher responsibilities, right to refuse club supervision
- Katy Kelly
Sep 11, 2020
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology says that in three years teachers might get their holidays to themselves.
- Japan
- (clubs • education • extracurricular activities • junior high school • MEXT • schools • society • Teachers • teaching • youth)
Japanese teacher apologizes for peeing on students’ futon during club retreat
- Casey Baseel
Aug 29, 2020
Went to take a bath after doing his business.
Student baseball players in Japan improve with less training after COVID-19 hiatus
- Master Blaster
Aug 3, 2020
Less practice has resulted in faster pitches and stronger players.
- Japan
- (baseball • coronavirus • COVID-19 • fitness • high school • schools • society • sports)
Hi-Chew releases new Japanese School Lunch flavor to stimulate appetites and nostalgia
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2020
An appeal to literally old-school cravings.
Head of Tokyo board of education gets asked about dumb school hairstyle rule, gives dumb answer
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2020
Apparently the two block hairstyle is too dangerous for kids to have.
- Japan
- (crazy • education • hair • hairstyling • school rules • schools • society • two block • video • weird • youth)
Knife-wielding professor fired from international department of one of Tokyo’s top universities
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2020
Teaching methods included violent outbursts and telling students to die.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • education • schools • university • Waseda University)
No school lunches? Tokyo boxed lunch stand says kids have to pay, but doesn’t care when, to whom
- Casey Baseel
May 3, 2020
Open-ended IOU is a tear-jerkingly literal application of paying it forward.
- Japan
- (bento • boxed lunches • COK • food • kids • moving • school lunches • schools • society • touching)
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.
- Europe, Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • hazmat suit • Japanese schools • Japanese students • photos • PPE • schools • students • twitter)
Japanese professor threatens students with expulsion for leaving prefecture in coronavirus crisis
- Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2020
Stay in Fukushima, or else, students are warned.
Which fictional anime school would you like to enroll in? Japanese fans vote in online survey
- Katie Pask
Apr 14, 2020
Did your favourite anime academy make the cut?
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • Assassination Classroom • Ensemble Stars • gintama • japanese school • My Hero Academia • questionnaire • school • schools • survey)
Japanese students learn English with help from a dating sim artist
- Oona McGee
Apr 10, 2020
Studying is much more exciting when you can imagine yourself dating one of the textbook characters.
- Japan
- (anime • dating simulators • deep learning • Japanese students • junior high school • learning English • LovePlus • romance games • schools • students • Textbooks • video • video games)
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.
- Japan
- (Abe Shinzo • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • government • Japanese Government • Japanese Prime Minister • Japanese schools • news • Prime Minister Abe • schools • travel)
Mayor of Osaka wants to legally control when kids can and can’t use smartphones in their own home
- Casey Baseel
Jan 19, 2020
55-year-old politician thinks kids are ditching school because they’re spending too much time on their phones.
- Japan
- (COK • education • government • kids • laws • Osaka • schools • Smartphones • society • technology)
Nanotech professor from one of Japan’s top universities arrested for panty-theft
- Master Blaster
Nov 20, 2019
Looks like Nerdlinger’s bra bomb didn’t work.
- Japan
- (Chiba • crime • Ichikawa • Keio University • lingerie • panties • professor • schools • Teachers • theft • underwear)
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.
- Japan
- (ALT • high school students • high schools • Japanese high schools • Japanese schools • Japanese students • news • Saitama • schools • teacher • teaching)
Human pyramids continue in Kobe schools as injuries mount to 51, mayor’s pleas to stop unanswered
- Master Blaster
Oct 11, 2019
Schools refuse to stop stacking their students in the name of athletics.
- Japan
- (education • gymnastic formations • human pyramids • kids • Kobe • kumi taiso • schools • society • Sports Day • sports festivals)
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.
- Japan
- (accommodation • hostels • hotels • Japanese schools • Narita • Narita Airport • schools • travel)
A case of culture shock: Japanese summer vacation isn’t much of a vacation at all
- Katy Kelly
Sep 29, 2019
Our Japanese-language reporter had his world turned upside down when his German wife commented on his childhood memories.
- Japan
- (COK • cultural differences • Daiichiro Tashiro • international relationships • internationalism • relationships • romance • schools • SNJO • society • summer vacation)
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