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Teachers reprimanded for using Japanese imperial flag and apparent war propaganda on school test
The tests were confiscated and the teachers forced to apologize to students.
- Japan
- (controversy • education • history • rising sun flag • schools • society • World War II)
Tokyo University of the Arts to offer graduate program in video game design next year
- Dale Roll
Nov 4, 2018
The exciting program may be the first graduate video game design course at a Japanese university.
- Japan
- (education • graduate school • schools • Square Enix • Tokyo University of the Arts • universities • video games)
Nintendo to give Labo kits to U.S. elementary schools, but not Japanese schools. Why?
- Dale Roll
Nov 2, 2018
One Japanese netizen guesses that it has to do with fundamental problems in the Japanese education system.
- Japan
- (education • nintendo • Nintendo Labo • nintendo switch • schools • science • scoiety • video games)
Japanese middle schoolers build an awesome real/VR roller coaster for their class project【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2018
Combines modern technology and old-school carpentry in a way that puts ordinary science fair projects to shame.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • culture festival • kids • roller coasters • schools • technology • video • virtual reality • VR)
Japanese university employee caught spending 50 hours a month looking at manga porn at work
- Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2018
Looking at sexy anime and manga is a time-honored way of rubbing away work-caused stress in Japan, but you’re supposed to wait until after work.
Japanese schools are losing their pools due to rising maintenance costs and aging facilities
- Dale Roll
Sep 12, 2018
Sadly, quintessential anime scenes of rooftop swimming classes may be coming to an end soon.
Student gets a huge surprise when his teachers finds out he doodled anime’s Naruto on his report
- Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2018
When a student’s love of anime pops up during school time, some teachers would be mad, but this one decided to be awesome instead.
Japanese government announces stricter requirements for foreigner student visas
- Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2018
New rules aims to close loophole that lets language school students spend as much of the year working full-time as attending class.
- Japan
- (COK • education • foreigners in Japan • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • Living in Japan • schools • visas)
Most female doctors in poll can understand Tokyo medical school reducing female applicant scores
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2018
Majority say they can see some sort of logic behind university systematically reducing women’s entrance exam scores by up to 20 percent.
- Japan
- (COK • doctors • education • entrance exams • health • scandal • schools • society • Tokyo Medical University • universities)
Tokyo Medical University accused of dropping women’s entrance exam scores 10-20 percent each year
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2018
Source says score-rigging was born out of concern that many “female doctors quit their jobs after having children.”
- Japan
- (education • entrance exams • health • scandal • schools • society • Tokyo Medical University • universities)
10 girls rushed to hospital for heatstroke after Tokyo high school’s non-air-conditioned assembly
- Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2018
Over two dozen students complain of nausea and other symptoms after assembly for topic that definitely could have waited for a cooler day.
School in Japan removes traditional Tanabata decorations for being incongruent with Christianity
- Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2018
Secular summer festival’s wishing tree gets taken down, clever complaints from students go up instead.
- Japan
- (Christianity • controversy • religion • schools • society • star festival • Tanabata)
Flexible teachers DO exist in Japan: First-grader gets full credit for “wrong” math test answers
- Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2018
There are no wrong answers, as long as you’ve got the right question.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • education • education in Japan • kids • math • moving • schools • Teachers • touching • wrong answers)
Tokyo women’s university will accept transgender students who identify as female, a Japan first
- Casey Baseel
Jul 2, 2018
School asserts that it will accept female-identifying students even if they are listed as male on their legal family registry.
- Japan
- (education • LGBT • schools • society • transgender • universities • women's universities)
Japanese teachers confiscate students’ cell phones following Osaka earthquake, get slammed online
- Casey Baseel
Jun 23, 2018
Even in a country that values following the rules, many say cutting off lines of communication following disaster is going too far.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • earthquake • family • mobile phones • Osaka earthquake • school rules • schools • Smartphones • society • weird • youth)
Japanese town suffers population decline, turns its local elementary school into an aquarium
- Oona McGee
Jun 20, 2018
Yes, those really are sharks swimming around in the school pool.
- Japan
- (aging population • aquariums • elementary schools • Japanese schools • schools • tourism • travel)
Japanese teacher gives secret love letter to junior high schoolgirl, gets his heart broken
- Casey Baseel
Jun 1, 2018
30-something educator should really be old enough to know his love confession was immature and inappropriate.
Japanese school’s ethics text encourages kids to “work without reward,” gets slammed online
- Casey Baseel
May 29, 2018
Exasperated mom says cute animal characters are showing young students exactly what not to do in life.
- Japan
- (education • funny • Japanese language • kids • linguists • Parenting • parents • schools • society • working in Japan)
Japanese teacher has student make written apology for farting in class, displays it in classroom
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2018
Attempt at discipline feels especially misguided when you learn the type of school he worked at.
Board of education suspends Japanese teacher who stockpiled 750 pairs of panties at school
- Casey Baseel
Mar 7, 2018
High school educator might sound like a pantie thief, but it turns out he was actually a wannabe pantie merchant.
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