To open in 2023, ‘Japan Fish College’ will offer curriculum integrated with the sea
Consuming 7.5 billion tons of marine products each year, Japan is the largest fish-eating country in the world. As an island nation where only 20%…
Education
Kinder Kids includes the multisensory art of drinking tea in preschool education program
Children are sensitive, creative, and curious. It is essential that their educational experience engages all five senses to provide the most significant opportunities for their…
2021 Japan University Rankings announced and the top spot might surprise you
Thinking of going to university in Japan, but don’t know where to study? The recently released Times Higher Education (hereafter THE) Japanese University Rankings 2021…
Shoko Nakagawa’s comments on schools’ “No nickname policy” provide food for thought
The TBS TV show, “Gutto Luck!” aired an episode on October 28th, 2020, with a particular focus on the “no nickname policy” which has been…
Who Gives Up Their Seat on a Crowded Train?
Grape held its essay contest grape Award 2020 this year from May to August. Contestants could write about one of two themes; heart-stirring or heart-stirring…
Paulo D’Alberti: the startup founder shaping the future of online education in Japan
COVID-19, like the unruly troublemaker that haunts every classroom, has thrown education into disarray in 2020. While schools are furtively unshuttering their doors, many still…
Young YouTuber Wants to Stay Out of School; People on Tokyo’s Streets Weigh In
Arielle Busetto, JAPAN Forward It was the end of a blissfully-long Golden Week holiday in May, but one young man was already thinking of back-to-school…
Japanese School Kids Learn English from AI Robots
by Taichi Hamakawa Leave it to a robot to teach English classes! The use of AI (artificial intelligence) robots as assistant teachers for English classes…
Japanese School Festival Devises Genius Way to Stop Littering and Promote Democracy to Kids at the Same Time
Japan’s streets are famously litter-free. Even in an urban area like Tokyo, you can see a level of cleanliness completely unexpected of one of the…
10% Pay Cut For Teacher Who Repeatedly Spat On and Slapped Students’ Faces
The behavior of Japanese middle and high school teachers has come under fire in recent years, especially in terms of what many see as excessive…
Japanese Tech School Lets Students And Maids Learn Game Programming Together For Mutual Benefit
Maids are a staple of Japanese otaku subculture, with maid cafes, where maids serve food and drink to guests while treating them like kings, being…
Japan Opens “YouTuber Academy” Training Courses For Elementary School Students
In 2016, Japanese newspaper Mainichi News, reported the results of a poll conducted among fourth grade boys at an elementary school in Osaka that showed…
Steak Is Becoming A Source of Hope For Victims of Exam Hell
In Japan, many look forward to the months of March and April when cherry blossoms begin to bloom, temperatures begin to rise, and the much-anticipated…
2-Minute Video Poignantly Captures The Stressful Reality Of Japan’s College Entrance Exams
For many high school students in Japan, acceptance into a prestigious college or university is often considered the key path toward a successful and stable…
Esteemed Japanese Teacher-Celebrity Blasts Unmotivated Youth: “Studying Is A Luxury!”
“If you don’t like it, just quit. Studying is a luxury.” Those were the words that celebrity educator and television personality Osamu Hayashi chose to…