By Takaaki Hiratsuka, professor of applied linguistics at Ryukoku University Have you ever felt like an imposter in your own ...

A nation respectful of centuries-old traditions, Japan is also the well-spring of the world’s future. The high-speed train, the Walkman and humanoid robots are just a few Japanese inventions that have ...

Moral education has the explicit aim of contributing to the character formation of Japanese citizens through school education. For this reason, policy intentions for moral education, as communicated ...

Japan’s decades-long population decline has taken a dramatic toll on the higher education system, with severe consequences for society and economic growth — a situation now about to be faced by the ...

As Japanese society increasingly gets global, a new study finds that its education system has not kept pace. Students with foreign roots face cultural and linguistic hurdles in schools that still ...

In recognition and to celebrate the “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” exhibition at the Asia Society Museum in New York, we will discuss the significance of education, in particular women’s ...

The March commencement ceremony at Japan's Daitetsu High School, a private school near Osaka, was no sooner over than the trouble began. A group of 20 graduates burst into the faculty room, ...

The only Japanese graduating in Princeton's class of '25 was a short, bespectacled cherub whose classmates all called him "Seaweed." Yoshio Osawa pinned the nickname on himself, ...

Thirty-four students from government schools in India are set to visit Japan under the Sakura Science Programme 2025. The ...

He went home and worked with fundraiser Japan for UNHCR and the FilmAid humanitarian organization to not only bring the talented refugees to world attention, but also raise money for secondary ...

Ghana’s Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) have officially signed a bilateral cooperation agreement to ...