Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the summers of 2008 and 2009, I attended a public elementary school in a Tokyo suburb. As an American, it was one of the ...

Thousands of Japanese children in Tokyo are skipping the traditional school system ― and heading instead to international classrooms where lessons are in foreign languages and curriculums are flexible ...

There is an alarming rise in absenteeism, mental health issues, and depression among Japanese students. This is more than just an educational issue; it reflects a deeper societal problem. A recent ...

For six years of my early life, I had the fortune of partaking in a unique educational journey that spanned two countries, giving me a bicultural perspective of public school systems in Japan and the ...

There’s far more to Japanese schools than rote learning and cramming. Our Tokyo bureau chief explores the country’s best-in-class approaches to moulding responsible citizens. Anyone who goes through ...

When we arrived in Japan in 2023, we bypassed the expensive international schools and enrolled our daughter directly into the local public system, essentially tossing her into the deep end of cultural ...