Japan News News Japan » Education: Mongolia Inspection Report | Education Edition: How Japanese-style education that crossed the sea is spreading
In September 2026, prior to the Japan UNICEF Parliamentary League's inspection of Mongolia, I visited the "Mongolian KOSEN College of Technology" and "School No. 149" in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. How ...
News Japan » Education: Japan to expand language education for foreign residents
The education ministry plans to help local governments strengthen their teaching programs through subsidies and expert guidance.
News Japan » Education: Japan Might Be What Equality in Education Looks Like
KAWAMATA, Japan—In many countries, the United States included, students’ economic backgrounds often determine the quality of the education they receive. Richer students tend to go to schools funded by ...
News Japan » Education: Using Education to Make Japan Great Again?
Professor Yuki Honda, a sociologist at University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Education, is concerned about the rise of state-sponsored authoritarianism within Japan’s compulsory education system.
News Japan » Education: [A Father's Musings] Things That Might Be 'A Bit Off' About Japan's Education and University Systems, Realized While Preparing for My Son's Study Abroad
Following my son's decision to pursue his education overseas, I have been studying the American university system, admissions processes, and financial concepts from scratch.In doing so, I have had ...
News Japan » Education: Perspectives on Special Education in Japan
This past fall I was part of a group of educators who were awarded fellowships to travel to Japan and learn about the country’s education system. During my three-week stay in Tokyo and the southern ...
News Japan » Education: Internationalising Japan’s higher education sector
January and February decides the fate of Japanese students preparing for university entrance exams. This year’s high schoolers have been through a particularly stressful period because of policy ...
News Japan » Education: Japan Education: Global Groundbreakers
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 ...
News Japan » Education: How Global Competence Has Boosted Japan's Education System
Shinichi Yamanaka was a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Education at Asia Society in summer 2017. Yamanaka is the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Bulgaria (2015–2016) ...
News Japan » Education: Japanese Language Education of the Earlier Generations: From 1885 to World War II
Japanese people officially began migrating to Hawai'i in 1885 and, at the turn of the century, the migration spread to the western continental United States. The immigrants left an economically ...
News Japan » Education: TOKYO REPORT: Japan to Expand Language Education for Foreign Residents
Japan's education ministry plans to expand Japanese-language education for foreign residents as their numbers reach a record high and many communities struggle to meet growing demand for classes.