Japan's school absences hit record high as experts call for changes

Japan's school absences have hit a record high, according to an education ministry survey. The total has been increasing for ...

INTERVIEW/ Ema Yamazaki: Documentary highlights the pros and cons of Japanese schools

A documentary film that records the daily lives of children at a Japanese public elementary school has lessons for both domestic and overseas audiences.
Foreign Affairs

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 ...
East Asia Forum

Japan’s equal educational opportunity faces funding dilemma

The policy debate over free high school tuition is drawing considerable attention in Japan. Compulsory education ends in junior high school but the high school enrolment rate already reached nearly 98 ...
Asia Society

The Making of a Japanese

Filmmaker Ema Ryan Yamazaki offers a unique lens to this question by playing observer to the Japanese education system, carefully uncovering the cultural intricacies that define what it truly means to ...
Business Insider

I went to school in the US and Japan. Japan gave me a sense of community, but the US taught me to have my own opinions.

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 ...