Tag: Japan
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Toilet Paper To Save Suicidal Youth: Japan Applies New Approach In Schools
In an effort to combat Japan’s decades-long suicidal crisis, local authorities in central Japan are trying a new approach: printing supportive and comforting messages on toilet paper.
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Japan: Students Punished By Being Forced To Stay In Hot Buses
The Mainichi Shimbun reported on August 9 that two students at a municipal junior high school had to spend the day in an overheated bus because they had broken a school rule during a June field trip.
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Japanese Student Suspended For Grooming Eyebrows
When it comes to student behaviour and appearance, Japanese schools have a reputation for being quite picky. Although some of the more stringent regulations have been loosened in recent years, this doesn’t imply that they’ve vanished completely, as shown by the events at a school in Fukuoka Prefecture.
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Japan:Â Teachers Struggle To Encourage Students To Remove Masks As Temperature Soars
At a time when Japan is experiencing record-breaking summer temperatures and the coronavirus pandemic is spreading, schools throughout the nation are split over whether or not to mask.
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Chinese Parents Are Increasingly Sending Their Children To International Schools In Japan
Japan is seeing an international school construction boom, spurred by high-end brands in education who want to attract the children of rich Asian families, particularly from China.
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Japan: As A Cashless Culture Takes Root, Children Are Now Being Taught Financial Literacy
Young children in Japan are receiving financial education to help them better comprehend money as a result of mandatory high school requirements and the lowering of the age of maturity from 20 to 18.
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Japan: Staffer Arrested for Adding Human Excrement to School Lunches
On June 13, a 20-year-old staffer at a public school was accused of adding human excrement to the school meals.
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Japan: Students Are Now Permitted To Converse During Lunch As The Number Of Covid Cases Continues To Decrease
Children in Japan have been allowed to communicate with their peers during lunch as COVID cases have declined.
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Japan: Police Commend Second-Grade Boy For Safeguarding Lost Three-Year-Old
A second-grade boy was recognized and commended by the police for his efforts in locating a missing child who was three years of age.
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Japanese School Receives $27,000 Water Bill After Teacher Leaves Water On In Swimming Pool
A teacher in charge of pool upkeep in Japan racked up a $27,000 water bill after leaving a tap running for months in an effort to prevent Covid spread.