Japan had about 3.76 million foreign residents at the end of last year, according to the Immigration Services Agency. That number is up by about 1.64 million over the past 10 years, with the ...

More and more university students are teaching children with foreign roots the Japanese language, and working to create ...

OTSU -- The first "democratic school" in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, opened here this month, amid a growing trend in the ...

Superintendent Michelle Whitney said the Yamate exchange and the district’s Japanese language classes are just two programs ...

English is a mandatory subject in Japan. Students begin learning it in elementary school, often by the 3rd grade. By ...

Critics say students may get distracted in classrooms and use their devices for other purposes. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Japanese government is eyeing a legislative amendment that would gradually increase school teachers' salaries starting in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, speaking at Saturday’s opening ceremony for the Osaka expo, expressed his hope that the event will help restore global unity in a ...

You may even recall specific goals, accompanied by colorful pictograms. The SDGs are initiatives set forth globally to ensure ...

Hahaʻione Elementary School kindergarten and Japanese teacher Kylie Nakano has been honored for her early career work with the state Department of Education. The Teacher or Promise award honors a ...

A Minecraft map has been featured in a Japanese junior high school math textbook to help students learn the subject.

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — A DeSoto Central Elementary School teacher was arrested Tuesday on a charge of possession of child pornography. Mitchell Cantrell was a fifth-grade teacher at the school ...