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Poor kids in Japan tend to not enjoy school, can't understand classes: survey
TOKYO -- Children from financially struggling families are more likely to feel that school is not fun, a survey of some ... is required in the first place." (Japanese original by Sahomi Nishimoto ...
How children around the world welcome the new school year with fun traditions
As the school bell rings, children everywhere are gearing up for the first day of school but did you know that every country ...
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10,000 foreign kids in Japan not getting a basic education
Around 10,000 foreign children of compulsory school age in Japan are not receiving a formal education, according to an education ministry study that found the situation, while still grim ...
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Japan’s Growing “Children’s Cafeteria” Movement Supporting Adults Too
In fiscal 2024, the number of “children’s cafeterias” in Japan ... This exceeded the current number of public junior high schools (9,265) in Japan, and if the rate of increase continues ...
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Parents of chronically absent kids in Japan turn to support spaces to vent
(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- With a surge in children refusing to go to school in Japan in recent years, places of respite are being set up across the country to advise parents feeling isolated and ...
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I uprooted my life and moved across the world to teach at a Japanese high school. These are the 3 things I learned, and why I'd do it again.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nic Lim, an author from New Zealand who moved to Japan for ... manga where kids draw on blackboards are accurate. In the school where I ...
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Number of cafeterias for children in need hits record high in Japan
A record 10,866 kodomo shokudo — cafeterias offering free or low-cost meals to children in need ... the combined total of Japan’s elementary and junior high schools, which stands at ...