Tag: education

Like many, I've gotten into Twitter, posting my random thoughts on life, the universe and everything while passing along information ...

Japan's transformation into one of the world's foremost industrial nations has been quite an achievement, especially when you consider the ...

My son turns fifteen this year, and in accordance with a Japanese custom I'd never heard of before, he'll be ...

The fallout from the Japanese election continues, with many hours of TV coverage dedidated to discussing the various issues related ...

Last time I talked about some phrases that are very concise in Japanese yet have many long and complex potential ...

My son is in the second year of junior high, so it's time for us to start thinking about what ...

On Sunday my wife and son drove to his juku, or evening preparatory school (a.k.a. "cram school"), for a formal ...

My wife reads the Japanese version of Newsweek, and sometimes I thumb through it to see how it compares to ...

The first Japanese person to set foot on American soil was Manjiro Nakahama, a 14-year-old fisherman who was rescued in ...

The subject of Japan's police is an interesting one. Japan's boys in blue are organized under the umbrella of the ...

I've written before about how people's perceptions can easily get confused when dealing with other cultures, like how millions of ...

The economy here in Japan has certainly been better, and it seems that every day brings more news of production ...

Because my son goes to a special immersion school in which the curriculum follows the guidelines set down by the ...

Every language has dialects, and Japanese is no different. I've heard that since Japanese people are more likely to stay ...

The word moe (mo-eh) is written with a kanji that means "sprout," but it's meaning is a bit difficult to ...

It's a proud time for J-List's Yasu, the guy in charge of stocking cool artbooks and Japanese study items on ...

I recently saw that Japan had topped Save the Children's annual Child Development Index, which ranks nations on how well ...

Of all the aspects of Japan I had to get used to when I came here, the educational system was ...

America's election is almost here, and the whole world is watching, including the Japanese, who get regular reports from the ...

Stereotypes are not good since they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten to ...

Japan is a great place with a lot to offer many people, whether you're interested in learning the language, making ...

Japan's next Prime Minister has been decided, and as expected, it's to be Taro Aso, who received more than 95% ...

My daughter's been quite happy in school recently, after a trip she took with her class a few weeks ago ...

I remember back in the 1980s, when Japan's educational system was held up as a success story for other nations ...