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Icon for www.asahi.com朝日新聞社 · Mar 31, 2024

Education gap affects mortality rates, study done in Japan finds

Individuals with a low educational background are at higher risk of early death compared with those who got a university-level ... in Japan have found that people who had fewer formal education ...
Icon for www.asahi.com朝日新聞社 · May 13, 2023

EDITORIAL: No foreign child in Japan should be missing out on proper education

More than 8,000 foreign children of compulsory school age in Japan are apparently missing out on receiving a formal education. The figure was determined at the end of May last year based on ...
Icon for www.unesco.orgUNESCO · 15d

Japan assumes leadership of the Group of Friends for Education and Lifelong Learning

Education is facing a multitude of challenges worldwide, and recent events have highlighted its critical importance. Your Excellency, could you please elaborate on the specific measures that Japan is undertaking at the national level to update the approach ...
Icon for www3.nhk.or.jpNHK · Apr 22, 2024

Yen plunge chills Japan education

The yen dropped to its lowest level against the dollar in 34 years last week, and the impact is affecting more and more of life in Japan — even education, especially school trips abroad.
The Mainichi on MSN.com · 7d

News in Easy English: New 'Pre-2 Plus' Eiken English test level introduced

TOKYO -- The Eiken Foundation of Japan has started a new English test level. It is called "Grade Pre-2 Plus." This new test is between Grade Pre-2 and Grade 2. Grade Pre-2 is about the same as middle high school students' English. Grade 2 is for students who finish high school. Grade Pre-2 Plus will be for students in the last years of high school.