During the summers of 2008 and 2009, I attended a public elementary school in a Tokyo suburb. As an American, it was one of the coolest experiences of my life. Jen Adams/BuzzFeed For some context, I ...

A documentary film that records the daily lives of children at a Japanese public elementary school has lessons for both domestic and overseas audiences. “The Making of a Japanese,” directed by Ema ...

Japan's education ministry says a record number of over 350,000 elementary and junior high school students missed school for ...

Shin, for the first time, is the main host! He shows what an elementary school student in Japan needs when going back to ...

A record high of 191,958 students were absent from school for 90 days or more in the 2024 academic year. Read more at ...

Japan's education ministry has found that bullying at schools across the country hit a record high in fiscal 2024 for the ...

A new research program is underway in Japan which will introduce fifth graders to a 1.2 meter tall communication robot called Robovie over a period of 14 months. Researchers at the International ...

Elementary school teachers watch out. Japan’s trying to make you obsolete! In lieu of a real flesh and blood person, one primary class in Tokyo is now getting a robot teacher named Saya. Saya has 18 ...

Japan is grappling with a growing crisis of school absenteeism, as new education ministry data shows a record number of ...

Great Falls — Nineteen students from Great Falls Elementary School and Cooper Middle School spent their summer in a unique way. The students spent two weeks in Japan as a culmination of their Japanese ...