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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Great Falls — Several Great Falls Elementary students will be spending the first part of their summer vacation in Japan, as part of an exchange program. While on the trip, they will visit various ...

COVID-19, the coronavirus disease, has closed schools and workplaces around the world. People have gotten creative with holding virtual gatherings while sheltering at home, from weddings in the ...

EAU CLAIRE — Just before the end of the day on Thursday, students in the cafeteria at Robbins Elementary School were learning to count to ten in Japanese. This was just the beginning of the Japanese ...