06.06.2015 21:29:43 (GMT+12)
American School in Japan admits covering up teacher’s sex abuse for decades
In a long-awaited disclosure, a well-known international school in Tokyo admits to concealing decades of sexual abuse by a former teacher and apologizes.
Shima, capital of pearl cultivation, to host G-7 summit in 2016
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday next year’s Group of Seven summit will take place in the picturesque but isolated city of Shima, situated at ...
Move Tokyo’s elderly into countryside before nursing crunch hits: think tank
A policy think tank issues a report urging Tokyo’s elderly to move into the countryside to avoid an impending shortage of nursing care services in ...
Ministry announces new junior high school English exam
To fix Japan’s English-learning failures, the education ministry will create a new test based on a European index and urge prefectures to compete against one ...
‘Cool Japan’ complex envisioned in Saitama
Publisher Kadokawa Corp. has unveiled a vision to turn Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, into a hub for the “Cool Japan” movement by creating a cultural complex ...
Experts’ tongue-lashing rekindles Diet debate on reinterpreted Constitution
The surprise tongue-lashing in the Diet meted out by three noted constitutional scholars has reignited debate on whether the Cabinet’s reinterpretation of Article 9 last ...
In a long-awaited disclosure, a well-known international school in Tokyo admits to concealing decades of sexual abuse by a former teacher and apologizes.
Shima, capital of pearl cultivation, to host G-7 summit in 2016
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday next year’s Group of Seven summit will take place in the picturesque but isolated city of Shima, situated at ...
Move Tokyo’s elderly into countryside before nursing crunch hits: think tank
A policy think tank issues a report urging Tokyo’s elderly to move into the countryside to avoid an impending shortage of nursing care services in ...
Ministry announces new junior high school English exam
To fix Japan’s English-learning failures, the education ministry will create a new test based on a European index and urge prefectures to compete against one ...
‘Cool Japan’ complex envisioned in Saitama
Publisher Kadokawa Corp. has unveiled a vision to turn Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, into a hub for the “Cool Japan” movement by creating a cultural complex ...
Experts’ tongue-lashing rekindles Diet debate on reinterpreted Constitution
The surprise tongue-lashing in the Diet meted out by three noted constitutional scholars has reignited debate on whether the Cabinet’s reinterpretation of Article 9 last ...