119-year-old Japanese high school stops forcing baseball players to shave...
“Whether your head is shaved doesn’t matter” says team captain. In American youth athletics, baseball is often seen as a comparatively laid-back sport to play, but that’s not the case at all in Japan....
View ArticleCrafty or creepy? Japanese Twitter user recounts roundabout way of following...
This premise should definitely be an anime. Even though there are plenty of people in Japan with 2-D crushes, some just prefer the old fashioned idea of going out with a real, 3-D human being. But one...
View ArticleJapanese student athletes facing criticism for selling pro baseball team’s...
Recent events dig up the question: is it alright to sell a gift from your heroes? Coronavirus has caused all sorts of things to be changed, postponed, or even canceled–the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,...
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Life isn’t like anime — Japanese school to close, students must transfer 200...
Coronavirus is straw that breaks the back of boarding school with shrinking enrollment numbers. Located in the town of Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Jiyugaoka High School was founded in 1983. All students...
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“Peaceful life with many dogs” is unacceptable dream, Japanese high school...
Does your dream have to be a job? Some aspects of the Japanese education system are unique to Japan, like, obviously, Japanese literature and history lessons being part of the mandatory curriculum....
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Kyoto families angered by new policy forcing high school students to buy...
Kyoto’s mandate seems to be one of the most burdensome on families in light of national directives for equipping students with electronic devices. Beginning with the 2022 academic year, the Kyoto...
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Wakayama man stealing uniform from school caught by mysterious man in...
There’s a very thin line between lurking and guarding. As a child I was always in such a rush to get out of school. I imagined they turned into ghost towns overnight because no one wanted to stay...
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We search for virtual love in brand new dating sim Tokimeki Memorial: Girls’...
Cheer on our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna in her quest to bag a fictional boyfriend! Tokimeki Memorial is a landmark of gaming that sadly never got a chance to be appreciated in the West—in no...
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Japan is opening a video gaming/e-sports high school, and the idea isn’t as...
Starting next spring, going to school is going to mean going to Shibuya to play games for some Tokyo teens. The Japanese school year starts in April, after a relatively short spring break. In 2022,...
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Blackboards in the west, hallways in the north: Japanese school layouts spark...
Are all Japanese schools designed the same way??? Just as Japanese society is largely homogenous, so too are a lot of the schools, with commonalities inherent to elementary, junior, and senior high...
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Sega begins Puyo Puyo Boot Camp to help bring eSports into more Japanese high...
A place where kids can learn their power chains from their stairs. The other day when I came home from work, I was shocked and appalled to find that my kids had failed to stack all the items in the...
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Survey finds obesity rates fell, but eyesight worsened among Japanese...
Don’t take P.E. for granted ever again, kids. It’s safe to say life was far from normal in Japan during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic–including multiple “soft lockdowns” and nationwide...
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Tokyo makes high school free for all families, even the rich ones
Even public high schools charge tuition in Japan, but that’s going to be ending soon in the nation’s largest city. Despite its characterization as a studious society that values formal education, high...
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All-Japan Pillow Fighting Tournament brings fun and games to onsen town【Photos】
The one place in Japan where pillow fighting is a competitive sport. If you were to ask someone what sport is played in yukata (summer kimono), with tatami mats as the playing field and pillows as the...
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Public high school in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture will no longer take student...
Board of Education doesn’t want students to be penalized for times when missing school is necessary. High school isn’t part of compulsory education in Japan, so even students wanting to attend public...
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Survey shows drop in Japanese highschoolers who’ve kissed someone, girls...
Number of high schoolers who’ve kissed or lost their virginity drops to half of early-2000s peak. Every six years, the Japanese Association for Sex Education carries out the National Survey of Youth...
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Diving into the 2024 JC & JK Buzzword Award nominations for trendy Japanese...
We take a closer look at some of the entries selected by Gen Z and Gen Alpha Japanese schoolgirls and suddenly feel very old. Schoolgirls move the world–or at the very least, our language. Every year...
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The number of entrance exam takers at a top public high school in Okayama...
The lower-than-usual number of students points to both population-based and educational trends reflective of many other areas of the country. ‘Tis the season of entrance exams, graduation ceremonies,...
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Japan’s Rental High School Student Project is more wholesome than it sounds,...
Program creates connections and offers help for senior citizens. “Rental High School Student” might sound like a dubious extension of Japan’s rent-a-family-member services, or perhaps even some...
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Abandoned school being used for foreign tourists to experience Japanese high...
Relive high school for the first time. For years and years, anime has brought the Japanese high school experience to the world and undoubtedly has left many yearning to try it for themselves...
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