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Japan Household Spending In July Edges Up 0.1%

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's household spending in July rose a real 0.1 percent from a year earlier for the first increase in three months, as higher wages drove outlays on home renovations and entertainment, government data shows.
But the relatively modest increase indicates households have had to curb...

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Classroom Avatar Creating Constructive Conflict At Small Japanese Schools

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KYODO NEWS
 
What would happen if a student avatar joined a classroom one day and tried to break the mold of everyday discussions or deliberately opposed the consensus reached and pushed by the classroom leader?
That is what is happening at some small schools in Japan where an avatar app is creat...

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Japan University Becomes 1st School To Breed Japanese Eels

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KYODO NEWS
 
A university in Japan recently became the first to successfully breed Japanese eels by hatching fish larvae from older ones farmed in the facility, amid a rapid decline in the fish species' numbers in the wild and a heightened interest in conservation efforts.
Kindai University in Os...

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Japanese Universities Climb Rankings In Times Global Survey

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KYODO NEWS
 
Several Japanese universities shot up in the latest annual ranking published by British magazine Times Higher Education, with the University of Tokyo rising to 29th, the highest position for a Japanese institution since 2015.
In its World University Rankings 2024, the University of T...

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Japanese High School Kids Average 12% Correct Answers In English Oral Test

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Third-year junior high students in Japan were only able to answer 12.4 percent of questions correctly on average in an English speaking test for national assessments conducted in April, the education ministry said Monday, marking an 18.4 percentage points fall from when they were pr...

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School Closures Spread As Japan Struggles With Depopulation

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ABC NEWS
 
As Eita Sato and Aoi Hoshi walked towards their junior high school graduation ceremony, their footsteps echoed in polished halls once crowded and noisy with students.
The two were the only graduates of Yumoto Junior High in a mountainous part of northern Japan — and the last. The 76-ye...

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Sri Lankan Children Taught Japanese by Students in Chiba Pref.

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JAPAN NEWS
 
With an economic crisis in Sri Lanka driving an influx of immigrants to Sammu, Chiba Prefecture, educating children unable to speak Japanese has become an issue at local elementary and junior high schools.
The municipal government has offered Japanese language classes for such childr...

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School Opens In Indonesia To Train Workers For Japan

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NHK
 
A Japanese firm has opened a vocational school in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to send more workers to Japan.
The opening ceremony was held with government officials from both countries.
Indonesians will learn the Japanese language, nursing and other skills for free for about six months...

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Women Outperform Men In Japanese Medical School Entrance Exams, Years After Testing Scandal

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THE GUARDIAN
 
More women qualified for places than men for first time since universities admitted to deliberately failing female applicants
Japanese women have outperformed men in medical school entrance exams for the first time since universities admitted they had deliberately failed female app...

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Japan’s Doors Remain Closed To Most Foreign Students

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THE JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan began welcoming 87 foreign students to the country on Sunday, the first such arrivals since strict rules were enforced in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus. And on Tuesday, it granted permission to enter to 400 more students.
About 147,000 foreign students ha...

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