Research Team Creates Goggle-like Device That Can Test for Glaucoma
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THE JAPAN NEWS
A team of university researchers and others have developed a medical device shaped like goggles that can diagnose glaucoma (see below), the leading cause of blindness in Japan.
Glaucoma patients gradually lose their vision. The goggles, which can diagnose the eye condition throug...
A team of university researchers and others have developed a medical device shaped like goggles that can diagnose glaucoma (see below), the leading cause of blindness in Japan.
Glaucoma patients gradually lose their vision. The goggles, which can diagnose the eye condition throug...
- February 9, 2017
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‘Furusato Nozei’ Donations Sought for Schools
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Movements are spreading around the nation to support school education through donations via the “furusato nozei” hometown tax payment system (see below).
Many local governments are in severe fiscal conditions, and some are soliciting donations for specific purposes, such as the p...
Movements are spreading around the nation to support school education through donations via the “furusato nozei” hometown tax payment system (see below).
Many local governments are in severe fiscal conditions, and some are soliciting donations for specific purposes, such as the p...
- February 1, 2017
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Mothers Create Book on Raising Children with Disabilities
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A group of Tokyo mothers whose children have severe mental or physical handicaps requiring medical care, such as the use of an artificial respirator, have published a guidebook about improving the home life of children with disabilities and their families.
“Ouchi de kurasu guideb...
A group of Tokyo mothers whose children have severe mental or physical handicaps requiring medical care, such as the use of an artificial respirator, have published a guidebook about improving the home life of children with disabilities and their families.
“Ouchi de kurasu guideb...
- January 28, 2017
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Apps Aim to Make English Learning Easier, More Fun
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THE JAPAN NEWS
For the many people who may set a New Year’s goal of learning English, it’s a good idea to take advantage of smartphone applications to learn in one’s spare time. With such apps, other study materials don’t have to be carried around and English learning can take place at any time...
For the many people who may set a New Year’s goal of learning English, it’s a good idea to take advantage of smartphone applications to learn in one’s spare time. With such apps, other study materials don’t have to be carried around and English learning can take place at any time...
- January 26, 2017
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Grant-type System Coming For Students
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There are university and vocational school students who take out student loans to cover their tuition fees and living expenses. Aimed at decreasing the number of students who cannot enroll in school because of dire household finances, the government has decided to launch a grant-...
There are university and vocational school students who take out student loans to cover their tuition fees and living expenses. Aimed at decreasing the number of students who cannot enroll in school because of dire household finances, the government has decided to launch a grant-...
- January 21, 2017
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Elderly People Teach Japanese Through IT
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CHIBA — An information technology company based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, has started employing elderly people to teach Japanese to people overseas via online video calls.
The aim is to connect elderly people who tend to become isolated, such as those living in nursing hom...
CHIBA — An information technology company based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, has started employing elderly people to teach Japanese to people overseas via online video calls.
The aim is to connect elderly people who tend to become isolated, such as those living in nursing hom...
- November 5, 2016
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Foreign Children, Japanese Schools / Future Teachers Work To Gain New Skills
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KOFU — “How do you think this fish feels?” asked Akane Osada, 21. The senior from the University of Yamanashi’s Faculty of Education was teaching a boy from the Philippines at a municipal primary school in mid-June.
Osada was working as a student teacher with two others from the ...
KOFU — “How do you think this fish feels?” asked Akane Osada, 21. The senior from the University of Yamanashi’s Faculty of Education was teaching a boy from the Philippines at a municipal primary school in mid-June.
Osada was working as a student teacher with two others from the ...
- October 1, 2016
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Storytelling Still Weaves Spell For Children
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Japan’s low birthrate is reflected in various aspects of society, including volunteer activities aimed at reading picture books aloud to children at a library in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
The municipally run library, which has a collection of books aimed at children, is home...
Japan’s low birthrate is reflected in various aspects of society, including volunteer activities aimed at reading picture books aloud to children at a library in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
The municipally run library, which has a collection of books aimed at children, is home...
- July 26, 2016
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Japanese Book “Nekotan” Teaches Foreign Language The Best Way Possible: By Talking About Cats
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Because cats are the true universal language.
We recently saw how you can spice up your language learning with some incredibly useful useless phrases in Japanese, but it’s time to take it to the next level. It’s time to learn about the most important topic that is absolutely mandato...
Because cats are the true universal language.
We recently saw how you can spice up your language learning with some incredibly useful useless phrases in Japanese, but it’s time to take it to the next level. It’s time to learn about the most important topic that is absolutely mandato...
- April 30, 2016
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American School in Japan Launches Scholarship To ‘promote healing’ In Wake of Sex-abuse Scandal
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The American School in Japan on Monday presented a student with a scholarship created as part of the Tokyo school’s efforts to honor survivors of former teacher Jack Moyer’s sex abuse and “promote healing and reconciliation” in its community.
The inaugural award — ¥1 million toward ...
The American School in Japan on Monday presented a student with a scholarship created as part of the Tokyo school’s efforts to honor survivors of former teacher Jack Moyer’s sex abuse and “promote healing and reconciliation” in its community.
The inaugural award — ¥1 million toward ...
- April 5, 2016
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