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Japan Might Be What Equality in Education Looks Like

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THE ATLANTIC
 
The country’s government makes sure areas with low income levels and property values get good teachers too.
KAWAMATA, Japan—In many countries, the United States included, students’ economic backgrounds often determine the quality of the education they receive. Richer students tend ...

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Japanese Woman Works To Give Impoverished Filipinos Path to Education And Jobs

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JAPAN TIMES
 
While in college, Takako Yamada was determined to brighten the days of impoverished Filipino children through sports and leisure activities — a right she believed some of them had been deprived of.
The student, now 32, said that at the time, she believed her efforts would lift burde...

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Mindful Care: Changing The Perception of Mental Health in Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan has long been known as a place where discussion of mental health is taboo. But this is beginning to change. The number of mental health professionals—including clinical psychologists—is growing, care is expanding to a wider range of issues, and environments for treatme...

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Japanese Government Announces Stricter Requirements For Foreigner Student Visas

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ROCKET NEWS
 
New rules aims to close loophole that lets language school students spend as much of the year working full-time as attending class.
Over the last decade, there’s been a surge in the number of Japanese language schools in Japan. According to the Ministry of Justice, the country now h...

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Tokyo Medical University Apologises for Changing Female Exam Scores

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BBC
 
One of Japan's most prestigious medical universities has apologised for tampering with entrance exam scores to limit its intake of female students.
An internal investigation found that Tokyo Medical University (TMU) had been manipulating the scores of female applicants from as early as 2006...

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Japan Schools Abroad Face Teacher Shortage

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The number of teachers at Japanese schools for Japanese children overseas (see below) is lacking, forcing these schools to hire local Japanese residents without official teaching certificates as teachers.
The main reason for this is continued stagnation in the number of teachers ...

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Bringing The Concept of 'Real Life' English Into the Classroom

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - When you come to Japan to work as an assistant language teacher (ALT), whether it be through the JET Programme, a dispatch company or — if you’re very lucky — a direct hire position, you’ll probably hear a similar spiel as part of your orientation:
“Remember, you’re not just...

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University Unveils Robot for Detecting Gene Doping

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TSUKUBA, Ibaraki (Jiji Press) — The University of Tsukuba unveiled to the press on Wednesday an experimental humanoid robot capable of performing gene doping tests.
The university, which is undertaking research on automating doping tests for athletes, hopes to enhance the reliabi...

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Specialist Develops New Respiratory Exercise That Gives Mind a Breather

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A breathing exercise developed by respiratory specialist Ikuo Homma, who has long studied the close relationship between breathing and emotion, has attracted attention as a simple but effective way to build a healthy body and mind and ultimately improve the quality of people’s li...

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Medical Exam Data on 50 Million Patients To Be Integrated

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The government plans to build the world’s largest medical examination database, collating records of medical exams and health checkups held by domestic medical institutions by around 2023, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The government aims to create the big data set, comprised ...

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