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Mie University to Add “ninja section” On Entrance Exams

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ROCKET NEWS
 
If you don’t know your mizugumo from your kunai, then I’m afraid you might not be Mie University material.
It has been reported that Mie University will be adding ninja and ninjutsu-related material to their entrance exam, which judges whether students can enroll in their university...

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Bird-shaped Robot Created to Practice English Conversation

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
HAMAMATSU (Jiji Press) — Japanese education software developer CAI Media Co. recently developed a bird-shaped robot for English learners to practice conversation, using artificial intelligence and internet of things technologies.
Making use of a cloud service with massive data co...

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New Book Helps Students Talk about the Illuminati, alien abductions

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Other books leave out key phrases like “Isn’t the president of your company a Reptilian?”, but not this one!
Not everyone stays in the field for an extended period of time, but a large portion of foreigners who live in Japan have spent at least some time teaching conversational Engl...

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University Student Saves Abused Child After Chance Encounter in The Rain

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO - The rainy season of 2017 has been particularly hard on Japan with a recent typhoon causing widespread damage to life and property. It’s hard to imagine at times like this that something good could have actually come from it.
Just as Japan’s rainy season was getting under ...

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More Kids Respect Moms Than Dads For First Time in 20 Years: Survey

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JAPAN TIMES
 
More children in Tokyo respect their mothers than their fathers for the first time since 1997, according to a survey by ad giant Hakuhodo Inc.
The result comes as an unwelcome surprise ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday.
The survey, which has been conducted every 10 years since 1997 to...

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Kanji ‘Toilet Training’ Is a Hit With Kids

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JAPAN TIMES
 
One of the great incentives for learning Japanese is to appreciate the people’s rich sense of humor. I kid you not: Along with traditional performances such as 漫才 (manzai, comic dialogue) and 落語 (rakugo, traditional storytelling), the written and spoken language is full of outra...

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Education Ministry Finds Documents Apparently Supporting Abe Favoritism Claims

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO - The education ministry said Thursday that its internal probe has found documents similar in substance to those presented by opposition lawmakers supporting allegations of favoritism against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The probe was relaunched recently after news reports an...

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Abe Delays Goal of No Waiting List for Daycare Centers by 3 Years

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 JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday announced a three-year delay in the government's goal of eliminating long waiting lists for daycare centers, an issue that has captured media attention amid a flood of pleas from working parents.
The government now aims to eliminate th...

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Mie University To Set Up Ninja Studies Center

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - A Japanese university is planning what it says will be the world's first research center devoted to ninja -- the black clad assassins known for secrecy and stealth.
While mostly confined to history books and fiction, ninja have been enjoying something of a resurgence as Japa...

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Disaster Education / ‘Survival Class’ Helps Pupils Prepare

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Some elementary schools have begun to designate disaster preparation education as a subject to be taught to students in grades one to six.
“Buildings will be buried if there’s a landslide, so we built a retaining wall.”
Children in a sixth-grade class at the municipal Hirayama El...

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