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English Skills Help Teaching Applicants

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Half of the 68 boards of education nationwide favored applicants with good English skills in the hiring process for public elementary school teachers this past academic year, according to a government survey.
According to the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Min...

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Writing Helps Patients Face Down Cancer / Study Points to Therapeutic Benefits of Disease Journals

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Early results on the beneficial effects of writing for cancer patients are out, indicating the practice can help people face their disease and gain a positive attitude.
The research is being led by an expert on sociology who has been studying disease journals for almost 20 years....

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Casio’s Lesson Pod is Miniature “Lesson Partner” for English Conversations at Home

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
What’s the secret to improving Japan’s somewhat notoriously poor English-speaking levels?
More English conversation schools? Native speakers installed in every elementary school? Speed-learning courses?
No, it would seem to be small robots in the home.
At least, that’s what Casio i...

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Future International Leaders Discuss Sustainability in Yokohama

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
 YOKOHAMA — About 50 university students from 13 countries gathered in Yokohama to discuss how to build a sustainable society at an international conference held by Global Next Leaders Forum, an organization of university students who wish to be leaders of future generations.
Par...

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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...

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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...

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Mothers Create Book on Raising Children with Disabilities

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
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...

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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...

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Grant-type System Coming For Students

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
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-...

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Big Strides

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Students at Miyanomori Elementary School in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, walk in their brand-new wooden school building Tuesday on the first day of the third term. The school was established in April 2016 through the integration of Nobiru Elementary School, which was dam...

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