I found an article about a really unique method for earning a high school diploma in Japan. Meisei high school, located in Chiba prefecture, currently provides two main options; 1)…

  Summer vacation has begun for most schools in Japan! It’s a very fun and exciting time for children, but simultaneously it is quite a busy time with studying and…

Summer is the season for Japan High School Baseball Championship, and this year’s final game just ended yesterday!  With much enthusiasm for baseball remaining after the end of the last…

  Japan currently has about 3,000 schools which are abolished. The number continues increasing due to the falling birth rate as well as the effects of the rural exodus. However…

  This school bag, which has been awarded many awards in Japan, including the Prize of the Minister of education and culture, the Prize of the Minister of economy and…

  This school bag, which has been awarded many awards in Japan, including the Prize of the Minister of education and culture, the Prize of the Minister of economy and…

  They may be junior high school or high school students?  They were having some lecture here. Taken is Kitasanrosho of Nigatsudo, Todaiji-temple. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)…

  What is the most impressive memory of your childhood summer vacations? According to a survey, most Japanese people say “radio taiso (gymnastic exercises)”.  Radio taiso is used “as a…

The videos below were made by high school students for their school festival. These cute and fun stop motion animations got a lot of positive comments by viewers and became…

  This is an episode that happened at a Japanese language school in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.  The massive Tohoku earthquake hit Japan on 3.11 at 2:46 in the afternoon. It was…

Today’s story-teller is Kei Ogura, a Japanese songwriter and composer. His story is about teachers who affected his life. The story goes back to the time when he was the…