Kanagawa plans compulsory Japanese history The Yomiuri Shimbun The Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education has announced plans to make Japanese history mandatory at its 152 prefecture-run high schools as early as the academic year beginning 2012. Prefectures...

Government eyes increase in class hours / General studies class would be cut under plan The Yomiuri Shimbun The education ministry on Friday unveiled a draft of new teaching guidelines for primary and middle schools that would increase classroom hours...

Ex-NOVA teachers file complaint about getting laid off by new owners OSAKA -- About 20 foreign language teachers formerly employed by NOVA Corp. filed a complaint with a labor standards inspection office here on Friday, claiming that they were illegally...

i have been wondering about this, there are more US troops in Japan than french people and families. nowadays there have been a new case of rape of a 14 yod but a US soldier. there have been a girl too cycling around okinawa by the base, and a soldier...