Kanagawa high school teacher arrested for child prostitution YOKOHAMA -- A teacher who performed indecent acts with a high school girl he met through an online dating site has been arrested police said. The educator, Masaki Hayashi, 57, a teacher at Nihon...

School yearbook ranks students likely to set fire to PM's residence A section of the rankings included in the yearbook. KAI, Yamanashi -- A junior high school here has come under fire over a yearbook that includes a ranking of students most likely to...

Primary schools to teach 285 English words in '11 The Yomiuri Shimbun Fifth- and sixth-year primary school students will learn a total of 285 English words and 50 expressions in compulsory English classes to be introduced in the 2011 school year, the...