Students in Japan learn to follow rigid routines, focus on test scores, and often sacrifice their own interests to meet these ...

The number of children determined not to be attending elementary or junior high schools across Japan has risen to a record ...

TOKYO -- A record 346,482 children in Japan were absent from school for 30 days or more at national, public and private ...

As the number of truant students continues to rise, the Education Ministry aims to secure more support personnel.

One reason major securities firms are expanding financial education programs for Japanese elementary school children is to teach the importance of responsible money management. The programs are ...

A government report on Tuesday showed that the number of suicides among elementary, junior high and high school students in ...

Bob Hope Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Tameko Kekiwi, left, works with Futenma Daini Elementary School teacher Kotono Arasaki to prepare a lesson at her school on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, on ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Financial education for children in Japan has taken on greater urgency since the country lowered the age of adulthood from 20 to 18 in 2022. One reason major securities firms are ...