TOKYO -- A teacher at an elite national elementary school in Japan hid bullying in their class, causing the victim to abandon his plan to advance to an affiliated junior high school, the Mainichi ...

This reporter investigated the issue, starting with the case of a sixth-grade girl at an elementary school in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. According to sources, the incident happened ...

The number of suicides among elementary, junior high and high school students exceeded 500 for a third consecutive year in ...

A public elementary school in rural Japan has done away with homework — and after one year, some students say they are more motivated to learn. The principal of Yamagata Prefecture's Nisshin ...

A documentary film that records the daily lives of children at a Japanese public elementary school has lessons for both domestic and overseas audiences. “The Making of a Japanese,” directed by ...

The Hamamatsu fire department said the children were elementary schoolgirls ... Accidents caused by older drivers have been a concern in Japan. The government in recent years has stepped up a safety ...

From director Ema Ryan Yamazaki comes the documentary The Making of a Japanese. Following the students of an elementary ...

But are uwabaki really necessary? Though they’ve been the norm at Japanese elementary, middle, and high schools since the 1950s, they’re falling out of favor in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, where out of the ...

The representative emphasized the school is receiving a huge response from Japanese guardians, as Malvern College Tokyo will be open to kids of elementary school age, unlike other typical Britain ...

A closing ceremony was held on March 24 at Ryugasaki Municipal Omiya Elementary School in Ibaraki Prefecture, which will close at the end of March. Ab ...