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Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto’s successor will face the question of whether to revive the city’s bid for the Winter Olympics.
JAPAN / Politics / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Oct 26, 2026
Sapporo mayoral race takes shape with Olympics and foreign population in focus
Those issues, along with tourism, could prove crucial in the race to succeed Katsuhiro Akimoto.
As of August this year, the number of registered Japanese language teachers was about 20,000.
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2026
Japan faces shortage of language teachers for foreign workers
Of the survey’s respondents, 125 organizations, or 35.9%, said they had not secured sufficient numbers of teachers and had no prospects for doing so.
A demonstrator kicks back a tear gas canister during clashes with police at an anti-government protest organized by the Italia in Piazza movement, at Piazza Duomo in Milan, on Oct. 17.
WORLD / Society
Oct 23, 2026
Student protests mushroom across Europe, exposing bleak views of the future
The protesters’ gloom reflects a Continent that is struggling to find a way forward, with Europe’s populations aging and debt rising.
Some municipalities allow students who refuse to attend school to undergo health checkups separately from other students or at local medical institutions, according to the internal affairs ministry.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2026
Japan eyes health checkup support for truant students
Some municipalities allow truant students to undergo health checkups on days and times when they would not meet other students at school.
The education ministry is aiming to secure more teachers by making it easier for working adults to switch careers to teaching.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2026
Education ministry to offer one-year teaching license course for working adults
The ministry is aiming to secure more teachers in Japan by making it easier for working adults to switch careers to teaching.
A 16-member screening committee at the University of Tokyo said it had been looking for a leader with strong ethical standards who could restore public trust amid a series of scandals.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 21, 2026
Education ministry calls for University of Tokyo to review president selection
It is the first time the government has requested a review of how a university selected its president.
High school textbooks for use from fiscal 2027 will have QR codes that allow students to access materials online.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2026
Japan considering paper-digital hybrid textbooks as standard
The education ministry’s plan calls for placing more emphasis on paper-based materials while giving a supplementary role to digital materials.
The goal of Fukushima University's overhaul is to meet the demands of a rapidly changing society by strengthening the university's science and engineering programs.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Oct 19, 2026
Fukushima University to undergo overhaul with greater science focus
The university is responding to calls from industries for workers capable of supporting growth sectors such as artificial intelligence.
The education ministry plans to help local governments strengthen their Japanese-language teaching programs through subsidies and expert guidance.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2026
Japan to expand language education for foreign residents
The education ministry plans to help local governments strengthen their teaching programs through subsidies and expert guidance.
Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan agree on the establishment of the Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University during a meeting in October 2013.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2026
Turkish-Japanese science university opens in Ankara
At Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, about 100 Turkish students will study artificial intelligence, earthquakes and other fields.
The University of Tokyo’s Historiographical Institute on the Hongo Campus in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 14, 2026
The University of Tokyo’s first female president, then the backlash
Japan is ranked 117th among 145 countries in the World Economic Forum’s 2026 Global Gender Gap Index.
Students take a Japanese class at a school in Suez, northern Egypt, on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2026
Japanese-language classes begin at select schools in Egypt
The schools, established under a 2016 agreement, incorporate Japanese school practices such as classroom cleaning and student duty rotations.
The Japan Juku Association has established its own certification system to be issued to cram schools that are taking sufficient measures to prevent sexual violence against children.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 12, 2026
Anti-sexual assault certification set for 91AV原创 cram schools
The move comes ahead of the Dec. 25 launch of a Japanese version of Britain’s Disclosure and Barring Service.
Police officers in riot gear stand guard in front of protesters during a demonstration by French high school and university students in Paris as part of a nationwide day of protests and blockades supported by teachers and school parents to demand better school conditions in France, on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2026
France to fight student unrest by dispatching thousands of teachers
Some 3,000 substitute teachers that currently have no students “because the past assignment processes were inefficient” will be dispatched.
People take part in a demonstration, part of a nationwide day of actions called by high-school students and joined by unions and teachers, in Nantes, western France, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 7, 2026
French school protests draw over 250,000 as violence flares
Around 256,000 people were taking part in demonstrations, including 56,000 in Paris, according to the Interior Ministry.
French high school students gather outside a high school in Paris as part of nationwide protests over education funding shortages.
WORLD / Society
Oct 6, 2026
French student unrest spreads nationwide as teachers walk out
The protests started in the Paris region in September before unexpectedly gaining steam last week with hundreds of blockades.
Student Yukiko Komori holds a mask depicting an <i>orochi</i>, a mythical eight-headed serpent, as she talks about <i>kagura</i> sacred dance at the Geihoku branch of Kake High School in Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Oct 5, 2026
Hiroshima’s rural high schools attract students from across Japan
Hiroshima’s experiment is part of a broader national trend that sees small, rural high schools recruiting students from outside their prefectures.
French high school students participate in a demonstration by public sector workers demanding better working conditions and more resources, as part of a day of strikes and protests, in Paris on Sept. 29.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2026
Hundreds of schools to shut Monday as student protests rock France
French high school students say their studies are being ruined by grievances including high teacher absence rates and dilapidated facilities.
Professor Yuko Fujigaki, 64, of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, is an expert in the interdisciplinary field of science, technology and society.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2026
University of Tokyo’s first female president vows to restore trust in scandal-hit school
Yuko Fujigaki, 64, told a news conference that she thinks being chosen to lead the 150-year-old institution “sends a big message to society.”
In the end, the studying of languages is not simply just about grammar and words. The goal is to improve the kind of life the children will live once they become adults.?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 29, 2026
The question parents should ask before raising multilingual kids
Adult language learners usually define their own goals. For children, however, their linguistic paths are largely shaped by caregivers.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru&#039;s Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia&#039;s South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan&#039;s immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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