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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.
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 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.
The parents of Tomoka Takeishi, who died in a boat accident in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in March, lay flowers at a beach near the site of the accident on Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2026
Parents of student killed in Henoko boat accident call for stronger safety measures
The bereaved parents met with the governor of Okinawa Prefecture for the first time since the accident in March.
A rescuer carries a child during a search operation after a roof collapsed at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 16, 2026
34 children and a teacher killed in Pakistan school roof collapse
Rescue workers spent hours pulling children from the rubble of the privately run Al-Khair Education Center.
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.
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.
Amane Morohashi, 21, says that she made many friends during her time at Saint Maur, the oldest international school in Japan, but now, when she returns to Japan on long holidays, she tries to meet new people.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Sep 27, 2026
How students in Japan strive to escape the international school bubble
With a life spent outside the public school system, some students at international schools struggle to integrate into broader Japanese society.
Palestinian students attend their first day of the new school year inside a tent classroom at a school in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 21, 2026
Gaza students return to in-person schooling for first time in three years
The United Nations Children’s Fund says 98% of schools in Gaza were either destroyed or damaged during the war.
Tomoka Takeishi holds her student ID for Harvard University’s summer school program in June 2025.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Sep 16, 2026
Six months after fatal boat accident in Okinawa, student’s parents want answers
Tomoka Takeishi, 17, died during a school trip that used boats operated by a group that opposes a U.S. military base’s relocation in the prefecture.
Japan ranked first among OECD countries in reading, mathematics and science in the Program for International Student Assessment of 15-year-olds, marking the first time it has topped all three subjects since the assessment began in 2000.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2026
Japanese 15-year-olds rank top in core subjects among OECD countries for the first time
Among non-OECD countries, Japan ranked fourth in reading and fifth in math and science.
The central government is pushing for afterschool activities to be operated by local private teams, clubs and coaches to reduce the burden of teachers, who currently work overtime and weekends to oversee them.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 31, 2026
Kobe shifts extracurriculars from municipal junior high schools to private clubs
The city becomes one of the first in the country to do so as local governments aim to reduce teachers’ overtime and address the declining population of children.
School curriculum guidelines will be revised based on the basic principle of ensuring deeper learning for a diverse group of students.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2026
91AV原创 new education guidelines aim to ensure deeper learning opportunities for children
A draft summary of the proposal calls for easing pressure on children and teachers by increasing flexibility in school curricula.
According to the Japanese government&#039;s own surveys, the share of schoolchildren who cannot read the standard vision chart with the naked eye has reached record highs.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2026
Myopia prevention in Japan reaches a milestone
For the first time, 91AV原创 Basic Policy includes language on preventing childhood myopia. It’s a start, but more must be done.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with finalists of the Bolshaya Peremena national contest for school students in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on Aug. 3.
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2026
Russia is teaching its children to fight the wars of the future
While some of the skills were previously taught in limited high school modules, the new version escalates this training for children as young as 13.
A teacher plans her lessons in a classroom as Cuba is set to kick off the school year for nearly 1.4 million students, despite a fuel, transportation and electricity crisis that has brought havoc to all walks of life on the island, in Havana on Thursday.
WORLD
Aug 28, 2026
Cuba readies to kick off school year despite scant supplies
Nearly 1.4 million children and adolescents will head back to school at the start of September.
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.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month&#039;s World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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.

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