The country is taking a big step in its efforts to address gay rights but not everyone is convinced it goes far enough.

Japan's school absences have hit a record high, according to an education ministry survey. The total has been increasing for ...

Increasingly earnest discussions are under way within a special working group of the Central Council for Education.

Japan's education ministry plans to relax university enrollment limits for international students from the 2026 academic year, allowing large departments to exceed their official capacity in a bid to ...

Shinichi Yamanaka was a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Education at Asia Society in summer 2017. Yamanaka is the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Bulgaria (2015–2016) ...

A nation respectful of centuries-old traditions, Japan is also the well-spring of the world’s future. The high-speed train, the Walkman and humanoid robots are just a few Japanese inventions that have ...