Education
Divorce brings financial woes to 40% of affected children in Japan
Japan Times - Mar 29
A recent survey by Japan’s Ministry of Justice showed that 40.5% of people who as minors went through a parental divorce or separation said they experienced financial difficulties after the event.
Steamed meat dumplings | Shu-mai | Recipe
Kimono Mom - Mar 28
How to make Steamed meat dumplings called Shu-mai from scratch.
Universities allow students to celebrate start of a new academic year with a few conditions attached
Japan Times - Mar 28
What's a Japanese spring without university entrance ceremonies in cherry blossom season? That&'s precisely what happened last year after many festivities were canceled due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
Public schools in Japan’s Saga Prefecture will no longer regulate/check students’ underwear color
soranews24.com - Mar 27
Over the last several months, there’s been an increasing sentiment in Japan that it’s time for schools to take another look at their student conduct rules, and ask if they’re all really contributing to a better learning environment. One of the most controversial policies: schools that say students must wear white underwear.
Japan University Rankings 2021
timeshighereducation.com - Mar 26
The Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings 2021 are designed to answer the questions that matter most to students and their families when making one of the most important decisions of their lives – who to trust with their education.
Japan holds work visa exam in Vietnam
NHK - Mar 24
Japan's government has held its first examination in Vietnam for people to get work visas including residential status for specified vocational skills.
Japan cults target lonely college students isolated by pandemic
Nikkei - Mar 22
Cults and other dubious groups are approaching university students who feel lonely and isolated by the ongoing closure of classrooms as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into a second year.
Over 21,000 people commit suicide in 2020 in Japan
NHK - Mar 22
The number of suicides in Japan has topped 21,000 in 2020, the first year-on-year increase since 2009, the year after the global financial crisis triggered by Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy.
Job-securing rate for new graduates falls for first time in decade
Japan Times - Mar 20
The proportion of job-seeking university students in Japan graduating this month who had secured informal job offers as of Feb. 1 fell for the first time in 10 years, a government survey showed Friday.
Japan's bilateral cooperation to respond to COVID-19
外務省 / MOFA - Mar 16
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan is supporting Vietnam and Ghana to realize their sustainable and independent medical care systems for medium and long term.
Study: Alcohol increases breast cancer risk
NHK - Mar 15
Researchers at a Japanese cancer center have found that the more alcohol premenopausal Japanese women drink, the more likely they are to develop breast cancer.
Mom's life in Japan | 24hours | Skin Care
Kimono Mom - Mar 14
24hours of Japanese mom and 23 month-old-baby.
Life of a Wakashu, Japan’s Third Gender (Male-Male Romance in Edo Japan)
- Mar 14
The life of a wakashu in Edo Period Japan. Sometimes called Japan's third gender.
Experts call for handing down disaster experiences
NHK - Mar 14
A group of researchers studying disaster management say they will call on the government to designate March 11th as the day for teaching about disaster management and handing down disaster experiences.
JAL signs partnership deal with Russian university
NHK - Mar 14
Japan Airlines has concluded a partnership agreement with a university in Russia's Far East in a bid to promote academic and cultural exchanges between the countries.
Child Sexual Abuse in Japan | Accusation by real name
TBS NEWS - Mar 13
It’s a documentary about child sexual abuse in Japan.
