Japan’s cram school industry is seeing a growing divide, with major operators expanding their market share while smaller firms struggle to survive amid declining birthrates and shifting education trends, according to expert analysis.
An estimated 800 junior high school third-year students and their parents gathered in Nagoya on April 12th to attend a seminar explaining the structure of high school entrance examinations and preparation strategies ahead of next year’s admissions cycle.
A former Imperial Japanese Navy fighter aircraft that had remained submerged off the coast of Akune City in Kagoshima Prefecture was raised from the seabed on April 9th, marking its first return to land in 81 years since a wartime crash landing during the final stages of World War II.
The cost of entering university, from entrance examinations through enrollment, reached a record high for students who enrolled in private universities in the Tokyo metropolitan area in April last year, a recent survey has revealed.
Since a time long forgotten, the Japanese islands were inhabited by rival tribes locked in constant conflict, a brutal era one would hardly wish to live through. (Linfamy)
In this video we examine the violent history of the Saito clan of Mino province! A family, who through the cunning ambition of Saito Dosan, his father, and his son, would scheme their way into prominence. (The Shogunate)
Around 17,000 first graders began their elementary school lives on April 7th as entrance ceremonies were held at public schools across Osaka City.
A series of revised laws, including measures to make high school tuition free, were enacted in the Diet on March 31st, the final day of the fiscal year, with the changes set to take effect from April 1st.