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"Sacred Job": How Japan's Overworked Teachers Are Battling For Change
In one of his last diary entries, Japanese teacher Yoshio Kudo lamented workdays that started early and could last until nearly midnight. Two months later, he suffered "karoshi" -- death from overwork.
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Japan School Gets $27,000 Water Bill After Teacher Fills Swimming Pool
A Japanese school has been hit with a $27,000 water bill after a teacher in charge of pool maintenance left a tap on for months hoping to stop coronavirus infections.
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Who Left The Tap On? Japan Teacher In Hot Water Over $27,000 Pool Bill
A Japanese school has been hit with a $27,000 water bill after a teacher in charge of pool maintenance left a tap on for months hoping to stop coronavirus infections.
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Food Poisoning Hits Some 3,500 In Japan Schools
Almost 3,500 teachers and students at more than a dozen public schools in Japan's Yashio city have become sick with diarrhoea and stomach pains in a mass food poisoning outbreak.
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E-Learning and Nintendo: Coping With School Shutdowns Due to Coronavirus
In Hong Kong, schools have been shut since early February, with the closure now set to last until after Easter.
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MHRD Invites Application For Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship For School Teachers
MHRD has invited application from eligible teachers for Japanese Government Scholarships for School Education Teachers for academic year 2020.
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Japanese Students Use VR to Recreate Hiroshima Bombing
By transporting users back in time to the moment when a city was turned into a wasteland, the students and their teacher hope to ensure that something similar never happens again.
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JNU Gets Japanese Language Teachers' Training Centre
Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India and Ashok Kumar Chawla, Advisor (Japan), Ministry of External Affairs, shared the agreement and announced the launch of the first Japanese course.
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7 Students, A Teacher Killed In Japan Avalanche
An avalanche Monday killed seven Japanese high school students and a teacher on a mountain-climbing outing, and injured 40 more.
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Japan Schools A 'Hateful' Place For LGBT Students: Rights Group
Japanese schools are filled with "hateful" comments about gay and transgender people, including from teachers, which aggravates bullying and drives some students into depression, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report today.
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Japan Scholar, Donald Keene Finds His Life Intertwined With Japan
So few teaching opportunities existed for a young Japan scholar in late 1940s America that a professor suggested he teach Greek instead.
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Teacher Who Paid For Sex With 12,000 Women Convicted Over Naked Child Photos
A former school headteacher, who reportedly paid for sex with 12,000 women in the Philippines, has been convicted in Japan for taking photos of naked Filipino girls.
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Japanese Court Awards Compensation For Teachers Forced to Sing National Anthem
A Japanese court has awarded millions of dollars in compensation to a group of teachers who were punished for refusing to sing the country's anthem, the group said today as it condemned nationalism in education.
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Calm, safe waters, but ill-fated Korean ferry may have been going too fast
It should have been plain sailing for a South Korean ferry carrying hundreds of children and their teachers on an outing to the sub-tropical island of Jeju, an annual trip for Danwon High School.
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Japanese sports teacher beats boy in YouTube video
A video emerged Wednesday showing a volleyball coach repeatedly slapping a schoolboy -- just days after Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics -- in the latest example of brutality to tarnish Japanese sport.
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"Sacred Job": How Japan's Overworked Teachers Are Battling For Change
In one of his last diary entries, Japanese teacher Yoshio Kudo lamented workdays that started early and could last until nearly midnight. Two months later, he suffered "karoshi" -- death from overwork.
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Japan School Gets $27,000 Water Bill After Teacher Fills Swimming Pool
A Japanese school has been hit with a $27,000 water bill after a teacher in charge of pool maintenance left a tap on for months hoping to stop coronavirus infections.
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Who Left The Tap On? Japan Teacher In Hot Water Over $27,000 Pool Bill
A Japanese school has been hit with a $27,000 water bill after a teacher in charge of pool maintenance left a tap on for months hoping to stop coronavirus infections.
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Food Poisoning Hits Some 3,500 In Japan Schools
Almost 3,500 teachers and students at more than a dozen public schools in Japan's Yashio city have become sick with diarrhoea and stomach pains in a mass food poisoning outbreak.
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E-Learning and Nintendo: Coping With School Shutdowns Due to Coronavirus
In Hong Kong, schools have been shut since early February, with the closure now set to last until after Easter.
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MHRD Invites Application For Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship For School Teachers
MHRD has invited application from eligible teachers for Japanese Government Scholarships for School Education Teachers for academic year 2020.
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Japanese Students Use VR to Recreate Hiroshima Bombing
By transporting users back in time to the moment when a city was turned into a wasteland, the students and their teacher hope to ensure that something similar never happens again.
-
JNU Gets Japanese Language Teachers' Training Centre
Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India and Ashok Kumar Chawla, Advisor (Japan), Ministry of External Affairs, shared the agreement and announced the launch of the first Japanese course.
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7 Students, A Teacher Killed In Japan Avalanche
An avalanche Monday killed seven Japanese high school students and a teacher on a mountain-climbing outing, and injured 40 more.
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Japan Schools A 'Hateful' Place For LGBT Students: Rights Group
Japanese schools are filled with "hateful" comments about gay and transgender people, including from teachers, which aggravates bullying and drives some students into depression, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report today.
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Japan Scholar, Donald Keene Finds His Life Intertwined With Japan
So few teaching opportunities existed for a young Japan scholar in late 1940s America that a professor suggested he teach Greek instead.
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Teacher Who Paid For Sex With 12,000 Women Convicted Over Naked Child Photos
A former school headteacher, who reportedly paid for sex with 12,000 women in the Philippines, has been convicted in Japan for taking photos of naked Filipino girls.
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Japanese Court Awards Compensation For Teachers Forced to Sing National Anthem
A Japanese court has awarded millions of dollars in compensation to a group of teachers who were punished for refusing to sing the country's anthem, the group said today as it condemned nationalism in education.
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Calm, safe waters, but ill-fated Korean ferry may have been going too fast
It should have been plain sailing for a South Korean ferry carrying hundreds of children and their teachers on an outing to the sub-tropical island of Jeju, an annual trip for Danwon High School.
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Japanese sports teacher beats boy in YouTube video
A video emerged Wednesday showing a volleyball coach repeatedly slapping a schoolboy -- just days after Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics -- in the latest example of brutality to tarnish Japanese sport.
