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All posts tagged "Education"
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Elecom releases touch pens for children
Perhaps your child has encountered contact accuracy issues when using the fingertips to zoom, click, draw, create on a touch pad caused by greasy smudges on the screen. In most cases, the problem is easily fixed with...
- Posted June 28, 2021
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Help your children stay ahead of the game. Here’s why you should sign up now for Tokyo Coding Club’s Summer STEM program.
Years ago, who would have thought that VR producer, AI Engineer, YouTube Vlogger or Netflix tagger would have been real jobs? The rapidly changing phase in tech digitization and automation has created many new jobs today but...
- Posted June 14, 2021
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Floating Toes in schoolchildren on the rise.
The floating toe condition is currently attracting attention among researchers in Japan. On May 28, the University of Yamanashi announced that 96.7% of 396 schoolchildren surveyed in Japan had floating toes. Floating toes mean that at least...
- Posted June 13, 2021
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Japan to reduce class size by 2025
Japan has adopted a bill today reducing the maximum number of elementary grade students per class (at public schools) from the current 40 to 35. This will be implemented fully by 2025. The bill calls for...
- Posted February 2, 2021
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Registration for entrance examinations to national and public universities nationwide begins today.
A total of 98,896 students aiming to be admitted to 392 faculties at 82 national universities and 202 departments of 90 public universities have started registering for a university-specific secondary exam. Registration for the second-stage exams has...
- Posted January 25, 2021
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Schools won’t be asked to close even if emergency is issued.
It isn’t likely that blanket closures will apply to elementary and junior high schools even if a state of emergency over the novel coronavirus is declared in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa. That’s coming from Japan’s economic...
- Posted January 4, 2021
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Why South Korean patent holders under the age of 5 are increasing
According to South Korea’s ‘Patent Situation By Age Report’, 159 out of 1,897 recorded patent holders are children below age five. The updated report released by the Korean Intellectual Property Office covers a period of 9 years...
- Posted December 16, 2020
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Babies with crawling experience better at handling heights, experts say.
Parents always keep an eye on their walking toddlers to catch them when they fall. But did you know that babies as young as 12 months old naturally become aware of avoiding heights? A group of researchers...
- Posted December 10, 2020
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East Asian students outperform other countries in mathematics, according to new TIMSS results.
TIMSS, the longest running, international assessment body of mathematics and science education in the world, has just released its 7th assessment cycle for TIMSS 2019. Of the 580,000 students in 64 countries that participated, the results reveal...
- Posted December 8, 2020
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Virtual projects and events for bored children at home.
As families are all staying home trying to keep the kids busy and entertained, Tuttle Publishing is working with children’s book authors to provide interactive activities for teachers, parents, librarians and bookstores. Here are some of its...
- Posted May 1, 2020
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Download a free story book here to help children fight COVID-19!
A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization,...
- Posted April 10, 2020
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Survey reveals children in Japan are stressed over having to adjust to distance learning.
A month ago, children were happy about the school closure which many thought would last just a few weeks. But as coronavirus cases rise in Japan and disruptions to daily life continue, experts say, the crisis isn’t...
- Posted April 8, 2020
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‘Harry Potter At Home’ brings magic to your life during the COVID-19 crisis.
Put some magic into your life with help from J. K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter books. For the ultimate Harry Potter experience, J.K. Rowling wrote on twitter: “Parents, teachers and carers working to keep children amused...
- Posted April 3, 2020
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International Lego robotics competition in May cancelled.
The First Lego League, an international Lego robotics competition to be held in Japan scheduled in May, has been canceled on Monday over Coronavirus concerns. The FIRST LEGO League competition is participated in by teams of children...
- Posted March 6, 2020
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Empathy is compulsory at Denmark’s schools for kids 6-16 years old.
For many years, children have become too comfortable with the ‘reward system.’ Children compete with other kids in academic subjects or sports in order to make it to the honor roll. Highest achievers are rewarded with plaques,...
- Posted February 27, 2020
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Why Socio-Technological Literacy Matters Today
As a parent, I’ve been thinking about the education options out there for my child and his future in the choices I am making today. Most people can drive a motor vehicle. However, if all the parts...
- Posted February 19, 2020
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Activating 21st Century Skills in After-School Programs, Day Camps and Seasonal Camps
BSD Education – Build Something Different – offers real-world project-based technology education to 8-18-year olds to prepare them for a fast-changing technology-dominated world using the 21st Century Skills approach. BSD’s curriculum is mapped to US, IB and...
- Posted February 17, 2020
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Forest-style learning: Komazawa Park International School
The school’s increasingly popular forest-style learning is a beacon of top-tier early childhood education. Children today are spending too much time on their iPads and video games. All this screen time makes parents worried and it should....
- Posted February 13, 2020
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Things you’ve always wanted to know about Japan’s educare philosophy
Choosing the right education philosophy can be confusing for many of those looking into the Japanese preschool or kindergarten system. If you want to stay involved in your child’s learning experience and establish an open communication with...
- Posted November 11, 2019
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How do you raise achievers?
Parents have always been worried about their kids. Now more than ever, with the current economic crisis. What parent doesn’t want their kids to be high-achieving, happy adults? Some parents spend a lot of money to ensure...
- Posted January 22, 2019
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Generation Alpha: Chasing skills for early learners today
Sluggish Economy. Depressed wages. Impending consumption tax increase. Japanese school or international school. The list goes on. Whatever is holding millennial parents back from making a decision to delay preschool/kindergarten or having a baby, one thing remains...
- Posted October 12, 2018
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Check Out These New Literacy Books For Children.
September 8th is World Literacy Day. Each year it reminds parents and educators around the world of the importance of improving literacy in children. By improving literacy, we are helping them build the skills and confidence they...
- Posted September 4, 2018
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Japan’s amazing record breakers
Did you know that these prolific record title holders are from Japan? MASAO MATSUMOTO AND MIYAKO SONODA Japanese couple from Oita Prefecture, Masao Matsumoto born on July 9, 1910 and Miyako Sonoda born on November 24, 1917...
- Posted September 2, 2018
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Why are teenagers in Japan in school uniforms even during school vacations?
After school activities take over the lives of Japanese teens
- Posted July 23, 2018
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Kids & Us school starts offering summer programs in English
With English becoming a mandatory subject in Japan from 2020, most Japanese parents are seizing every opportunity to give their children an early head start. Compared to the Japanese, Europeans are better at acquiring foreign languages and...
- Posted July 18, 2018
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Growing Up Global: Share stories from other cultures, religion and time with your children.
Christmas is a simple holiday, a time of giving and sharing. The gift of time spent together in building memories, establishing traditions, and discovering is the true meaning of Christmas. The consuming side of Christmas leaves us...
- Posted December 13, 2017
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Yesterday’s classroom won’t prepare our kids for tomorrow’s jobs .
THE TALENT SQUEEZE IN JAPAN IS REAL. So much has happened in the last 20 years in the global job market. Despite Japan’s low unemployment rate, it is facing real challenges in filling up job vacancies. In...
- Posted November 14, 2017
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PIXI Academy: Building kids’ skills from the bottom up
If children are expected to solve real global problems such as analyzing complex data, adopting a design-and-build mindset (using new media and computational thinking) as well as applying social intelligence, then the work of putting them on...
- Posted November 11, 2017
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‘Ganbatte’ is not the same as ‘Good Luck’
Japanese parents believe that having their children focus on hard work is the ticket to academic success rather than an inherent ability. Where some cultures say ‘good luck’, the Japanese put emphasis on effort. Thus, the ubiquitous...
- Posted August 11, 2017
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Internet puzzled: Japanese engineers can’t solve Junior High school math equation
Kobe University and Doshisha University research group found out many engineers at major companies can not solve a fundamental mathematical equation used for junior high school entrance examination tests in Japan. In the 1980’s, the percentage of...
- Posted May 3, 2017