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Kohei Nohara (right) speaks about his war experience to students as teacher Naoya Arakaki asks him questions at Shonan Elementary School in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, in June.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Aug 10, 2026
Battle of Okinawa survivor conveys message of peace through the classroom
As a 14-year-old in May 1945, Kohei Nohara fled his hometown of Haebaru on Okinawa¡¯s main island with his relatives to seek refuge as the battle got closer and closer.
Saba Rabah, the top-ranked student in the science stream of the Palestinian national high school exams, celebrates with family at the Al Maghazi camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Jul 27, 2026
Gaza teen triumphs in school despite war, loss and displacement
Saba Rabah, 18, emerged as the top-ranked student in the science stream of the Palestinian national high school exams.
Students at a school for refugees in Kuala Lumpur participate in learning activities on July 13, amid a spike in online hate speech in Malaysia targeting the Rohingya community.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 27, 2026
Rohingya schools in Malaysia face closures amid online surge in hate speech
Malaysia does not officially recognize the Rohingya as refugees, branding them migrants who have entered the country illegally.
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 21, 2026
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
The financial strain is affecting parents¡¯ mental health, with 44% of survey respondents saying they always or often feel extremely depressed when thinking about summer vacation.
The government eyes financial support for local vocational schools that train students for elderly care and other sectors facing personnel shortages.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 21, 2026
Education ministry to aid regional human resources development
The government¡¯s project would help support Â鶹´«Ã½ local essential services, from medical and elderly care to construction.
A municipal junior high school in the city of Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, where an unknown spray was released on Friday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2026
23 injured after substance sprayed at Osaka junior high school
Fifteen students and eight school staff members said they were experiencing?sore throats and skin irritation after the incident, according to the city¡¯s board of education.
Japan's annual national assessment of academic ability and learning situation was conducted in April and May, administered to sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2026
Japan school achievement test flags gaps in proportional reasoning and reading
The annual national assessment of academic ability and learning was conducted in April and May, administered to sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students.
Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, a member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt and cultural policy spokesman for the regional parliamentary group of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, speaks during a convention in Magdeburg on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 15, 2026
Schools become battleground as Germany¡¯s far-right AfD eyes regional election
The AfD sees Saxony-Anhalt, where ?it hopes to form a regional government for the first time, as a stepping stone to winning a federal election.
The humble egg, a popular food in West Bengal, was taken off the menu after the state's recently elected Hindu nationalist government said a religious charity will provide free, vegetarian cooked meals in state-run schools.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 14, 2026
Egg-free school meals scramble politics in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi¡¯s party often promotes vegetarianism as a part of its nationalist agenda, although most Indian Hindus eat meat and fish.
Yoko Iha talks about her experience of a U.S. military jet hitting her school as a child, during an interview in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in June.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jul 13, 2026
Lasting trauma: A U.S. military jet¡¯s crash into Okinawa school
Yoko Iha, then a sixth grader whose psychological trauma from the event persisted for decades, has shared her experience for the first time.
The rate of elementary and junior high school students requiring financial aid for school expenses among all students attending public schools was 13.36% in fiscal 2024.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 8, 2026
Number of students receiving financial aid for school falls for 13th year
Â鶹´«Ã½ central government offers financial aid for school expenses to those living on welfare, while boards of education can offer assistance based on their own criteria.
A bereaved family member, Hideaki Tadano, watches as preservation work is carried out at the Okawa Elementary School disaster memorial site, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 11.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2026
Donations help preserve tsunami-ravaged school in Miyagi Prefecture
The donations were collected through a campaign by families who lost loved ones when a tsunami struck Okawa Elementary School in March 2011.
Firefighters examine a room where a fire broke out last Friday at Takinogawa Daisan Elementary School in Tokyo's Kita Ward.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2026
Police investigate possible link between laundry and school fire
In addition to a burnt electric heater and multiple air circulators, a power strip with multiple outlets was found at the scene.
A bear warning sign is displayed at the site near where a Spanish visitor was attacked by a cub last October in Shirakawa village, Gifu Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2026
Schools in Tokyo suburb to get bear sprays
Japan saw a record 13 people killed by bears last fiscal year, and five more fatalities and 20 people injured between April 1 and May 30 this year.
Okinawa war survivor Yasuko Onaga speaks about her experiences, in Naha on June 9.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2026
81 years on, ex-Okinawa wartime student nurse urges no more war
With Okinawa marking the 81st anniversary of the end of the ground battle, Onaga, a resident of Naha, is making a powerful appeal for peace amid rising international tensions.
Firefighters examine rooms burned in a fire at Takinogawa Daisan Elementary School in Tokyo's Kita Ward on Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2026
Fire at Tokyo elementary school believed to be accidental
The fire is believed to have started on the fourth floor of the school building.
Firefighters at Takinogawa Daisan Elementary School in Tokyo's Kita Ward on Friday after a fire at the facility.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2026
Eleven people taken to hospital following fire at Tokyo elementary school
The fire started around 11 a.m at Takinogawa Daisan Elementary School in Kita Ward.
Dipu Tamang from Nepal is among more than 400,000 international students in Japan.
COMMUNITY
Jun 11, 2026
In Japan, Nepalese students navigate a growing study-to-work pathway
A growing stream of young people see the country less as a traditional study destination and more as a structured route into work and long-term opportunity.
The use of official digital textbooks is expected to start as early as April 2030, after they go through government inspections in fiscal 2028.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2026
Japan makes digital textbooks for schools official
Under the new legal framework, education boards will decide which type of textbooks schools under their jurisdiction should adopt ¡ª print, digital or a digital-print ¡°hybrid.¡±
Last year, the number of bear-related deaths in Japan hit a record high of 13. Bear sightings also set a new record.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2026
Dayslong bear hunt in Tochigi Prefecture capital ends with animal¡¯s capture
The city of Utsunomiya had been on high alert following reports of a bear sighting near schools and residential areas since the weekend.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
How Â鶹´«Ã½ racehorses find second careers away from the track
TCC Therapy Park is supported financially by racing organizations as well as donations from members of the public.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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