7+ hour, 38+ min ago  (799+ words) Do what I say, or you're not invited to my birthday party!" I'm not going to be your partner on the project unless you give me the treat from your lunch!" These kinds of threats are tactics many school-age kids…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (552+ words) As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new U. S. studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit -- the smartphone. For a while, experts linked the decline to the recession that struck in 2008 when the global…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (865+ words) The number of babies born in Japan to Japanese nationals in 2025 fell to a record low of 671, 236, while the country's total fertility rate -- the average number of children a woman is estimated to have in her lifetime -- also dropped to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (253+ words) Japan Today The education ministry says a record-high 84, 759 students at public schools needed Japanese-language lessons in the last academic year through March. What do you think about this? From a bit of googling, the numbers are partly due to a…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (409+ words) Japan's population including foreign residents fell by a record 3. 10 million, or 2. 5 percent, from 2020 to 123, 049, 524 last year, the latest census showed Friday, highlighting the demographic challenges facing the rapidly graying society. The census, conducted every five years since 1920, showed that the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (142+ words) Japan Today We would like to broaden students" experiences and create opportunities for them to develop an interest in regional development. A senior education ministry official. The ministry is launching a pilot project to encourage students from urban universities to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (390+ words) A total of 98. 0 percent of new university graduates who sought jobs were employed as of April 1, the same rate as the previous year and the second highest level on record, the labor ministry said. The figure reflects the continued demand…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (665+ words) inding Cine Yama almost feels like you are not supposed to. Hidden deep in the hills of Uenohara, Yamanashi Prefecture, the independent movie theater sits inside a former Japanese kindergarten surrounded by trees, bamboo groves and narrow roads. In a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (338+ words) The Japanese government is considering postponing submission of a bill allowing post-marriage use of birth surnames in official documents during the current parliamentary session ending in July amid a packed agenda, according to government sources. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1090+ words) For high school senior Aliyah Pack, getting distracted during school is the norm. Kids in her Pennsylvania school district use i Pads starting in kindergarten, switch to Chromebooks in second grade and get their own Mac Books in eighth grade....