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‘Learning commons’ introduced at Doshisha Univ.
2010 Japanese University Admission for International Students
74% of universities in Japan offer credits for work experience
A look at the absurdities of Japan’s tests for lawyers, nurses and caregivers
A new era for universities
Addressing Readers’ Questions About the SAT and ACT
All about Hensachi and how it’s tied to school hunting and school choices
Are we spoiling our kids with too many college options?
Are your kids heading for U.S. colleges? Here are some considerations…
Danielle Allen on the real cost of college: Every year, college tuition goes up faster than inflation…tuition is no longer a meaningful number…
Are your kids Oxbridge material?
Cambridge University raises bars for entry to A*AA scores in A levels
Handful of independent schools seize a third of Oxbridge places
BachelorofScience.org — a one page resource with school listings, basic degree information and logistics help on enrolling in BS programs
Beyond those shores
Bound for Australia? Which tests of English proficiency are required to qualify for student visa approval?
Can the virtual classroom replace college?
College Admissions Process: Know your colleges
College entrance exams: ‘Exam hell’ now not so hot
Companies hire more of the same in Japan
Continuing education to help extend your resume during economic crisis
Daily Telegraph on how to fund your child’s university education
Debate on fall university enrollment could be segue to fundamental educational reform
Do you need to go to college?
Early enrollment (Spring Enrollment) losing ground, as more universities begin to shift to autumn enrollment
EDU NEWS: Nation’s only specialist sports college based in Kagoshima to open campus in Tokyo
English language skills an asset for women in Japan
Entrance exam burden growing
ESP – English for specific purposes
Examining university English entrance exams
Eyeing Ivy League? Straight As no guarantee
Fewer Japanese students heading to the US for studies
Firms in Japan getting picky when hiring new graduates, using innovative new hiring techniques
For International Students, College Checklists for February
Forget extra-curricular activities, focus on academic rigour, says Oxford head of admissions
Gakureki shakai: The problems of pyramid-shaped University Ranking System
Gettin’ yer kids into college – Japanese university version
Global recession & graduate job prospects (1)
Harvard admissions officer admonishes parents to stop stealing their childhoods
Harvard tries to “makeover” economically unviable image of its classics courses
Have Harvard and other American MBAs become irrelevant in Japan today?
High expectations & Dragonzakura
High school tests show rise in ability
High stakes: The school admissions race
How important are college admission essays?
Ichi-ryu daigaku: Top Ranking Universities in Japan
On the changing role and diversifying goals of Todai (Tokyo U.)
Why Japanese universities have been left behind in global rankings
Why University of Tokyo (Todai) is entrenched at the top of the educational hierarchy
Improving teaching at universities (Japan Times, Apr 17)
In the news: “Keio Univ. to stop using standardized entrance exam”
In the news: Tokyo U takes steps to improve administrative efficiency through its 3S project
Interest free loans for nursing care & social welfare students
Is College still your kid’s best option?
“Ivory Tower blues” and “What’s wrong with university” — books about the university institution
Japan Times article on overhauling the national university entrance exam system
Japan Today on admission interviews of Akita U.
Japan’s colleges facing ‘meltdown’
Japan’s university education crisis
Japan, China, S. Korea mull academic credit system
Japanese universities accept the IB diploma
Japanese universities in crisis – what they can learn from Europe
Japan Mulls Shifting Its Academic Year to Get in Step With the West
Kyoto University’s COE program and Japan-Russian School of Young Mathematicians Program
Looking for recession-proof jobs?
Make Japanese universities more or less like sumo world
Meiji University – Profile & College Scene
More junjapa heading out for world’s top colleges these days
Fewer Japanese studying abroad
Top 20 UK universities
Moves to internationalize, produce more bilingual, more multicultural graduates coming from newly formed universities, but foiled by resistance to change faculty and administrators of older established institutions
Nara Institute of Science & Technology comes in tops in education ministry’s first ranking (since 2004) of national universities
New universities are big business, needed or not
News about Southern Illinois University Carbondale(SIUC)’s pullout from Japan and related links
News about unified college entrance exams
Nihon University
NY Times talks about notions of relative affordability of college, the difference between college tuition prices and education costss,
OECD calls for reforms of J universities – but are they the right reforms?
Osaka U. ranked no. 1 (2004) in field of robotics
Panel submits recommendations on university entrance exam reform
Preparing your kids
Pupils from elite schools better able to secure Oxford places
Q & A on college entry and how the entrance exams work
Cram schools said the 2006 new National-Center-Tests-course of study were easier
Quality research led teaching helps keep Russell-group of universities at the top of 2010 rankings
Resources on university and college rankings around the world
Revamp of national university entrance exam system expected by 220
Revolution Hits the Universities
Ritsumeikan University in the news
Role of Technical Colleges in Nurturing Students to be Engineers
Shukatsu system shuts out opportunities for students who study overseas, see NY Times article
So you want to be a teacher? Spotlight on teacher-training schools…
Spotlight on local Us that do early admissions
Meijo University’s early admissions program in the news
Students face new job hunt schedule (Dec.2)
Study in Japan fairs highlight higher education options in Japan for international students
Sussing out information for a sociology degree course?
Technical colleges role in nurturing engineers
Technology-based and US universities move up the global rankings
THE PRINCETON REVIEW’S 100 “BEST VALUE COLLEGES” FOR 2009
Varsity Rankings –They Don’t Tell All
Telegraph’s argument: “Students are the ones who will benefit financially from a degree and it is right that they carry the cost”
The complexities of the (US) campus visit
The debate on falling bar exam rates and law school reform
The Gaijin’s Guide to Surviving High School Entrance Exams
The need for more grants to increase access to college and higher education
The new president of Tokyo U. wants to toughen up students, says students lack overseas and volunteering experience
The Oxbridge dilemma
The quality of law schools in Japan under scrutiny
The stress of entrance exams
The trials and triumphs of educating via the local public school
The truth about college admissions
The Tufts admissions test is advocated as the better predictor of the successful college student
The University Entrance Exam Dilemma
17 universities allow each other access to past entrance exam questions
Tokyo University to increase female student ratios
Top 20 universities and colleges in Japan ranking
Top 30 Japanese Universities
Top universities examine more than just grades
Universities add TOIEC to the curriculum
Universities turning to quarter system – what’s the difference between semester and quarter systems?
University of Tokyo to introduce quarter system
US college admissions requirements: Q & A
Who Gets In? The key to admission remains a mystery
What are the top ten college trends for 2011?
What the proposed (U.) gap year will be for
When students are no longer a uni’s top priority
Why can’t Japanese kids get into Harvard?
Why college?
Yomiuri Shimbun: Univ. students ‘remain passive learners’
EDU NEWS
“Nanatsu no Shukan J” (The 7 J habits): 214 cram schools, 87 private middle and high schools use the program based on The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, written by U.S. educator Stephen Covey
‘JUKU BOOM’
‘Super Global’ High Schools
(Fukushima’s) Students with special needs give back to community through story-reading club
20% of school library budget redirected
2012 saw a spike in EIKEN primary school student test-takers
3rd-graders to have regular English classes
40 percent of al Yokohama city-run schools will be installed with solar panels this year
79% support 6-day school week
95% of edu boards opposed to revealing test scores nationwide
About the certification of “Elementary English Instructors” by the Elementary English Instructor’s Certificate Committee–aka Japan Shogakko Instructors of English, or J-SHINE’s
Academic ability, poverty, dropouts all linked, high school study says
BBC news article on the value of philosophy for young children
Benesse survey shows “What Tokyo mums really want for their children” isn’t prestige or success
Board of education fines five Osaka teachers up to 500,000 yen each for sneaking off to smoke between lessons
Boredom main reason for pte school exodus
British Council and STEPS seek to promote IELTS as an alternative to TOEFL as an English language proficiency test
Bully news: Panel on bullying issues survey results, manual
Bullying cases come to light due to new definitions of bullying
Bullying news: 2 students sue classmates, local govt over bullying
Bullying news: Court rulings used to study bullying
Bullying news: Courts are increasingly involved in bullying cases in Japan
Bullying news: Government calls school authorities to adopt a “resolute attitude” to putting an end to the bullying
Bullying news: Govt to boost No. of school counselors
Bullying news: High school suspends 9 over repeated bullying
Bullying news: Measures taken by boards of education and schools to combat bullying
Bullying news: New form of bullying by e-mail on rise
Bullying news: No. of bullying cases on the rise
Bullying news: Saga city has an anti-bullying policy
Bullying news: School bullying cases dip 19% in 2007 school year
Bullying news: Schools begin psychological testing and edu ministry plans to institute training program to help teachers counter bullying
Bullying news: The reality of bullying
Bullying news: U.K. and Japan share notes on ways to curb bullying
Bullying Reflects Problems in Adult Society
BULLYING: Corporal punishment
BULLYING: NHK Asaichi: いじめ対策 大人にできること What adults can do about bullying
Child welfare facilities eyed for a revamp / Government plans to replace large-scale institutions with smaller, cozier, youth-friendly environments
Community schools gaining popularity
COMPULSORY P.E. DANCE LESSONS present challenge for gym teachers
Corporate world increasingly seeking graduates proficient in English
Cram schools eg Eikoh Seminar prep students for entrance tests of public schools that offer unified curriculum
Current concerns (1)
Current concerns (2)
Current concerns (3)
Current concerns (4) – Debating patriotism in education
Current concerns (5)
Current concerns (6)
Current concerns (7)
Current concerns (8)
Current concerns (9)
Current concerns (10)
Current concerns (19) Errors in entrance exam marking / School authorities jostle for better rankings in this year’s national achievement tests
Current concerns (11): Teachers slip up via Google Map use, school stabbing & cannabis crimes
Current concerns (12) Edu ministry proposes cell phone ban
Current concerns (13)
Current concerns (14) – high school cram-free no more, teachers’ workload to increase
Current concerns (15): When juku goes to school; would-be teachers from rural areas courted by metropolitan areas
Current concerns (16): The state of English language instruction
Current concerns (17)
Current concerns (18) Regulations on running pte nurseries to tighten in Tokyo; possible liberalization of nursery system
Current concerns (19): Children to receive justice lectures
Current Concerns (20): LEC uni, new child-care bill, no. of quake-proof schools up
Current concerns (21) Senior teachers feeling strain
Current concerns (22): The hidden costs of working abroad (on the education of returnees)
Current Concerns (23): Proposal to integrate kindergartens and daycare runs into opposition
Current Concerns: Updates on the nuclear contamination situation 26/10/2012
The muddy issue of cesium in a lake
Yomiuri Shimbun Editorial: Election debates should take up education policy
Deteriorating math skills of current batch of university students attributed to cram-free education (yutori hoiku)
Drawing out hikikomori:
Edu news : American School scandal
EDUCATION RENAISSANCE / Teachers hope certification will help them shine
Efforts by various sectors are being made to produce and attract “rikejo,” an emerging breed of women seeking to acquire expertise in science, engineering and technology
English Big Business and Growing
English fluency hopes rest on an education overhaul
English language education in Japan
‘Our teachers don’t know how to teach’
Boosting English education
Cash problem hinders English education in Japan, hitting local governments hardest
Gorsuch article on influences limiting EFL teachers’ ability to teach English communicative skills / Charles Jannuzi’s rebuttal follows
Helene J. Uchida’s comments on quality of Eigo Noto
Inability of students to communicate is a common failing of English education in Japan
Japan’s universities too diversified, too focused on abstractions … say critics
JET programme looks set to rebound
Limitations of English education in elementary schools
Most schools starting English – Jun. 30, 2009
Nearly half of primary schools in Tokyo area planning to begin English classes from April for 5th & 6th graders
Primary schools start move towards introduction of English
The fundamental flaws of English education in Japanese public schools
Triple-team teaching at primary school
English on the go!
English skills of Japanese students fail to meet government targets
English test to be added to pte. junior high school entrance exams
Entrance exams more competitive this year, more parents want kids to go to better schools amidst economic downturn
Experimental teaching measures to improve scholastic abilities of foreign children in J. schools
Fewer Japanese studying abroad
Focus Topic: Efforts are being made by Japanese middle and high schools to integrate more global elements into their curriculums with the International Baccalaureat (IB) program
Foreign student exodus / At least 4,330 have left due to quake, nuclear fears
Forestry curriculum for kids by Kochi U. agricultural department
Free school havens
Freedom to choose textbooks vs law on supplying free textbooks to public schools
Fukui museum and recent dinosaur finds
Fukushima disaster followup: Radioactive cesium not detectable in 99% of Fukushima residents: study
Gov. and local views on the need for / right to “compulsory education”
Govt eyes increasing IB schools
Govts to pay juku tuition for kids in foster care
Growing popularity of ballet lessons… more than 400,000 people are expected to take ballet lessons throughout Japan in 2012
Historical perspectives: War as a path to hell or the glorification of war?
How bad is the Fukushima Crisis?
Impact of N. Korean nuclear tests — what happens when support for Korean schools in Japan is withdrawn?
In the news: Akita Pref. top exam performer / Smaller classes, community ties among factors spurring academic success
In the news: Job-hunters primp themselves to make a good impression in order to land jobs
In the news: Saitama high school to offer classes to university students
In the news: Schools that emphasize calligraphy, form and manners in their curriculum
In the news: Schoolteachers making efforts to help children improve their language writing skills
In the news: Tama Gakuen, Tsukuba High School, Shibuya Makuhari
In the news: University students’ prospects improve; 63% have job offers
In the news: When a Japanese prince goes to school
Increasing number of school focus on teaching aspects of Japanese traditional culture
INDIRECTLY SPEAKING / Textbooks finally showing more of the world
Is the private school advantage real?
IT and education: On how laptop, tablet computers and the Khan Academy are revolutionizing the way the young learn
Japan’s education ministry approves problematic textbooks
Japan’s teaching on war doesn’t deserve bad press
Japan: Cause of misunderstanding on textbook ‘comfort women’ issue
Japanese education. Why the cultural element is key
Japanese higher education now out of reach for kids of single parent households says poll
Japanese mathematician offers solution to important number theory
Japanese public spending on education lowest among 30 OECD member countries
Japanese school textbooks’ are padded by 43%
Juku news
Cram schools forced to change
In the news: “Route H” juku course from Benesse Corp.
Japanese children cram to boost achievement
Juku: an unnecessary evil or vital steppingstone to success?
Sapix cram school in the news
Sapix, Daiichi Seminar and Trygroup tutors despatched to help Osaka schools
Yotsuya Otsuya cram school in the news
Juku: an unnecessary evil or vital steppingstone to success?
Latest changes in English education
Local govts tackle day care waiting list
MEXT worried about non-school attendance of children of foreign nationals
Miyake Islander-students move back to the island and resume school
Moral edn lessons to teach kids to be more law-abiding
More critical thinking elements emphasized in new textbooks from 2012
More moms teaching preschoolers: survey
More universities creating sports-related faculties
Narita Primary School (Japan’s pioneer English language primary school program)
National achievement test being reinstituted again after four-year lapse
New grads compete to be hired / Applicants get multiple offers or none as recruitment picks up again
New reading system and instructional method (Synthetic Phonics) pioneered in Clackmannanshire wins backing
News on child poverty
News updates Apr 24, 2011
NPOs support children from disadvantaged households by sending tutors
Number of Japanese researchers studying overseas or conducting research abroad has more than halved compared with a decade earlier
OECD 2011, 9/13 report: Japanese teachers put in longer hours than their counterpart teachers elsewhere but they actually spend more time on office work than teaching
Over 120 B. Yen Held in Trust for Tax-Free Donations for Education
Panel eyes new schools on vocational education
Panel urges shift in emphasis from ‘hensachi’ system (Nov 8, 1999)
PM Abe’s English language educational reforms
Proposal to upgrade English to an official course at elementary schools and to extend the hours of study
Public libraries are thriving
Public schools seek community support
Quake orphan support begins
Quake preparedness
Radiation testing on school lunches issues
Record number of elementary school school violence incidents
Researchers discover area of brain related to foreign language grammar proficiency
Researchers: 225 schools may lie on active faults December 20, 2011
Rural bicultural children need educational support
Salarymen families assess pros and cons of international schooling
School sports festivals derailed / Meets moved, shortened or canceled because of nuclear crisis
Schools dropping kanji test
Schools in Osaka Prefecture take ability-based approach
Schools work on ‘1st-grader problem’
Single-sex schools see dramatic decline
Solar energy – a viable renewable option?
Sophia University / Jochi University merger with Seibo in the news
Special deregulation zones – Tokku Schools
Steady efforts needed to restore schools (Daily Yomiuri editorial 28th Mar 2011)
Student absenteeism on the rise
Students at prefectural Tsuruoka Chuo High School participate and assist in Keio U. lab’s cutting-edge research
Students of the Kyoto Miyama High School correspondence course in the news
Supercomputer of Japan ranked world’s No. 1
Teachers learn to make students think
TEPCO ignored tsunami warning for years
The “golden age” of English teaching in Japan is over …
The education of Japan’s educators
The merging of the School in the Forest and Higashi-Matsushima Primary School
The poor are always with us … even more so now in our public schools
Thousands wait for after-school care
To ease staff shortage at Japanese public schools abroad, MEXT has scrapped a rule stipulating that teachers transferring to Japanese public schools overseas must be accompanied by their spouses
Tohoku Disaster Updates 18 Apr
Japan’s new post-quake orphan problem seeks permanent solution Read more: Japan’s new post-quake orphan problem | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/life/japans-new-post-quake-orphan-problem-145634#ixzz1L78IRTzE
News updates & links May 2, 2011
News updates 25-26 Apr, 2011
News updates 26th Apr 2011 (latest)
News updates and links April 30, 3011
News updates Apr 27, 2011
News updates Apr 29, 2011
News updates May 9, 2011
News updates, 28 Apr 2011
News updates: May 6, 2011
Preliminary PLoS paper covering March 15 to June 20: Surveyed Fukushima residents had low to nonexistent levels of radiation contamination
TEPCO drowning in dealing with tons of radioactive water
Tohoku Disaster News updates May 13, 2011
Tokyo Board of Education to Offer “Insect Touching Classes” to Teachers Who Are Afraid of Bugs
Top US universities launching edX platform to deliver online courses
Trauma of the children affected by the Tohoku tsunami
Tuition-free preschool education plan to be studied by a gov. panel
Updates and summary news on Fukushima nuclear crisis and radioactive contamination: Oct 2
Updates on Fukushima crisis, Oct 17, 2011
Updates on Fukushima nuclear crisis – Oct 8, 2011
Updates on the Fukushima and Tohoku situation
Updates: Radiation from Fukushima nuclear disaster
Viewing the Japanese system through the prism of PISA (excerpts)
When a princess in Japan attends school
When politics affect the national curriculum
Why Japanese teachers quit
EDUCATION IN GENERAL, ISSUES & OPTIONS
2007 major revisions to School Education Law
Q&A What’s going on at Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant? 27 Apr
A call to preserve Japan’s fast-vanishing monozukuri craftsman’s ethic
A guide to choosing international schools
A history of returnee education
Accommodating the traditional ways of the Ainu young
Achievement tests in public schools: when, why & what for
Academic achievement tests truly nationwide
Alice Gordenker on Japanese kindergartens
Alice Gordenker on School Refusers
Alternative Education in Japan: Introduction
Alternative Education in Japan: The context and the challenges
Alternative Education in Japan: Free schools
Alternative Education in Japan: Homeschooling
Alternative Education in Japan: The need for it
Alternative Education in Japan: Christian homeschoolers
Alternative Education in Japan: Church schools
Alternative Education in Japan: Conclusion & the way ahead
Applying for scholarships in Japan
Are Japanese students less industrious than their international counterparts?
Are there any Japanese boarding schools?
Articles on the difficulties of learning Chinese writing, activation of different parts of brain for learning Chinese vs. English, implications for dyslexic learners
Boarding School Q: Now why would you want to send your kid away?
Why parents consider U.S. boarding schools
In the news: Chinese students looking for the elite American boarding school experience, Marvelwood School, a U.S. boarding school, said to be disillusioned
John Taylor Gatto on the three major strengths (and 14 principles) of elite private boarding schools (on Youtube)
More notes on boarding schools around the globe & admissions prep
More links to top UK boarding/prep schools listing
Brushes with the board of education
Character Education Programs and Character Curriculum
Chasing after creativity (and cash)
Childhood encounters with science by Nobel laureates
Comparing UK and Japanese history class treatment of the Puritan Revolution: The lack of training in critical thinking in Japanese education
Considerations for taking a year off (or so) to study abroad
Constructive views on creativity and creative thinking from the new book “The Myths of Creativity”
Costs of education in Japan – based on Aera with Kids’ data
Deciding between the local Japanese public school or an international school option
How to enroll your child in a Japanese public school
Qualifying age for preschool – elementary – jr high – sr high school – college?
Directions in science education
Does examination hell pay off? A cost-benefit analysis of “ronin” and college education in Japan
Education articles by Alice Gordenker
Education column by John Davis
Examining university English entrance exams
Fashioning an ideal education in this day and age
Free compulsory education … not really free, and poor kids fall thru the cracks in Japan
From slates to tablets: Schools eye digital future (Yomiuri, Dec 23, 2010)
Haggling over history
High school exams including more questions calling for original expression and thought…
How Japan is preparing for the ‘ever-intensifying global talent war (an article published in the Guardian newspaper)
How tech-savvy is your kid’s school?
Teachers’ ICT training skills lag
Technology gives kids (at Mikanodai Primary School) a window on world
Technology gives kids a window on world
Technology: Use of “clickers” in local universities (Hokkaido U, Tohoku U and Kochi U of Technolgy)
How textbook screening works in Japan
Inside the cramschool pressure cooker: the juku system
Japanese Schoolchildren ‘Cram’ To Boost Achievement
Integrated curriculum: What is it and what are the major approaches by Japanese teachers to utilizing the autonomy of the integrated curriculum in public schools
Integrated schools
Internet links related to the J-educational system
Internet Links to topics on Education in Japan
Is education about acquisition of 21st century skills? What about learning for learning’s sake?
Is the private school advantage real?
Autonomy the key to quality of education, according to study
Price of private school fees skyrockets
Japan’s ‘exam hell’ now reaches into preschool:
Alice Gordenker on 6th grade ‘exam hell’
Language acquisition process vs. e-testing objectivity
Learning Styles of Distance Learners in Japan: Cultural Considerations – abstract and a review
Mainichi on the price of an education in Japan
Marsha Rosenberg on “Raising Bilingual Children”
Moral education: Japanese primary school songs and the values represented therein
On citizenship education in Japan
Nobel laureates criticize the Japanese education system
NY Times opinion about what sort of homework makes the grade
On bringing the IB philosophy to Japan
On the hidden ideology and morality underlying entrance exams and the study of Japanese literature and literary analysis
Our children are being bullied!!!
Bullying behavior in Japanese schools – a discourse on ~
Bullying Behavior in Japanese Schools: Discrimination in a Homogeneous Society
Chiba city’s Board of Education works to combat school bullying and absenteeism
Gareth Lewis on school as a form of bullying and zero tolerance on bullying
Ijime Zero, an NGO campaign against bullying – in the news
Psychologist warns against turning bullies into criminals
Resources on bullying and its prevention
TELEVIEWS / TV should focus hard on bullying
The Ijime Mondai in Japan vs. Worldwide Bullying Problem
The role of school nurses in detecting bullying and helping bullied victims
What parents can do to address/prevent bullying of their children & what to do if their children are bullying others
What to do when your child is being bullied in a Japanese school
Where to find statistics on bullying and related matters
In the news: High school suspends 9 over repeated bullying
Preschool-age exam preparation is spurred by explosion in primary schools affiliated with prestigious universities
Private school appeal: the track to elite universities
Prof. makes new discovery about brain hemispheres
Putting back the hours … will it be enough?
Q&A on integrating foreign kids into local public school system
Keeping foreign kids in the school system
Rationality more important than intelligence: IQ tests miss detecting some rational thinking skills totally
Rejoining school system in Japan after time away can be tough
Relaxed education policy – failure or cut short while bearing fruit?
Route map for the college-bound child
Ryoji Noyori on the need to revamp Japan’s competitive strategy for Science and Technology
Schools as minders of gender
Can girls excel in math and science? Motivation and expectations matter
Career expectations & the career gender gap in Japan
Education Gender Gaps in Japan
Eliminating the gender gap in education
The Iceland Exception: A Land Where Girls Rule in Math
Selecting the right cram school
Serving up “super science” education
Shogi for summer anybody?
Single-sex or co-ed schools?
The “han” at work: community spirit begins in elementary school
The case against standardized exams
The case for single sex schools
The connection between teacher quality and top-performing school systems in the world
The history of alternative education in Japan
The History of Boards of Education and Reform Issues
The idea of restorative discipline as opposed to traditional punitive discipline (suspension)
The importance of nurturing bilingualism – from the former Prime Minister of Singapore
The importance of rank in Japan and in Japanese education
The intangible curriculum of a Japanese education
On omoiyari and the sasshi no bunka or “guessing culture” training
The Japanese History Textbook issue
History textbook revision issues surface in Russia
How bad is Japan’s historical amnesia?
THE JUKU SYSTEM: THE OTHER FACE OF JAPAN’S EDUCATION SYSTEM
The merging of kindergartens and daycare centers
The Mindset of Monozukuri and creativity in a traditional art form applied in science & technology today
The Mindset of Monozukuri: From mechanical dolls to vending machines and house-bots
The political dimension of educational policy
The political dimensions of education
The Present State of Arts Education in Japan
The real source of success in Japanese education
The secret to fixing bad schools
The state of graduate teaching education in Japan (a JT editorial)
The state of history and geography education in Japan
The tutoring option
The unified school option
The uses of achievement test results
Thoughts on art education — the importance of learning to draw
Report emphasizes the important role of 3D learning and hands-on crafts in education
The Origami Effect, creativity and the role of art and hands-on in education (Forum Discussion)
Totsuka Yacht School case illuminates the problem of reform schools: “Lord of the Flies” institutionalized?
Traditional education vs. constructivist approaches, critical thinking and the usefulness of computer information technology
Union position on Boards of Education using ALT contract workers
University exam negative washback effect on English education
Usefulness of national testing vs. fears of excessive competition
Do standardized tests imply objectivity?
Schools hold achievement tests 4.22.09
Vocational schools on the move
Panel eyes new schools for vocational education
What are ‘Gakudo’?
What does accreditation mean?
What employers want from graduates
What employers want from graduates: ability to apply knowledge to the real world
What has messhi hoko got to do with education in Japan?
What is being bilingual worth?
What is OCS (Optimum Class Size) and is there a magic number?
What is the difference between public kindergartens and private kindergartens / nurseries?
What is the National Curriculum?
Monbusho and the National Curriculum
What is the Newspapers in Education Program (NIE Program)?
What is the role of the school counselor in Japanese schools?
What it takes to have the best school systems
What’s the difference between nursery school and kindergarten in Japan?
When creativity clashes with the academics race
Which international school is suitable for your child?
Why does the Japanese school year start in April?
Why dumbing down education isn’t cutting it
Why enrol your child in a local Japanese school?
Why should we care about geography? Two great articles here …
Why University of Tokyo is at the top of the educational hierarchy
Widening gap between first and second tier universities
Yochien (J- Kindergarten): To go or not to go…is the question.
FIELD TRIPPER’S CORNER
12-km Tachikawa earthquake fault open for viewing
A cruise past the limestone cliffs of the Ara River
A field trip to British Hills without leaving Japan
Back in time to the days of ancient burial mounds
Beaches and coastal parks in Kanagawa prefecture
Combine ammonite (and other fossil-) hunting and white-water rafting in Mukawa-cho, Hokkaido
Come comet-spotting with us!
Daytrip to Ibaraki’s attractions – Lake Kasumigaura, harbor and Tsuchiura Castle
Down History Lane: Edo Tokyo Tatemonoen (Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum)
Down history lane: what to visit in Kamakura & why
Ecorin village, Hokkaido, a whimsical and educational walk in the park
Edo Period puppet troupe opens ‘behind-the-strings’ exhibition
English Adventures’ David Paddock in the news
Favourite nature activities for kids in Japan
Firefly watching
Osaka park celebrates firefly season
Visit Hotaru Park, Tokyo, for a firefly spectacle
Gone beetle-hunting
Visit the “Beetle-Watching Natural Park at Kodomonokuni Kids’ Village Mushi-Mushi Land (Fukushima)
Gone clamming! (Shiohigari)
Gone crayfishing!
Hanami is a holistic activity for kids
Hiking Mt Tanzawa and the Lake Yamanaka area with a guide
Let’s go acorn-collecting
More nature activity suggestions
Silkworm raising …here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Tree Climbing in Japan
Turtle-watching
Warning: Beware the Japanese hornet
Whale-watching and dolphin-watching
Field trip to Odawara Castle
Field Trip: Turn the clock back to the Showa era…
FIELD TRIPS TO VOLCANOES
FIELDTRIPS TO ZOOS & ANIMAL-THEMED PARKS
Finding your patch of green in Japan
Forest Adventure, Narusawa Cave, and other attractions in Yamanashi prefecture
Fossil-hunting, geological fieldtrips, hiking OR river-rafting activities at Nagatoro, in Saitama
Fruit picking in the fall
Getting out of Tokyo: Summer mountain resorts to escape to and other vacation ideas
Go on a factory tour in Kawasaki
Heady historical trails
Hiking mountains: Rokko Mountains, Okutama and Mt Fuji options
Bouno Oreyama Hiking Trail (Saitama)
Hiking up Kanagawa’s Oyama
HISTORICAL FIELD TRIPS TO CASTLES – a directory
Historical museums, villages, temples and World Heritage sites
Izu peninsula fieldtrip: Omuro-yama and Izu volcanism
Izu peninsula: Beach topography, towering cliffs and tombolos
Izu’s wonderful waterfalls & gorges
Taking nature notes in Izu Peninsula
Izu peninsula is a windfall for the student of geology
Japan Open-Air Folk Museum (Nihon Minka-en)
Lake Akan (a.k.a. “the Fairy Lake”) in Hokkaido and the marimo museum
Lessons by a river in Tanzawa
Lessons by a waterfall
Lessons by the sea
Mifune dinosaur fossils and the Mifune Dinosaur Museum, Kumamoto Prefecture
Must-see samurai sites (of Kyoto)
Nature lessons on Yakushima Island
New planetariums to check out…
Nikon Museum – Learning about cameras, optical equipment
Ocean hiking trails and beaches in the Miura area
Off to Hakone On the Tail of a Typhoon
Park in Meguro (run by the Institute for Nature Study)
Parks & green spaces of Tokyo
Parks in the Miura area
Rokko mtns, Okutama, Oku-Chichibu mtns, Northern Alps, Mt Fuji for the best hikes says National Camping Assn & Outward Bound Jpn
Satoyama: Exploring the Japanese countryside
The Alpine experience: Echigo Yuzawa
Todoroki Fudo Temple, Todoroki valley and waterfall, a Heian era temple and sacred spot for mountain ascetics in Setagaya, Tokyo
Visit a bird sanctuary: Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary
Visit a ninja museum
VISIT A SCIENCE OR THEMED MUSEUM
Visit Iya Valley for a geology lesson on the Fossa Magna fault structures & mountain formation
3 geoparks sites making a bid for international geopark status
Visit Matsumoto Castle
Visit Mother Farm (Mazaa-bokujo)
Visit the Senbonmatsubara-hama Beach for a lesson on the power of wave erosion
Visit to the Kannonzaki lighthouse and coast
Why not walkabout the Imperial Gardens?
HEADING FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Balancing jr. high school life, afterschooling and juku
Cram-free policy ditched in plan for high schools
Disqualified for High School entry by sloppy grooming? / Poverty stricken high schoolers
Getting into baseball high schools
Heading for high school overseas?
High school textbooks revised to boost learning and plug gaps of learning resulting from previous cram-free edu-policy
High schools to focus on global mobility
How parents choose a junior high school
Information on enrolling in public high school
MEXT report: Japanese high school students say they enjoy high school life, but appear to have low self-esteem compared to their counterparts in the US, China and S. Korea
Navigating the Tokyo high school minefield: a foreign parent’s tale
Sempai-cohai culture kicks in during JHS (jr high school)
So your kid is in competitive sports?
The KOSHIEN: The national high school baseball tournament
Tokyo to cut High School entries based on endorsements
Tracking and High School
Who can take the high school entrance examination?
HOMESCHOOLING / AFTERSCHOOLING
Art: A journey through life and civilization
Christmas traditions in Japan
Different approaches to homeschooling
Do reading curricula make a difference?
Earthquakes and Japan
Educate your kid at home 101 (A)
Educate your kid at home (B)
Favorite homeschooling resources
Eaton Academy K – 12 programs
Time4learning online program (prek-gr 8) is a good ESL program
Great Books Program
Hands on science resources
CSU conference gets kids to like science
Higher order thinking skills vs. critical thinking skills
HOME EDUCATION / HOMESCHOOL – what is it and how you can implement it
Homeschool Days
Homeschool Middle School Science Resources
Homeschool Networks in Japan (English & Japanese)
Homeschool Support Organisations
Homeschooling – the road less traveled
Homeschooling Your Child with Special Needs
How to conduct multi-level homeschooling
How to get started in Amateur Astronomy
In the news: Home-schooling on the rise
Is your social studies curriculum a mile wide & an inch deep
Kyoiku Kihon Ho (The Fundamental Law of Education)
Legality of Homeschooling in Japan
Gov. views on “compulsory education”
One interpretation: foreigners obliged to ensure their kids receive compulsory schooling
Math ability and your child
Nature notebooking
Nobel laureate Peter Agre’s advice on promoting science to the young: you need good role models and to make science fun, cool and interesting
On art education & teaching art to children
One family’s stellar and inspiring unschooling story
Overcome your kids’ dyslexia with intensive remedial instruction
Q & A about Homeschooling / Homelearning
Q: Multi-level teaching – how do you homeschool when you have kids of different ages?
Sharing our strategies: kanji and kokugo studies
List of kanji being revised by the Council for Cultural Affairs
Sharing our strategies: this is how we homeschool
Sharing our strategies (2)
Subscribe to free! homeschooling newsletters
Terms that make a difference: “homeschooler”, “home-educated” and “school-refuser” (futoko)?
The Age of Mammals in Japan: After the dinosaurs came the Desmostylians
Thinking about morality and philosophy: rationality, evolution and behavioral science behind moral actions
Unschooling for cultivating leadership
What is the 21st century curriculum?
Why should our kids care about geography?
You Must Remember This …
Young Astronomer’s Club
KIDS HEALTH & SAFETY ISSUES
74,483 danger spots found on roads around public elementary schools
About the child’s developing brain
AIDS and Japanese teens
Air-con disease or “cooler-byo” クーラー病
Alcohol-free upbrining is best for a child’s brain development says UK Chief Medical Officer
Are Bedbugs adding to your bedlam problems?
Are your kids cola-addicts? New study says too much cola can cause muscle problems
Are your kids having eye vision trouble?
Study shows sharp shooter video games improve vision
Average teen not getting enough vit D & Low vitamin D leads to teen ailments says study
Average toddler falls sick up to 8 times a year:
Barron’s advice to parents on the need to educate children about managing wealth and finances
Causes of frequent nosebleeds and what to do about them
Causes of suicides for young people
Certain parts of nation on the threshhold of flu epidemic
Check those nails for stress!
Children’s safety in school PE activities a concern due to introduction of martial arts into the national curriculum
Controversy: Cell-phone cancer-causing risk to kids
Dealing with disaster: how prepared are you?
Dealing with noroviruses
Depression – a simple and quick test in sight
Disaster Prep and What to Do in the Event of Nuclear Emergencies
Dry ear-wax and why Japanese use mimikaki (ear-rakes) to remove it for their children (and themselves)
Energy drinks may harm kids’ health’
EWG: 10 worst children’s sugary cereals
Expanded routine vaccination schedule for children in Japan to include cervical cancer and meningitis
Experts warn of ugly side to makeup for children
Glass of milk a day boosts brain power: study
Govts lift ban on riding bicycles with 2 kids
Guide to surviving a plane crash (Independent news article)
Has your child had his/her TB vaccine?
Health advisory alert: Schools close as new flu cases on the rise – spread possibly at highschool volleyball match
What to do if you have the flu virus?
Health alert! “Japan gets fourth flu case”
Health ministry worries over low measles innoculation rates
Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is finally preparing to approve and introduce the inactivated polio vaccine as soon as this autumn
Hot summer days and Undokai (Sports Day) – what to give our kids – water, sports drink, OJ or energy drink?
How to improve your child’s sleep and health – remove toxic mattresses
In the event of fire during an earthquake…
In the news: High rate of depression seen among young students
In the news: Junior high and high school girls using smartphone services for enjo kosai
Is milk in Japan safe to drink? …also re: Milk drinking and fermented drinks and other statistics
Japan digs in its heels in expectation of virulent flu epidemic this winter
Japan Nuclear Update – British Embassy
Keep your child lead-free
Kids are getting hurt more because they are pushed too hard at sports…
Kids’ Health Advisory Alert
Government says “risk of Japanese encephalitis in the country and the role of the vaccine is important.”
Health advisory: Beware the deadly bite of the female red-back spider!
Measles to remain problem as five-year vaccine plan falters
Kids’ personal alarms break easily, consumer center says
Modern media and the making of malfunctioning children
Naps boost memory so let your kids nap away…
National Institute of Infectious Diseases: No. of cases of RS virus (respiratory syncytial virus) infections, which cause serious pneumonia in infants, is rising at the fastest pace since 2004
Nationwide fitness level of Japanese children has hit rock bottom
Net-savvy parents shield children from harmful sites
New safety standards for manufacturers of children’s clothing being tabled by Trade Ministry, to address the spate of accidents involving young children wearing hoods and drawstrings.
Options: Nasal irrigation or nasal sprays for your kids’ pollen allergies?
Poll: Martial arts in school gymnasiums risky
Post-Fukushima Disaster Emergency Relief Packages For Women With Children
Prefecture-wide school closures eyed to curb flu outbreaks
Preventing heatstroke / Replacing fluids a key measure
Quake preparedness
Radiation 101: Radiation and what it means for Japan
Reasons to serve up manuka honey to your kids (but not babies)
Record numbers of bespectacled and asthmatic children in Japan
Relocation housing centers for the current disaster victims
Research in U.S., Japan Shows Aggression Increased for Months After Video Game Play
Rising child obesity seen in Japan; how some mothers keep their kids slim
Robert Lustig, Professor of Pediatrics addresses the root causes for toddler obesity, malfunctioning metabolisms and fatty livers, insulin resistance and metabolic disease…
Rotavirus – the most common cause of diarrhea among young children in Japan
Rubella at 5-yr-high … health ministry calling for the families of pregnant women to request rubella vaccinations a.s.a.p.
Rubella [German measles] outbreak spreading quickly
Saving children from internet addiction in Japan
Sex crime offenders now targeting kids and youths on online profile and social networking sites
Sleep-Deprived Kids May Be at Risk for Childhood Obesity
Smoking mums endanger kids more than smoking dads do, Yomiuri Shimbun reports
Sports for kids
Badminton club in Tokyo
Footy soccer and Futsal programs for kids
Streptococcal infections
Surveys showed 13-20% of Japanese school students have depressive tendencies
Tainted Lotte Koala biscuits and Nissin cup noodles in the news
Take extra precautions if your child’s school or evacuation centre lies over an active fault
Testing your kid for colorblindness (The Ishihara Test for Colorblindness)
Thank God for gun-free schools in Japan!!!
Arguments for and against gun-carrying rights in US schools
The important role of the yogo kyoyu (health teacher) in raising immunization awareness among secondary students
The youth drug problem in Japan
Universities have stepped up measures against cults as their recruiters typically target high school students in coffee shops and other public places
Updates on Fukushima nuclear crisis – Oct 1, 2011: Plutonium, strontium and cesium data updates, terrorism risk spotlighted
Use awareness of risks to prepare for disasters
Watch out for the norovirus bug this winter (2012)
Watch out for the poisonous rove beetle, called Yakedomushi … could give you nasty boils and blisters…
What do you do during an earthquake?
What’s society to do with its irritated and impulsive youths?
When do your kids really need antibiotics?
Wild mushrooms / 337 food items exceed levels under new radiation safety standards
Worried about your late talker?
OF METHODS & PHILOSOPHIES
“Spiral” Curriculum or Method – A Definition
4MAT theory on learning styles
A miscellany of methods: unschooling, Reggio Emila, objective method & more
A Tokyo high school adopts Task-based Language Teaching method focusing on mastery, over of the conventional method of translating passages into Japanese
About the Algo method
Adaptive learning
Anti-schooling: The hybrid between homeschooling and unschooling
Are you getting on the “brain train” bandwagon
Brain research, brain-training and brain-boosting article links:
Brain science to help teachers get into kids’ heads
How learning about the brain can help you teach or homeschool better…
Biography of Daniel Stamm
Constructivism “student-centered learning vs. traditionalism
DaVinci Method: ADD a medical disorder or a DaVinci genetic & personality trait?
Discussing Open Court
Does a teaching approach that blends technology with traditional teaching methods work better than a purely traditional approach?
Does method matter? Charlotte Mason (Living Books method) vs. Classical
Does method matter? Montessori vs. Waldorf
Does method matter? Traditional vs. non-traditional (MI theory, Reggio Emilia, Project method, etc.)
Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training DS Game Improves Kids’ Math Skills
Famous well known brain techniques for learning and memory work
Finnish teacher writes math book for Japanese kids
Flip teaching method at work in Japanese schools
Flipped classrooms in Japan
Highlighting Is a Waste of Time: The Best and Worst Learning Techniques
IB system, enquiry-based method & individualized learning
Background paper study shows UK universities rate IB Diploma highly
International Baccalaureate Program Expands Globally
The IB programme stretches students but doesn’t suit all students…says one headmaster
Japanese preschoolers experience Swedish-style eco-friendly outdoor nature program
John Dewey in Japan
Just visiting: Classical Education and Travel
Kagan Structures – what are those?
Ken Watanabe’s Problem Solving 101
Kunskapsskolan: Swedish free schools
Swedish school system going the way of Japan’s
Math instruction- best practices and problems (2)
Math instruction: best practices and problems (1)
Multiple-Choice as a learning method and technique
Newspaper in Education (NIE) Program
Notes on Japanese school notetaking methods and memory techniques
Old fashioned methods that work
Opening Minds curriculum
Osama bin Laden & frameworks for understanding history
PRIMARY ADVICE / The value of an integrated approach
Professor Shichida’s “spy-kids” school
Raising literate kids the kamishibai way
Couple telling story of kamishibai in U.S.
Research shows the “sage lecturer” delivery method is ineffective
Rhythmics and Eurhythmy in education
Russian School of Mathematics and Kumon methods pick up popularity in the US
Saluting the soroban (J-abacus)
The invention of the Abacus or Soroban
Singapore math
Box clever: Singapore’s magic formula for maths success
Singapore Math approach: Challenging Maths Made Easy
US teachers get lessons on Singapore maths
Where to buy your Singapore Math materials
Singapore math – reviews by homeschoolers
Singapore math makes a difference
Team teaching approach in Japanese schools
The “curriculum of family”: Educating your child for real life
The boom in Indian math education
Indian style education gets an A / Emphasis on mental math, computers and English prove popular
The case for phonics-based reading curriculum
The ER method
The Japanese math curriculum
U.S. turns to Japanese textbooks to teach math
The Kumon method
The Kumon method in the news
NY Times on the Kumon tutoring phenomenon
The MAT method
The Pimsleur Approach
The Project Approach
The Spalding reading method
The use of the “Algorithm of Microcycles” method in music education
Tokyo school kids take the role of leaders in class in a new innovative “Manabukku” Method
Tony Buzan’s methods adopted by top UK school
Tony Buzan’s mind mapping method
What is a Blended Learning Environment?
What’s the “spaced learning” concept?
Why Finnish schools are tops…
CS Monitor takes a look at the Finnish education system
ZAP policy (Zeroes aren’t permitted): How a school boosts student achievement
PARENTING POTPOURRI
Juken senso: Fuel late-night sessions with healthful porridge (Mar.9)
“Monster parents” and “monster kids”
Panel of experts including lawyers, doctors and former police officers to deal with ‘monster parents’
10 Reasons Strong Discipline is Important for Kids
10 Ways to Motivate Your Child to Learn
26% of 14 & 15-yr olds skip breakfast, 22% skip lunch and 10% skip both…says study
7 things they didn’t teach you in school
Alarm over Japanese teenagers and youths’ potentially imminent AIDS epidemic
Are you a “helicopter parent”?
Are you a “kyoiku mama” or just an educationally-concerned mother?
Are you a Generation X parent (and consequently a monster parent)?
Are you an “Ikumen”?
Are you raising a genie?
Bringing up boys
Childbirth in Japan: Plan, prioritize for a smooth delivery
CULTURAL CONUNDRUMS / The ins and outs of group thinking
DADS MORE INVOLVED IN RAISING KIDS
Do you know how to make usagi ringo (rabbit apple) for your kid’s obento
Does your kid have sticky fingers? Japan has the world’s second largest number of shoplifters
Domestic help and babysitting services in Japan
Earthquake safety status of public schools – how quake-safe is my child’s school?
Exercise really does make you clever: Fit children have better memories say experts
Exploring the effect of materialistic culture on generational gap in the US and Japan
Genetics vs. Culture: Which trumps over which in education?
Get your kids gardening!
Getting a haircut in Japan: A survival guide
Guide to surviving yochien (kindergarten) in Japan
Guides for parents on how to build character in their kids
Have you heard of the “Park Debut” (koen debyuu) phenomenon?
How to conserve food during brownouts
How to deal with internet addiction
How to handle your first hogoshakai jikoshokai – self-introduction at the school parents’ meeting
How to motivate your kids
How we prepare for disaster
In the news: Toxic substances found in baby food
Japanese Dad Stereotypes: Ittetsu, dasai, shoboi, oyaji-kusai … Nippon no otosan
Keeping school shoes long-lasting and in a pristine state
Kids can cook!
Kids can tune out of real world distracted by too many mobile and electronic devices
Latest brain research says boys need more volume and girls need softer speaking voices to learn better
Mainichi on childcare benefits as a political card vs. the ideal & value of a child as a gift to society
Mainichi on the legal age of adulthood
Monster parents and overindulged kids
Nippon Life Insurance, sets a corporate model example by providing childcare leave to all male employees
NY Times on The Child’s Developing Brain
On Jiyu kenkyu & other summer vacation homework
Online game addiction becoming serious problem in Japan
Oyako-Team
Parents and teachers — the source of students’ fear of failure … says educational excellence coach
Parents beware! Are your daughters into Enjo Kosai (date-style prostitution)?
Parents offer their tips to surviving the school sports-day season in Japan
Parties directory and information
Perfect parenting … it’s all in the labeling
Pointers for daycare applicants in Tokyo
Preparing your children for Puberty
Put nature back into the nurture of your children
Researchers: Stressful childhoods and harsh parenting could shorten a child’s telomeres and livespan
School’s out! Amusement, theme parks, leisure domes, etc.
School’s out! Indoor parks, playgrounds and play spaces
School’s out: Summer fireworks for the family outing
School’s Out: Theme Parks for summer outings
SCHOOL’S OUT: Toy and Stamp Museums of Arima (Kobe, Hyogo)
Seaweed, Miso, Potassium iodine – are these measures effective against radiation poisoning?
Selective screen time for kids: Edu-Toys, Videos and Software Resources
Should parenting be this hard?
Silence as a bargaining tactic at the PTA
Smut-free board games and online games for your kids
Sociable parents, sociable kids … sociability is an academic asset
Surround your kids with greenery and enough sunlight to improve their mental concentration and focus
Table Manners for Kids
Teach your teens basic life skills
Teach your teens basic life skills
The cost of educating a child in Japan
Tips for boosting your kids’ brainpower and building brainier kids
Tips on supervising kids TV time
TV can stunt your child’s development
Uncontrollable temper tantrums could put your child at risk of being labelled with a “temper dysregulation with dysphoria” disorder
Vaccinations for children in Japan
Volunteering for kids & family
Web resources for tips on raising a baby
What do we do with all our irritable and impulsive kids?
What is a kappogi?
What to do if you child is bullied in a Japanese school
What would you do if you knew the personality of your child at birth?
What’s your kid’s blood type?
When does your kid legally turn into an adult?
Where will ‘Helicopter Parents’ land?
Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?
Why your child should study music
Music and how it affects the brain function
Yokai files: Find out about the kids’ yokai (J. monster & supernatural beings) craze in Japan
References
RESOURCE ROOM
Earthquakes and Japan (Part I)
Personal Information Protection Law and the posting of videos of schoolchildren online
A cram school: Guide to navigating your way through the Juku Jungle
A Reading Primer on Education in Japan (online resources & booklist)
A really useful tool for field research: The Impossible Instant Lab
About Miki House infant educational programs
Academic Societies Related to Education in Japan
Ace your Japanese proficiency test with the best free Web tools
All about the NIE (Newspapers in Education) Programme
All Kinds of Minds parent resource
All things ALT – Resources by ALTs for ALTs:
Ancient Times Newspaper
Anime’s potential as a career for women artists
AVIVA KIDS – Afterschool courses for acquiring PC ICT skills (elementary through high school)
Beyond phonics: reviewing the readers and reading programs
Board games and online games for a typhoon or snowed-in day
Brain science research and resources
Buyo dancing for kids
Camp programs in Hokkaido
Choosing phonics instruction programs
Comprehensive poster of 1,926 kanji
Cooking classes for kids
Coursera — offering free online courses from top colleges
DIY Flashcard resources
Downloadable literature selections
Dumbbell maths
Dyslexia: Internet resources and the research
E Co Labs, new educational program added to Shogakukan Academy’s popular products like Dorakids and Dorazemi
Educational resources offered Gifu Prefecture (Information from the Gifu International Center)
EIKEN: What is it and what is it for?
Vocabulary lists for English learners and other STEP Eiken resources
Exhibition on the history of space exploration opened Saturday at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama.
Favourite math resources
Financial Aid and Scholarship information for international students
FLASHCARD BANK (and worksheets too!)
FLASHCARD BANKS
Free online Earth Science resource: Earth Science 3D Paper Models and Toys
Free online education
Free Online Olympics Grammar Bingo Game
Free textbooks available from Japan Overseas Educational Services (JOES)
Gardening resources
Geography resources on Japan
Geological periods to be revised / The Science of survival
Grades 5 and 6 Art textbooks in two volumes (National Curriculum)
Hands on science
High Tech Vocabulary Resource
Hippo Campus: Open course content, math resource
Hippo Homestays and other homestay programs
Passport School Homestay (in conjunction with American English Preschool of Fukuoka)
Hiroshima and the Atomic Bomb — A Study Resource
HIV/Aids education – teaching program of ethics for high school
HOMESCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES / UMBRELLA SCHOOLS
Homeschooled in Japan, but headed to the UK?
Homeschooling Subject by Subject
How money and the banking system works — resources
How the brain remembers, learns and tests hypothesis
How to write an Autobiography
If you were a homeschooler stranded on a desert island …
Inside the teacher’s bag of “trick-or-tips”
Intellego Unit Studies K-8
International Academic Consultants
Japan Dyslexia Research Association | Kato Clinic | Japan – The International Dyslexia Association
Japan Fitness Vacations
JAPANESE DAYCARE / HOIKUEN
Japanese History reference: 歴史資料 (中学校スタンダード) 帝国書院 Rekkishi Shiryou (Middle School Standard)
Japanese myths, folklore & legends online
JAPANESE PRESCHOOLS & KINDERGARTENS
Juku databases in Japanese
K & Y Cools Storytelling Sessions
K12 International Academy (see also their K-8 programs)
Khan Academy Online Tutorials
Kindermuzik classes
Kool karuta for kooler days ahead!
Kotowaza | Japanese Sayings and Proverbs (A collection of resource links)
Koyo-viewing with Kids
Leapfrog Fridge Phonics
Learning games for ESL students
Learning how to type – Japanese Touch Type Tutor
Learning Intervention Center NPO Skill Camp
LessonCorner (reference lesson plan and worksheet resource)
Lingo Stars Saturday School (and other afterschool programs)
Links to Japanese Language Schools
Literacy & Language Building Resources
Looking for therapists in Japan?
Manga – an educational tool?
MasterMath.info: New Middle School Math Resource and Tutoring
Math Printables
Math resources – brain-based education
Math Warrior and MasterMath web resources
Maya Civilization
MENSA – what is it and where can I find MENSA resources?
Miscellaneous links on education (worldwide)
Montessori Resources
More literacy resources: Writing, spelling and grammar
Music resources
Nature notebooking
Nature, outdoor, wilderness and “mountain village education” programs
Newton, Graphic Science Magazine
Off the assembly line … finally! the unobtrusive and affordable Pocket Geiger counter
Online articles / Contents & Standards / Science curriculum / Resources for specialized high school topics / Science experiments & supplies
Open court reading resources
Outdoor Club Japan
Outward Bound Japan
Parents’ favourite links
Picture cards tell survivors’ stories of Nagasaki bombing
Planet Eigo: new resource for team teaching
Playgroups: Dinosaur Islands & STEF(Stand together English fellowship) playgroups (Yokohama)
Publication of Kagaku (Science) and Gakushu (Learning) magazines will be halted
Q&As about Disaster Preparation
Rap your way through your multiplication tables
Re-use old duplo or lego blocks for reading and spelling activities
Reading resources: Learn to Read Free and Montessori Big Fun Reading Room online reading programs
Reading Right Primary Core Curriculum; Reading Right Intervention Program
Readings on dyslexia problems for Japanese education and Japanese language learners
Reasons to memorize the Hyakunin issu
Reflex Math program
Resources and readings on the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Flashpoint Issue
Resources for encouraging little readers
Resources for making math meaningful
Resources for parents of children with Down Syndrome
Resources for the Spelling Bee
Revision of geological period / Christmas Lectures for children
SAT game for dummies
Scaled down mini laptops for school kids
Technology: E-books at the library
Scholarships and Financial Aid in Japan for Japanese and residents
School’s Out: What can we do?
Tokyo Racecourse’s Riding Center, Parade Ring, Pakapaka Cafe
Visit Tarzania a.k.a. Forest Adventure / “Fôret de l’aventure” in Yamanashi, Chiba Prefectures, Okinawa … in 11 locations around Japan!
Where you can bungy-jump in Japan
Schools that run Japanese language classes or programs in the U.S.A.
Science cafes
Shakespeare – learning resources
Singapore Math
Singapore texts — for English language studies
Society for Promoting Intercultural Education for Children (SPIEC)
Sokunou Speed Reading program
SPECIAL NEEDS
Special Needs Kids Education or Resources for Children with Learning Differences
Stairway to Reading program
Stone Museum Hakuseikikan, Gifu prefecture
Summer schools/camps abroad
Summer camps in Japan (English language)
Takeshima Q&A for kids from The Yomiuri Shimbun
Testing matters
The arts and crafts scene for kids
The CEE BEE Center in Hyogo pref.– A bilingual (English and Japanese) Education and Therapy Center for children and adults with development disorders and learning difficulties (LD)
The juku system: the other face of Japan’s education system
Resources and links on juku (cramschools)
About TOMAS cram school / Riso Kyoiku in the news
The new Spalding Reading Method materials
The Proofs of Pythagoras
The quest for literacy (part one)
The quest for literacy (part two)
The Starfall Kindergarten Reading & Language Arts Program
Theme units for the winter holiday season
Tips and websites for more effective students
Tips on how to devise un-hackable passwords and secure your PCs and email accounts
TOEFL Booster
TOEFL BOOSTER / Divining the details in TOEFL reading questions
TOEFL BOOSTER / Support or challenge? Write it out
TOEFL test taking tips
TOEFL(R) BOOSTER / Pronouns point the way in TOEFL reading
Tokyo Teacher Training Academy – opened by Language Teaching Professionals
Tom Snyder’s Educational Software
Top 10 last-minute exam revision tips
Treating Stutterers – Resources in Japan
Tutoring resources
TUTORING SERVICES
Two new skateparks (opened in 2011) added to Skateboarding resources and Skatepark listings
Updates: Educational courses & institutions
Useful MNEMONICS resources
Video resources on Ancient Egyptians
Web-Based Tools Help Parents Educate Kids About Money
Where can I get recorders and pentacorders in Japan?
Where to catch Shakespeare and other theatre performances in Japan
Where to find camping information
Where to go for ice and snow activities in Japan
“Snow country” – Echigo Yuzawa or Yuzawa (Niigata)
Where to go for winter ski resorts with young kids near Tokyo?
Which handwriting script to teach your child?
Writing resource: Figment.com
WWII news resource: Agent Orange used on Okinawa during WWII
www.starfall.com (reading & literacy resource)
Yakan Gakko | Night Schools
YouTube Space Lab
ROOM FOR DISCUSSION
SCHOOL’S OUT
AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES
AQUARIUMS AND WATER-THEMED PARKS
FIELD TRIPS TO CAVES IN JAPAN
Fieldtrip to the Hakone Glass Forest: An education on the Renaissance era of glassmaking – featuring Venetian glass tradition
GOING CAMPING
NATIONAL PARKS, PARKS & GARDENS
VISIT THE COAST & SEASIDE
STUDENT LIFE IN JAPAN
9 year-old-school girl finds unknown shrimp fossil
A year in a ten year old’s new garden
About Jiyu kenkyu – the school summer project
All about Kyushoku and Shoku-iku Food Education
All-consuming school clubs worry foreign parents
Citizenship education at Hiroshima Nagisa Middle School
English rakugo helps kids learn, laugh
English rakugo used as a tool for English language instruction in Japanese schools
Fake uniforms are “in” with Japanese teenage girls
How to tie a hachimaki
In Japan, teenage cellphone culture makes real connections
Japanese kids are ace-ing it in international card tournaments
Jr high school students participate in archery event at Lake Chuzenji Nikko
JT puts the spotlight on the origins of the Randoseru
Kids’ scarecrows at the Scarecrow Festival
Life in an International School – by Jill
Life of nautical students from Iwaki Kaisei Senior High School, the only high school in Fukushima Prefecture specializes in fishery and maritime affairs after the tsunami
Nyuugakushiki – April 1st entrance ceremony at Ofunato Municipal Ryori Primary School
One US educator’s peek at schoollife in Kadena Elementary School, Okinawa and his comments
Photo-essay: Yatsugatake shizen kyoushitsu
Poll voting exercises and civics education at Tamagawa Academy
Rocketnews: Kyudo the coolest school club ever
Rocketnews: Kyudo the coolest school club ever
School gassho choral concerts and clubs
Schoolkids take part in human Japanese chess
Schools have knack for healthy meals
Schools remember Hanshin quake
Smoking no longer cool among youths
The history and institution of the Kyushoku School Lunch
The history behind the vanishing schoolgirl bloomers
THE BOOK NOOK
“Guide to International Schools in Japan” by Caroline Pover
“Kan-chan no Natsu Yasumi,” or “Kan-chan’s Summer Vacation”
“Legend of the Tengu Prince” by Ledia Runnels, a synopsis
“Nihon Bijutsu Zenshu,” or “Japanese art: the complete works,”…the release of the 1st books in a massive, 20-volume series covering the entire history of Japanese art
“Strong in the Rain” by Lucy Birmingham, David McNeill
‘Young Samurai — The Way of the Warrior’ – Review
(HOJ1) Growth of towns, cities, castle towns and cities
(HOJ10) Civilizations
(HOJ2) Dinosaurs, woolly mammoths and other prehistoric animals
(HOJ3) Earthscience: Earthquakes, volcanoes and other disasters
(HOJ4) Evolution, fossils and the prehistoric world (dinosaurs, mammoths & all that)
(HOJ5) Geography discovery resources: Earth Our Home
(HOJ6) Habitats & Ecosystems: deserts, wetlands, seas and oceans
(HOJ7) Nature & Animal Kingdom
(HOJ8) Japanese Culture, Folktales and Mythology
(HOJ9) Discovery of the Americas
100 great Japanese books for children and more …
Alternative world(s) book genre
Bibliography: 50 readings
Bilingual guide to traditional arts published
Book press release: “Siberia, Japan & WWI” by Edward Rasmussen
Book review: Airman by Eoin Colfer
Book reviews: “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character” by Paul Tough
Booklist links
Books about “the birds and the bees”
Books about important or influential women
Books and booklists for job-hunting college graduates
Books for boys
Books for puberty prep
Books on Parenting and Education
Character-building guide for parents (and educators) to work through with kids
Crayon Shinchan – all you ever wanted know about the character and more
Curl up with Japanese picturebooks
Exploring ancient civilizations (1)
Exploring ancient civilizations (2)
Exploring ancient civilizations (3)
Exploring ancient civilizations (4)
Exploring ancient civilizations (5) – Rome & Greece
Exploring ancient civilizations – introduction & Prehistoric ages
Exploring Japanese Literature (bilingual)
Favorite booklist sites for picking out books for children
Find free e-books from Google
Great Books Program
Halloween Readings
Hyakunin Isshu – a review
Interest-grabbing manga science study guides sell well
J MAGAZINE REVIEW no. 1: MOE
Japanese myths & modern tales for kids
Kathryn Lasky’s new biography of Charles Darwin for children
Kenchoji temple’s parent-child book reading list now in a new book
Kevin Short writes about his retelling of “The Insect Stories of J. Henri Fabre”
Law reference title: The Compendium of Basic Laws of Japan, by Ted Toku Morita (JT review page)
Libraries, lending places and spaces
MATH GIRLS is finally out in English!
Miki’s First Errand and Harry still has the magic!
Nature guides and books
NY Times Review of Steve Jenkins’ “JUST A SECOND A Different Way to Look at Time”
Our bookroom: what our kids are reading
Parenting book review: How to Raise a Child
Payal Kapadia’s Book Reviews
Poem in Your Pocket
Power readings
Publisher offers ‘textbooks’ for Ghibli anime
Reading resources on the Silk Road
Readings on Communism for homeschoolers
Readings on the Japanese Education System
Recommended author: Patricia Polaco
Recommended Reads: The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case: A Number 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Book for Young Readers
Resources on the art of note-taking in Japanese education
Reviews: Yokai Attack! and A Samurai Never Fears Death
Romantic fiction and historical fantasy for teens
Science books for a sense of wonder
Shogun’s Ghost: The Dark Side of Japanese Education
Some influential books on education, and we tell you why…
Teenage boys’ books
The Christmas Reader
The Reading Radar
Updates: More bookstores listed
Asunaro Online
Bonjinsha specialty bookstore in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Where to procure books in Japan
THE JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Grading Scale in Japan
THE SCOOP ON SCHOOLS
“Tsushin sei koko” and accredited distance learning programs offered by official public and private high schools in Kanagawa & elsewhere in Japan
2 international schools in Kagoshima: Kagoshima International School; and the Nagayoshi Gakuen “International School”
A survey of private schools in Japan (A – I)
A survey on private schools in Japan (J – P)
A survey on private schools in Japan (R – Z)
ABC International Preschool (Omiya-ku, Saitama)
ABC International School (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
About Tokyo Polytechnic University
Abroad International School (Osaka/Sendai/Nagoya/Okayama)
Afan Woodland Trust Higashi Matsushima school project in the news…
Ai International School (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Aichi International School, Nagoya, Aichi prefecture
AICJ Junior & Senior High School (Hiroshima)
Akita International University (a.k.a. Kokusai Kyoyo Daigaku or international liberal education university)
Akita International University in the news
Aloha International Preschool (Kita- and minami-senju, Tokyo)
Alternative ed DEMOCRATIC / SUDBURY schools: Shonan Sudbury Valley School (Shonan, Kanagawa); Summerhill International School (Minato-ku, Tokyo); Democratic School Sora (Hishinomiya-shi, Hyogo pref.); Tokyo Sudbury School
AmerAsian School in Okinawa
American Christian School in Japan (Yamaguchi prefecture)
American International Elementary School (A.I.E.S.) Nagoya
American International Elementary School (Nakamura-ku, Nagoya)
Angel Planet Preschools a.k.a. Child Land Nursery Group (Tokyo, Yokohama and Kawasaki)
Anime and manga schools
In the news: More universities offering majors in manga
The Japanese Language Brain and implications for students learning the Japanese language
Aoba-Japan International School (Suginami-ku, Tokyo)
Aomori prefectural government to build a new K-12 integrated international school: Rokkasho International School
Aotani International Preschool (Kobe-shi, Hyogo)
Apple Bee International School, Kumamoto
Art schools (Waseda-Kansai U; Musabi; Tamabi) in the news
Asaka Doronko Nursery School in the news
Ashita-no-kuni Rudolf Steiner Gakuen Primary School to open in Chiba
Ashiya International School (Ashiya, Hyogo)
Ashiya International Secondary School (Hyogo Prefectural)
Ashiyahama Family Preschool (Ashiyahama city, Hyogo)
Association For International Early Childhood (AIEC) Preschool (Fussa City, Tokyo)
Ayla International School, Tokyo
Azabu International School (update & announcement) in Minato-ku, Tokyo
Bambi Bilingual Kindergarten (Kofu city, Yamanashi prefecture)
BE Academy International (Hirakata, Osaka)
Beans International Preschool (Saitama)
Beanstalk International School, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Belgrave International Kindergarten & Preschool (Nerima-ku, Tokyo)
Bell Kids International Preschool (Miyakojima-ku, Osaka)
Bilinga Science International School – new school opening in Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Bilingual Kids International Preschool (Musashino-shi, Tokyo)
BILINGUAL OR TRILINGUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION SCHOOLS
Brilliant Kids International School (Higashi-Ikebukuro, Tokyo)
British Culture Academy (Wholeday) International School, Saitama
Buddy Sports Kindergarten’s new school in Haruhino (Asao-ward, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa)
Busy Bees International School (bilingual program)
Cambridge International School (Setagaya ward, Tokyo)
Camelot International Primary School (Nerima-ku, Tokyo)
Central Forest International School (Yamato city, Kanagawa)
Central Forest Sports & Music Kindergarten International School (CFIS), Tachikawa city, Tokyo
Chateau des Bambini (Minato ward, Tokyo)
Chateau School (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Cherry Blossom Preschool and Toddler Center
Chiba University courses in the news
Chubu International Preschool (Aichi prefecture)
Church of Praise International Christian School (Ikeda city, Osaka)
Church school websites
CIC Kindergarten (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka)
Clarence International School (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Clover International Preschool (Osaka) – closed
Clover Montessori International (Ginowan City, Okinawa)
Community schools in the news: Shinmachi Primary School, Kamigyo Ward
Cosmos International School (Kamakura, Zushi, Kanagawa)
Daizawa International School (Setagaya ward, Tokyo)
Digital Hollywood University in the news
Discovery International School (Nagakute-cho, Aichi)
Doshisha International Elementary School to open in 2011
Doshisha International Elementary School (Kizugawadai, Nizugawa City, Kyoto)
E&E English Preschool (Tsurumi ward, Yokohama)
Eagle International School (Edogawa, Tokyo)
East West Montessori School (Chatan-cho, Okinawa)
Ecumenical Learning Center for Children
Effect International School (Yokohama, Chiba, Tokyo) N.B. This is an afterschool facilityprogram
Eikaiwa (English Conversation) schools listing
Embrey International School of Performing Arts (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo) – formerly Tokyo Musashikoyama International School
English Express International School
English Studio International Kindergarten (Meguro-ku, Tokyo)
English Terakoya (Hiroo, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
English Terakoya (Hiroo, Tokyo)
English Tree Preschool (Nagoya city)
EtonHouse International Pre-school (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Eureka Learning Studio (Tennoji-ku, Osaka)
Everest International School (Suginami Ward, Tokyo)
Fine Kids International School (Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa)
Flexible and diverse, international schools thrive
FREE SCHOOLS
Free schools a haven for kids who can’t fit in … but their non-accredited status, cost and lack of qualified teachers deter parents from sending their children
Free schools listing (1)
Free schools listing (no. 2)
Frontier Kids Learning Center a.k.a. Waseda Frontier Kids Montessori School(Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Fujino Steiner Gakuen / Freie Fujino Steiner Waldorf Schule
Fukui International School (Fukui City, Fukui)
Fukuoka International School, Fukuoka Prefecture
Funshine International Preschool (Ikebukuro, Tokyo)
Gifu U’s med students learn from a computerized virtual hospital
Global Kids Academy (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Global Village International Preschool (Takatsuki city & Suita city, Osaka)
Globis International School
Grace International Church School (Ome city, Tokyo)
Grace International Learning Center (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
Green Bear English Preschool and Kindergarten (Minami-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama)
Green Hill International School (Koto-ku, Tokyo)
Gregg International School (Meguro-ku, Tokyo)
Griffon Academy (English Preschool & Kindergarten) Yokohama, Kanagawa
Groovy International Preschool (Fujidera-City, Osaka) and American International Elementary School or A.I.E.S.(Nagoya)
Grow International Preschool (Meito ward, Nagoya)
Gunma Kokusai Academy
Gunma Kokusai Academy (Ota, Gunma Pref.) in the news
Gunma Kokusai Academy bilingual immersion school expands into high school
Gyosei International School (Kisarazu City, Chiba)
Gyosei International Shin-Urayasu Kindergarten (Urayasu-shi, Chiba)
Hakusan International School (Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture)
HAL Specialized Colleges of Technology and Design (Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya)
Hand in Hand International School (Motomachi, Yokohama)
Happy Days International Preschool and Kindergarten (Shibuya ward, Tokyo)
Happy Wonders International School (Yamato city, Kanagawa)
Hayama International School (Yokosuka, Kanagawa)
Hello Kids (Setagaya-ku and Komazawa, Tokyo)
Higashi-Yamada Junior High School, to be a model junior high school
Hiroo Gakuen offers an international course
Hisaya International Preschool (Higashi-Ku, Nagoya)
Hitokoe Yokohama International School (Yokohama, Kanagawa)
Horizon Japan International School – new Sendai campus opening in April 2012
Hugs International School (Fuchu city, Tokyo)
HYOGO PREFECTURE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
IEC International School (bilingual programme)
IES English Preschool (Minami-ku, Tokyo)
IISJ to open new school in Kanagawa
IISJ opened in Yokohama on Friday (Apr 3, 2009)
Ikegawa Shizen Gakuen (Free school in Niyodogawa, Kochi prefecture)
Imagine International Preschool (Yokohama)
In the news: Aoba-Japan International School and founder Regina Doi
In the news: Fortress Japan that operates Global Trinity and other English-language conversation schools ordered to close by gov. and Consumer Affairs Agency
In the news: Japanese kindergartens that infuse play with elements of math and science
In the news: Matsushita Institute of Government and Management,a.k.a. Matsushita Seikei Juku (Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture)
International Christian Academy of Nagoya (ICAN), Aichi
International education a triple-A investment in your child’s — and Japan’s — future
International Education Center Universe Academy
International Kids Academy (Showa-ku, Nagoya)
International Kinder House (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
INTERNATIONAL PRESCHOOLS & KINDERGARTENS
International School Kids Castle (Higashikurume-shi, Tokyo)
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS (PRIMARY / ELEMENTARY – HIGH SCHOOL)
International Secondary School
J. Waldorf schools (Steiner Gakuen)& yagaku moral education a la Steiner philosophy reported
JCIS member international schools
Jelly Bean International School (Kuhonji, Kumamoto)
Jingumae International Exchange International School (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Jingumae International Exchange School (immersion exchanges with J public school)
Joy Kids International School (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
Julia International School (Edogawa-ku, Tokyo)
K. International School (Koto-ku, Tokyo)
Kagoshima International School (KIS)
Kailua International School (Funabashi city, Chiba)
KAIS International school (Shingawa-ku, Tokyo)
Kaiyo Academy: the appeal of an Etonian elitist education
Edu news: Kaiyo Academy in the spotlight as elite boarding school for leaders
Kaiyo Academy in the news
Kaiyo Academy student life in the news
Kakegawa International Christian School (Kakegawa City, Shizuoka)
Kakuozan International Preschool in Aichi prefecture
Kanagawa International School (Totsuka-shi, Yokohama)
Kanda University International Studies (KUIS),
Kansai Christian School (Ikoma City, Nara)
Kansai International Academy opens another campus (Tennoji) in February 2012
Kanto International Senior High School (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Kawasaki International preschool (Kawasaki city, Kanagawa)
Keiki Intercultural Preschool (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
Kiddie Castle International Preschool and Day Care (Nakagami-gun, Okinawa)
Kids Campus International School, Aomori prefecture
Kids Duo – A kindergarten for Bilingual Education is planned to open in Yokohama in this fall
Kids International School (Aichi-gun, Aichi)
Kids Island International Preschool (Setagaya ward, Tokyo)
Kids Paradise International Preschool (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
Kids Park Academy (Kita-ward, Osaka)
Kids Talk English School (Kita-ku, Tokyo)
Kidschool International Learning Center (Isumi-City, Chiba)
Kidschool International Preschool and Learning Center (Mobara-city, Chiba prefecture)
Kikokushijo Academy International School (Meguro ward, Tokyo)
Kincairn International School (Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki shi)
Kincarn International Preschool (Kawasaki city, Kanagawa Pref.) and Komazawa Park (Setagayaku, Tokyo) in the news
Kinder Kids International Preschools
Kinder Kids International School Nagoya
Kitty International Preschool (Todoroki, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
Kitty International School & Preschool (Meguro-ku, Tokyo)
KIU Academy & Kyoto International University (Kyotanabe, Kyoto)
Kobe Bilingual School (Tarumi, Kobe)
Korea International School, Osaka
Kouzouji Kids Garden Preschool (Kasugai City, Aichi prefecture)
Kunitachi Kids International School & Tokyo West International Elementary School (Tachikawa, Tokyo)
Kuwae Preschool (Okinawa)
Kuwana Kindergarten
LCA International School has become LCA Kokusai Elementary School
Learning Trees (various locations, Tokyo)
Learnnet Global School
Leonardo da vinci Academy
Linden Hall Elementary School, Fukuoka
LIS Global School Tokyo
Listing of IB (International Baccalaureate) Schools in Japan
Listing of local schools with English language immersion, English language support or international orientation; schools that welcome returnees; afterschools and Saturday programs for English language support
Listings of schools that support bilingualism or offer bilingual educational programmes
Little Angel’s Academy & Kindergarten (Mitaka-shi, Tokyo)
Little Angels International School, Tokyo Chinese School in the news
Little Minds International School (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
Little Steps School
London Bridge International School (Minamiku, Kumamoto)
Lucky Duck International School (Sakai City, Osaka)
Madowaku Gakuin / Free Stage Madowaku (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka) in the news
Maebashi International Kindergarten (Maebashi City, Gunma)
Makuhari International School, Chiba City
MIS in the news
Maple Leaf International School (Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture)
Maranatha Baptist Academy (Chibana, Okinawa)
Mayosuku English School (Tsuzuki ward, Yokohama City)
Meisei Cyber High School in the news
Meisei Gakuen School for the Deaf – the only private bilingual / bicultural School for the Deaf in Japan
Meme English Garden, and its Tokyo Junior Playhouse all-English youth theatre group
Microcosmos International Preschool and Kindergarten (Toshima-ku, Tokyo)
Mini Max International School (Meguro, Tokyo)
Minoh International School (Osaka)
Mitsui Gardens International Preschool (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Model schools for language immersion programs in Japan: Katoh Gakuin; Gunma Kokusai Academy; Seiko Gakuen; Uji Ritsumeikan High School; Ota Kokusai Academy
Montessori International Schools & Japanese Montessori Schools
Morey English Academy (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Morino Kodomo International School (Sendai, Miyagi prefecture)
MPIJ (Maximizing Potential in Japan) – The New School in Town
MSP (Miki Pals Study) International School (Matsuyama City, Ehime)
Multiage Education Academy (Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba)
Multicultural Free School (Arakawa-ku, Tokyo)
Nagoya International School (Moriyama-ku, Nagoya)
Nagoya International Senior High School, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Naia International Preschool (Edogawa-ku, Tokyo)
Nakano International School (Nakano-ku, Tokyo)
NAS Kids University (Tokyo) – daycare facility to open international preschool
New Beginning Shimonoseki International Pre-school (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
New Hope International Preschool (Itabashi-ku, Tokyo) – update
New International School (Ikebukuro, Tokyo)
New juku chain: Gaudia
New liberal arts School of Global Studies, Tama University
New Life Academy (Nakagusuku, Okinawa)
New World International School (Chofu-city, Tokyo)
NIC International College in the news…
Nihon Kogakuin College (vocational education) in the news
Niigata Illinois American High School (Nakajo, Niigata) teacher makes news
NPO Corporation Tokyo Kenji-no Gakko Freie Waldorfschule (Tachikawa city, Tokyo)
NTA International Preschool (Nagoya city / Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Oak English Academy (Kashiwa City, Chiba)
OGA (Ortiz Global Academy) International School in Aomori prefecture
Ohana International School (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Ohana International School in the news
Oita International Preschool (Oita city, Oita Prefecture)
Okinawa Christian School International
Okinawa International School (preschool to elementary) Naha, Okinawa
Okinawa Montessori School (Chatan-cho, Okinawa)
Okinawa World Mission Christian School & Aijien Preschool (Nakagusuku-son, Okinawa)
Osaka & Senri International Schools to merge with Kwansei Gakuin and change names
Pacific Learning Center
Page One International School (Funabashi city, Chiba)
PAL International Preschool (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Paradise English School (Nakano-ku, Tokyo)
Passport School (in conjunction with American English Preschool of Fukuoka)
Peter Pan International Preschool (Kobe, Hyogo)
PLAYPOURRI INTERNATIONAL
Pocket International School (Setagaya and Suginami wards, Tokyo)
POLKU International School (Matsudo-shi, Chiba)
Poppins Nursery opening in Minato ward, Tokyo in the news
Prime International School (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
PTC Pacific International School (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
Pure English Kindergarten International School (Toda, Saitama)
Reggio Emilia institutions
Bilingual Kids International Preschool, Tokyo
RETURNEE SUPPORT & SCHOOLS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)
In the news: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)
Ritsumeikan Uji High School (in Uji, Kyoto) – SELHi immersion program
River City Playgroup (Preschool) (Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
RLC Preschool (Roppongi, Tokyo)
Rokkasho International School (Rokkasho village, Aomori prefecture)
Royal Ivy Academy (Tennoji-ku, Osaka)
Royal Kids International School (Nishi-ku, Osaka)
Russian Secondary School
S&S Bilingual Education (Hodogaya, Yokohama)
Saint Maur International School in the news – An Interview with Glenn Scoggins: Teaching at an International School
Saitama International School
Sakura International School (Minato ward, Tokyo)
Sakura International School (Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures) – preschool to K
Sakura International School (Setagaya ward, Tokyo)
Santa Maria International School (Minami-ku, Yokohama)
Santa Maria International School (Nerima-ku, Tokyo)
Santa Monica International Kids School (Nakagami-gun, Okinawa)
Sapporo Soka Preschool (Soka Gakuen)
School directory update: New Montessori schools added Peter Pan Intl, Frontier Kids
School directory updates: Opening of new Korea International School
Korean International School in the news
Schools for ‘newcomer’ foreigners’ kids number 100
Schools for fashion design: Bunka Gakuen University/Bunka Fashion College and affiliated schools … listings of other fashion schools
Schools that introduce traditional arts: Oedo High School (Koto-ward, Tokyo)
Scottish Academy
Sei Maria Gakuen and Sei Maria Kindergarten (Zushi, Kanagawa)
Seikatsudan & the Seikatsudan curriculum offered by Jiyugakuen (the Freedom School)
Seta International School; Azabu International School
Seven Seas International School (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Shichida Child Academy locations
Shikahama English Adventures (Adachi-ku, Tokyo)
Shin-Ai International Preschool (Sumoto-shi, Hyogo)
Shinagawa International School (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo)
Shoto International School (a.k.a. Life Little) Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Shoto Junior High School (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Showa University of Music’s Music and Arts Management BA programme
Sky Garden International Preschool (Kita-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi)
Sophia International School offers bilingual immersion programme
Sophia University (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Sophie International Preschool (Suginami ward, Tokyo)
Spotlight on Gunma Prefectural Chuo Secondary School, a Gunma prefectural secondary school that strives to improve its students’ English communication skills under a curriculum that combines middle and high school studie
St Alban’s Nursery Programme (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
St. Joseph’s International School ( Katsushika-ku, Tokyo-Edogawa area)
St. Michael’s International School (Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Sumire Kid’s Academy (Ishikawa City, Chiba)
Summerhill International School (formerly JAC) (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Sun Valley International School (Narita, Chiba)
Sunbridge English School (Nagoya, Aichi)
Sunnyside International Kindergarten (Gifu & Tochigi) offer bilingual education
Sunshine International School in Edogawa-ku, Tokyo
Tabunka (Multicultural) Free School (Arakawa ward, Tokyo)
Tagami Gakuen International School
Tagawa Fureaigijyuku a.k.a. Tough Personal Love (TFG) School (Tagawa, Fukuoka)
Tama Center Kinder Kids International School (Tama Center, Tokyo)
Tamagawa Academy (Machida city, Tokyo)
Tamagawa International Preschool/Kindergarten (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
Tathva International School (Edogawa-ku, Tokyo)
Tawara Primary School (Nara Pref.)
Teddy Bear International School (Toyonaka City, Osaka)
Temple University
Tezukayama Montessori International School (Abeno ward, Osaka)
The British School introduces new FT Pre-A Level course
The growth and plight of Brazilian schools in Japan
The independent, democratic, free schools in Japan and the history of the free school movement
The Institution for a Global Society afterschool preschool to open in January 2011
The juku jungle: an annotated directory of cramschools
ECC Junior / U-Can centers
The Learning Tree
The World International Preschool (Matsumoto city, Nagano)
Tic Tac Toe International School (Tsuzuki-ward, Yokohama)
Tie up English programs with Kanda U of International Studies (KUIS)
Tokyo Children’s Academy (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Tokyo Creators International School (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Tokyo Dalton & Nagoya Dalton Schools (Tokyo & Nagoya)
Tokyo International School Afterschool and Tokyo International School Kindergarten (Tokyo campuses)
Tokyo Iqra International School (Katsushika Ku, Tokyo)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Kitatama High School (Tachikawa, Tokyo)
Tokyo Sudbury School
Tokyo Tech-Riken International School
Tokyo University – A Profile
Tokyo West International School (Tachikawa, Tokyo)
Tom International School (Ikebukuro, Tokyo)
Tommy International School (Osaka)
Top Ranking Universities in Japan (ichi-ryu daigaku)
Tree House International School, Nagoya, Aichi prefecture
Trilingual School(SEVEN SEAS) – Clematis Kindergarten
Tsukuba International School (Tsukuba, Ibaraki)
Tsukuba International School in the news
Ueda International Preschool & Nagoya English Primary School (Nagoya city, Aichi)
United School of Tokyo (Shibuya ward, Tokyo)
Upbeat International School (Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture)
Upbeat International School (Nagoya city, Aichi)
US Military Base Schools in Japan
Victoria International School (Toshima-ku, Tokyo)
Waldorf schools / Steiner education directory
Waldorf Schools in Japan Directory
日本でシュタイナー教育を
Waseda Frontier Kids Learning Center (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Waseda International School (Preschool – Grade 6) Shinjuku, Tokyo
Waseda International School (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Waseda Prep School offers “Super Science Program”
Waseda’s new Intl college
West Tokyo Preschool (Fuchu, Tokyo)
What are SELHis?
What are Super Science High Schools
‘Super Science High Schools’ nurture future Einsteins (Jul.5)
Tokyo Metropolitan High School of Science and Technology (Koto ward, Tokyo) in the news
Which schools are good enough for Japan’s imperial family?
Yamamura International High School (Sakado city, Saitama)
Yamato International School (Minato ward, Tokyo)
Yamato International School (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
YMCA International Preschool and Kindergarten (Naka-ku, Hiroshima)
Yokohama Chuo YMCA’s Bilingual Kids programme
Yokohama City University (YCU)
Yokohama Science Frontier High School (Yokohama)
Yokohama Union Church International Pre-school (Naka-ku, Yokohama)
Yokohama Yamate Chinese School (trilingual education program)
Zenrin Gakuen, (Tadotsu, Kagawa prefecture) – an unusual school offering a specialized martial arts program
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