Japan’s parliament, the Diet, voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been ...

Inspired by Nordic education and child-rearing practices, said to be among the best in the world, a unique nature experience ...

Whenever we come across pictures of Japanese school kids, we might have noticed something unique about their school bags.

I've noticed in some recent anime that it's apparently possible for Japanese kids not to go to school for long periods of time. Does this happen in real life as well? Do Japanese parents allow ...

They are finding it especially difficult to secure money to buy school uniforms, computers and tablet devices, a survey shows ...

TOKYO (AP) — A vehicle struck four children riding bicycles on a street in central Japan on Monday, killing one and injuring ...

And since many Japanese parents give their grade-school children access to cellphones and the Line app for family messaging purposes, younger and younger children are being exposed to the hazards ...

A survey shows many physicians do not want to be involved in schools' annual checkups out of concern that parents do not want their children's bodies to be shown to doctors.

which exceeds the 63% who have children already enrolled in a Japanese school or kindergarten. The number of parents who wished their children to continue their education outside of Japan ...

Children create play equipment at Ueno Forest ... a unique nature experience program is underway at a park in Japan's Mie Prefecture. Ueno Forest Park in the Mie Prefecture city of Iga has been ...