junior high school

Junior high principal in Hyogo fired for stealing seven half cups of coffee

One sip over the line, sweet Jesus. One sip over the line…

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Foreign English teacher in Japan calls student’s ability garbage, says it was an “American joke”

Teacher reprimanded for inappropriate remarks towards junior high school student.

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Sports-playing Japanese junior high students at an all-time low, survey finds

Expert says it’s high time to revise the system.

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1 in 20 Japanese junior high school students regularly missing school, government study finds

The number of truant elementary and junior high school students in Japan is also the highest ever recorded.

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Survey finds obesity rates fell, but eyesight worsened among Japanese schoolchildren

Don’t take P.E. for granted ever again, kids.

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Blackboards in the west, hallways in the north: Japanese school layouts spark discussion online

Are all Japanese schools designed the same way???

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Osaka’s new remote-learning policy leaves teachers strained and forces students to go to school

Logistical mishaps and contradicting guidelines hinder what could be one of the best ways to lower COVID-19 community transmission.

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Nagoya man arrested for stealing piano covers from schools for reasons unknown to all

Suspect will hopefully also be charged with mental anguish for not telling us why.

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Japanese student’s “drug dealer” English gaffe confuses foreign ALT

Assistant Language Teacher quickly learns that Japanese doesn’t always translate properly into English.

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Japanese government promises reduced teacher responsibilities, right to refuse club supervision

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology says that in three years teachers might get their holidays to themselves.

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Japanese students learn English with help from a dating sim artist

Studying is much more exciting when you can imagine yourself dating one of the textbook characters.

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Kumamoto teacher suspended for slapping student on the head and kicking him for 35 minutes

But critics say that’s not a good enough punishment.

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20-something Japanese woman takes junior high boy to hotel for lewd activity, gets off with fine

Internet chats lead to illegal rendezvous.

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Japanese junior high schooler worries everyone with attempt to traverse America by hitchhiking

Adults worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure his safety.

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Japanese junior high school student comes up with ingenious way to bypass iPad usage restriction

Kids these days are just too clever for their own good.

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Boy threatens to stab school staff forcing elementary students to wear Giorgio Armani uniforms

Threatening to cut people up with a knife is not the best way to go about airing frustrations.

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Japanese junior high school student pranks teacher by lacing school lunch with laxative

The poor female assistant teacher was rushed to hospital caused by a malicious prank.

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Study shows that 61 percent of Japanese junior high students can’t use a can opener

Cats across the country lament the loss of their favorite sound.

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Junior high school in Japan introduces trial afternoon nap time for students

Requested by the students themselves, the afternoon siesta is designed to improve concentration levels and protect the environment.

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Japanese student’s English homework captures futility of life

I’ve marked my fair share of English exam papers here in Japan, and there have been a few gems of hilarity in amongst the spelling mistakes and butchered grammar, but nothing that measures up to this beauty. One student’s answer to a simple question was so deep and existential, it read like poetry.

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