Why do small children in Japan ride the subway alone? The pluses and pitfalls of the world’s most disciplined primary schools ...

Akina Imanaka, center in a traditional Japanese "hakama," stands amid her parents, teachers and well-wishers at her junior high school graduation ceremony on the island of Oteshima, Japan, in ...

Tenri Primary has strong ties with Japan, including Japanese language instruction for all pupils, student exchange programs, and support from the Japanese NGO ACEF (Asia Child Education Fund).

A city in central Japan is proposing to limit smartphone use to two hours a day, in what is believed to be the first ordinance of its kind in the country.A municipality in Japanese ...