What would happen if a student avatar joined a classroom one day and tried to break the mold of everyday discussions or deliberately opposed the consensus reached and pushed by the classroom leader?

One of the difficult things about teaching English in Japan is figuring out a way to maintain students’ focus and interest. Though English is a compulsory subject and proficiency can be extremely ...

The Nov. 25 editorial "Throwaway workers" could have been written about gaijin English teachers — perhaps the most expendable workforce in recent memory. What irony that young Japanese employees now ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Japan’s robot teacher calls roll, smiles and scolds, drawing laughter from students with her eerily lifelike face. But the developer says it’s not about to replace human instructors.

The nonprofit organization Metanoia is holding a crowdfunding campaign to establish permanent Japanese language classrooms in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture for children of foreign backgrounds. Metanoia ...

Marie Yamase, head of the Matsuyama Sakanoue Japanese School, shows the web page of her crowdfunding campaign, in Matsuyama, on Dec. 12, 2022. (Mainichi/Yasutoshi Tsurumi) MATSUYAMA -- A Japanese ...

A man who cared for his grandmother -- who had dementia -- since he was a sixth-grader in elementary school is seen in Tokyo on March 16, 2020. He said shopping for her at a local supermarket was one ...