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Twenty-three people, mainly students, sustained injuries after an unknown substance was sprayed at a municipal junior high school in the city of Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, on Friday morning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/17/japan/crime-legal/spray-osaka-school-injury/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #schools #japanesepolice #juniorhighschools #children

Japan's education ministry has released results from this fiscal year's national achievement test, which highlight persistent weaknesses in proportional reasoning and reading comprehension. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/16/japan/japan-school-achievement-test-scores/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #students #schools #education #juniorhighschools #elementaryschools #highschools

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man for allegedly luring a junior high school girl into prostitution last year in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/man-arrest-girl-prostitution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kabukicho #tokyo #sexcrimes #juniorhighschools #prostitution #children #toyokokids #teens

Tokyo police have arrested a couple and their son on suspicion of confining and abusing their daughter in a locked closet at their home in January, in a case believed to have involved prolonged abuse and neglect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/daughter-abuse-confinement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice #childabuse #juniorhighschools #children #health

Police in Japan have taken action against 99 people ranging in age from 14 to 72 in the country as part of an international crackdown on online child sexual abuse material, the National Police Agency said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/28/japan/crime-legal/child-abuse-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #children #sexcrimes #pornography #childabuse #juniorhighschools #highschools #childporn

Japan's government has adopted a bill to designate digital textbooks as official materials on par with printed versions and to make them eligible for free distribution in elementary and junior high schools. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/07/japan/digital-textbook-official/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #digitalization #education #textbooks #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #children

Nearly half of high school students in Japan use generative artificial intelligence online in their daily lives, a new government report shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/26/japan/students-ai-internet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #children #ai #socialmedia #internet #highschools #juniorhighschools #elementaryschools

Comedian Nana Takamatsu has held a class at a junior high school in Tokyo to teach students the importance of elections and democracy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/06/japan/politics/comedian-election-importance-student/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2026lowerhouseelection #children #juniorhighschools #education #tokyo #comedy

Japan’s suicide death toll fell below 20,000 for the first time on record last year, although elementary, junior high and high school student suicides climbed to a new high. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/suicide-figures-decline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #suicide #mhlw #children #mentalhealth #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools

A video shared on social media showing a student assaulting another student at a high school in Tochigi Prefecture has sparked probes by the prefectural board of education and police. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/crime-legal/video-students-assault-tochigi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #socialmedia #students #highschools #oita #juniorhighschools #japanesepolice

A total of 281 teachers and staff at kindergartens, public elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan were disciplined for sexual offenses in fiscal 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/crime-legal/sexual-misconduct-educators/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mext #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools #children #sexcrimes #kindergartens #teachers #surveys

More than half of cases of sexual deepfakes targeting those under 18 and reported to Japanese police were created by classmates of the victims, National Police Agency data have shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/crime-legal/half-deepfake-classmates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice #ai #children #socialmedia #deepfakes #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools

“Politics and daily life in Japan are very separate” — Chinese expats recount their parenting challenges and the conversations on identity they’ve had with their Japan-raised children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/12/15/issues/chinese-children-raised-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #expats #immigration #china #chinajapanrelations #mixedrelationships #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools

Teachers in Japan are paying out of their own pocket to prepare teaching materials and other supplies that are supposed to be covered by the schools’ budgets, according to a nationwide survey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/school-teacher-payment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #schools #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #hiroshima #education #teachers

Students at Haebaru Junior High School in the town of Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, experienced a unique peace-learning workshop about two weeks before Memorial Day marked the end of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/japan/okinawa-peace-education/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #wwii #students #highschools #juniorhighschools #education

The education has highlighted issues with third-grade junior high school students answering description-type questions in a national achievement test. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/japanese-description-tests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mext #children #education #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools

The average correct answer rates in the Japanese language and math sections of a national achievement test for students in Japan fell from the previous year, with students particularly struggling with writing tasks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/japan/japan-national-achievement-tests-math-japanese-language/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mext #students #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools

Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested two elementary school teachers for allegedly taking "upskirt" photos of children and sharing them through a private social media group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/japan/crime-legal/teachers-arrest-photos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #juniorhighschools #elementaryschools #children #aichi #socialmedia

The English proficiency of public junior high school and senior high school students in Japan continues to improve, an education ministry survey for fiscal 2024 showed Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/english-proficiency-improvement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #language #mext #juniorhighschools #highschools #language #english #surveys

Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto region has welcomed the first students on a school trip since it was hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/09/japan/noto-first-school-trip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawa #tokyo #juniorhighschools #earthquakes

Personal computers and tablets allocated to elementary and junior high school students across Japan for classroom use are now reaching the end of their service life, prompting questions about disposal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/06/japan/student-device-renewal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #schools #education #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #computers #tablets #recycling #localgovernment #privacy

The competition rate of employment examinations for public school teachers in Japan hit a record low in fiscal 2024, reflecting the mass departure of teachers who reached retirement age and a decrease in applicants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/27/japan/school-teachers-decline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mext #schools #teachers #education #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools

With extreme heat affecting both health and study, schools in Japan are racing to plug air conditioning gaps while experimenting with creative, cheaper solutions to keep students’ minds focused on textbooks and not high temperatures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/16/japan/society/extreme-heat-education-cooling/ #japan #society #climatechange #heat #heatwaves #heatstroke #schools #education #children #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #nerima #airconditioners

The weakening of the yen and prolonged inflation have forced schools in Fukushima Prefecture that have made overseas trips their selling point to rethink such excursions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/05/japan/society/fukushima-school-trips-overseas/ #japan #society #schools #fukushima #juniorhighschools #highschools #yen #inflation

Japan's government is planning to pilot a fully digital high school admissions process in fiscal 2025 to ease burdens on students and teachers and reduce the scope for human error. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/12/japan/society/high-schools-digital-admissions/ #japan #society #highschools #digitalization #digitalagency #juniorhighschools

All elementary and junior high schools in the hardest hit areas of the Noto Peninsula had resumed classes as of Monday, just over three weeks after a massive earthquake pummeled the area, in a sign that some aspects of life were returning to normal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/22/japan/schools-in-noto-resume-classes/?utm_content=buffer52790&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #notopeninsula #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #students #children

Junior high school students in Wajima affected by the New Year's Day earthquake are being relocated to Hakusan, a southern Ishikawa city some 100 kilometers away, to enable them to continue their studies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/17/japan/society/quake-students-evacuation/?utm_content=bufferb6fb5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #notopeninsula #juniorhighschools #students

The proportion of Japanese elementary, junior high and high school students with less-than-normal visual acuity have reached record highs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/28/japan/society/japan-children-poor-eyesight-survey/?utm_content=buffere7af5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #children #tablets #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools

A 14-year-old girl was arrested after allegedly stabbing her mother at their apartment in Aichi Prefecture, police have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/06/japan/crime-legal/girl-stabbing-mother/?utm_content=bufferb5dba&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #stabbings #oharu #aichi #students #juniorhighschools

Third-year junior high students in Japan were on average only able to answer 12.4% of questions correctly in an English-speaking test for national assessments, marking an 18.4 percentage points fall. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/31/japan/english-oral-test-results/?utm_content=buffer8a1a8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #english #language #schools #students #juniorhighschools #mext