Instruments of a Beating Heart” follows a group of first graders in Japan who form an orchestra to play Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” as part of a welcoming ceremony for the incoming class of 6-year-olds.

The capital's Shinagawa Ward has decided on a policy to begin offering morning child care services at three elementary ...

Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)--The western Japan city of Settsu ... “randoseru” traditional school backpack for free to all children getting enrolled in elementary schools in the city, an initiative ...

Shin, for the first time, is the main host! He shows what an elementary school student in Japan needs when going back to school after summer break. What we know about the passenger plane collision ...

Hiroto Ogiwara has been pushing what's possible in snowboarding since elementary school. Snowboarding just hit a new level at X Games Aspen 2025. Hiroto Ogiwara, the 19-year-old from Japan ...

Snowboarding just hit a new level at X Games Aspen 2025. Hiroto Ogiwara, the 19-year-old from Japan, made history by landing the first-ever 2340 in competition, taking home gold in Men’s Big Air.

(Mainichi/Tomohisa Yazu) OITA -- A high school in southwest Japan's Oita Prefecture gave extra points in its 2023 recommendation-based entrance exam to prospective students with achievements in ...

King’s InterHigh is an independent British international online school offering Primary, Secondary, and Sixth Form education. We bring students aged 7-19 a high-quality education that revolves around ...

A Chinese district court is set to sentence a man next week over a knife attack in June last year, in which a Japanese woman and her child, and a Chinese woman were attacked, sources at Japan's ...

Sasaki starred in Summer Koshien, a prominent Japanese high school tournament, and was taken No. 1 overall in the NPB draft in 2019. The Lotte Marines handled him carefully, restricting him to ...

Of the elementary and junior high school principals across Japan who responded to the survey, 95% said they want to use both forms of textbook. The survey was conducted online between late November ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Thursday ...