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Japan to Introduce Distance Education at All Schools

November 22, 2018

Tokyo–The education ministry said Thursday that it will introduce distance education, using the Internet, at all elementary, junior high and senior high schools throughout Japan in the early 2020s. The ministry will conduct a survey to grasp the situation on

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Central, Local Govts Apart over Costs for Free Preschool Program

November 22, 2018

Tokyo–The Japanese central and local governments remained apart on Wednesday over the costs for covering a state program to make preschool education and nursing services free of charge, which is slated to start in October 2019. At a meeting between

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Tokyo Eyes Ordinance to Ban Physical Punishment by Parents

November 21, 2018

Tokyo–The Tokyo metropolitan government plans to introduce an ordinance against child abuse that will ban parents from using physical punishment as a means of discipline, officials said Wednesday. Tokyo will be the first among the country’s 47 prefectures to enact

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Pas’ungko Festival highlights Subanen folklore and literature

November 21, 2018

Subanen cultural heritage is alive and thriving in Misamis Occidental as was shown in the recently held 9th Pas’ungko S’g Mis Occ Festival, a highlight of the province’s 89th anniversary celebration, and a thanksgiving celebration for the abundance of blessings

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November 19, 2018

Tokyo- In this photograph taken on November 10, 2018 Japanese Akihiko Kondo poses next to a hologram of Japanese virtual reality singer Hatsune Miku as he holds the doll version of her at his apartment in Tokyo, a week after

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Japan’s Tawada Wins Prestigious Literature Award in U.S.

November 16, 2018

Tokyo–The English version of “Kentoshi,” or “The Emissary,” a work by Japanese writer Yoko Tawada, has won the U.S. National Book Award for Translated Literature. The National Book Awards are one of the most distinguished literature prizes in the United

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Japanese 2-Way Star Ohtani Wins MLB Rookie of Year

November 13, 2018

Los Angeles–Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani, a two-way player of the Los Angeles Angels, on Monday won the 2018 American League Rookie of the Year award. Ohtani, 24, is the fourth Japanese player who became Major League Baseball Rookie of

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MLB Players Lay Flowers at Cenotaph for Hiroshima A-Bomb Victims

November 13, 2018

Hiroshima–A group of U.S. Major League Baseball players has visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and laid flowers at the cenotaph for victims of the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The players, including Seattle

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