The Japanese education system is facing a crisis. Its elementary and junior high school teachers work the longest hours in the world, according to a global survey. But that effort comes with a cost ...

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.

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?

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 ...

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 ...

Docomo Pacific Friday demonstrated what it dubbed "near-there learning" by connecting 16 Jose Rios Middle School students with a group of their counterparts in Fukuoka, Japan, Friday at the 5G Open ...