Popular American outdoor clothing and gear maker Patagonia Inc., for the silent sports including climbing, surfing, skiing, snowboarding, has long been known for its leadership in taking action to reduce environmental impact. With a mission...
Suppose you live in a rural area of Japan and about to become a college student. The chances are that you will move to a larger city like Tokyo, Osaka or Aichi prefecture after graduating high school. The reason is clear. Because among the 782...
One in seven Japanese children live in poverty today. The negative effects of this on both individual and societal level are enormous. Children in need find it difficult if not impossible to break the cycle of poverty and improve their life...
Spring is the beginning of a new school year in Japan. Traditionally in the beginning of April, small children wearing jackets and ties or dresses for a ceremony on the first day in elementary school. However, schools across the nation are closed...
In a country with high life expectancy and advanced medicine, Japan has a major deficiency in its approach to mental health issues. “People are dying from illnesses we have treatments for,” Vickie Skorji, Director of TELL Lifeline, says. WHO (World...
The problem with sex education in Japanese schools is that it’s often lacking real information that students can learn from. In one particular textbook, for example, the sections about body development feature characters that are fully clothed...
When it comes to contributing to household chores, Japanese men don’t come across well statistically. They spend only 25 minutes a day on housework, according to a survey released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...
In Japan, social awareness about developmental disorders in adulthood is on the rise, due to such coverage by TV shows and books in recent years. Developmental disorders are a group of conditions resulting from abnormal brain development. These...
There is an educational inequality between high school students living in rural area and urban areas in Japan. This is on the large part due to the fact that many high-ranking universities in Japan are located in Tokyo and its surrounding areas...
From October 2019, preschool education and childcare will become free in Japan. This initiative is under the preschool subsidy program introduced by the government as an effort to reduce the burden on child-rearing households. The revenue from...