At first, small children “act wild, like monsters!” says Satou Hiroshi, the genial head teacher. “Our job is to prepare them to enter society” by teaching them to collaborate, take initiative and ...

The government is considering granting residency to the children of foreign nationals who grow up in Japan but who later are threatened with deportation together with their parents, sources said.

Save the Children Japan was established in 1986 with a focus on child protection, disaster risk reduction and creating child-friendly communities in Japan. We also work in the fields of health, ...

The study found that around 120,000 foreign children between the ages of 6 and 14 were living in Japan last year. Some 8,400 are believed to have not attended school. These children are not ...

The fact that it is Japan's first scramble crossing is only known to those ... "We wanted to let locals, especially children, know that it was introduced even before the one in Shibuya and to ...

Thousands of families lost their homes when the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan's remote Noto peninsula on New Year's Day. Children in the affected areas need food and shelter and basic support ...

People cross the intersection that was turned into Japan's first scramble crossing in 1969, in Kumamoto's Chuo Ward on Dec. 7, 2024. (Mainichi/Atsushige Nakamura) KUMAMOTO -- When it comes to ...