Career/Education
Career/Education
Adults’ ingenious ideas make children geniuses at foreign language
October 5, 2018
In the new Course of Study, scheduled to be implemented in FY2020, foreign language (English) study will become a compulsory subject for upp ...
Career/Education
Do sports help you develop obedience, or independence?
August 6, 2018
There are never-ceasing scandals such as sexual harassment, power harassment and violence in the sports settings. They tend to be seen as pr ...
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Can Japan, with the Asia’s lowest TOEFL Speaking Score, change?
December 18, 2017
Under the English educational reforms set to take effect in the 2020 academic year, English language will become a compulsory subject beginn ...
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Now is the time to study abroad to open yourself up to the diversity of the world
October 23, 2017
The tendency toward nationalism has grown stronger throughout the world, including in the United States. The importance of international edu ...
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The Nobel Laureate, Professor Ohsumi’s lab was filled with freedom and curiosity
February 7, 2017
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to a Japanese professor, Yoshinori Ohsumi, for elucidating the molecular mechanis ...
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Is It Good that Teachers Can Keep Going with a Busy Schedule?
January 19, 2017
Recently, teachers’ tight schedules have frequently been reported in the media. This may make many people think that working as a teacher is ...
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Wave of Ethnography in Japan
May 10, 2016
Do you all know what “ethnography” is? Originally, it was a method of research used by cultural anthropologists in studying unknown ethnic g ...
Career/Education
The Importance of Testing by External English-Language Certifying Examinations an ...
May 18, 2015
To people today, living in a global society, learning English or another foreign language is becoming a basic requirement. People need to le ...
Career/Education
Dreaming of Winning the Hakone Ekiden Long-Distance Road Relay -Tracing 20 Years ...
March 10, 2015
I was named the advisor to the Track and Field Club exactly 20 years ago, in 1995. As I prepare for retirement after 43 years as an educator ...