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 ...

An 11-year-old Turkish girl was mistakenly expelled from her elementary school here last fall after losing her residency ...

TOKYO -- Roughly a quarter of Japan's elementary school children who have itchy eyes during hay fever season have trouble studying, a problem many parents are completely unaware of, a survey by a ...