Education

An agricultural high school in Hokkaido — its survival once at stake due to a shortage of students — has bounced back by earning fame through the delicious lamb produced by its pupils.

A newly launched think tank researching policies for accepting more foreign workers said Monday that as a condition for new visa statuses currently being discussed in the Diet, the government should require prospective applicants to have a college degree.

More and more elementary schools are starting to use robots and artificial intelligence in their English classes.The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry is planning to encourage elementary schools to introduce such devices ahead of the implementation of new curriculum guidelines, which will officially make English a subject to be taught in the upper grades.

The city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, has set up a “business school for hunting” that provides courses introducing people to the pursuit of game and encouraging them to consider it as a livelihood.

The Japan Ryugaku (a Japanese word meaning “study abroad”) Awards grand prizes have been conferred on nine Japanese universities and vocational schools in 10 different categories for the excellence of their academic programs for non-Japanese students, and their achievements in helping the students find jobs in Japan.

Two elementary school boys from Gunma Prefecture will put their skills to the test in the international competition called World Robot Olympiad 2018, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in November.