Forum to discuss words related to "disabled"

Forum to discuss words related to "disabled"

Takaya Matsuda, president of Heralbony Co., an Iwate Prefecture-based company selling artworks created by intellectually disabled people, stands beside a bulletin board at the building housing the Japan Federation of Bar Associations in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2020. A forum was held at the building the same day to discuss the appropriateness of words related to "disabled," with the bulletin board posting a message from the event's organizers, advocating for their usage to be reviewed.

Tokyo junior high school starts classes offered by cram school

Tokyo junior high school starts classes offered by cram school

TOKYO, Japan - Eleven second-grade students at Wada Junior High School in Suginami Ward attended the English class on Jan. 26 as the public school started offering paid after-school classes taught by cram school teachers amid a controversy over the appropriateness of classes targeting elite students and charging them extra fees.

Tokyo junior high school starts classes offered by cram school

Tokyo junior high school starts classes offered by cram school

TOKYO, Japan - Eleven second-grade students at Wada Junior High School in Suginami Ward attended the English class on Jan. 26 as the public school started offering paid after-school classes taught by cram school teachers amid a controversy over the appropriateness of classes targeting elite students and charging them extra fees. (Kyodo)

Memorial service for former Japan PM Nakasone

Memorial service for former Japan PM Nakasone

A Japanese flag is flown at a campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2020, as a memorial service funded by the state and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is held for former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. The education ministry earlier in the month asked national universities and other official institutions to fly flags at half-mast and observe a moment of silence during the memorial service to mourn for the former prime minister, who died in November 2019 at 101, a request that has left some academics questioning its appropriateness.

Memorial service for former Japan PM Nakasone

Memorial service for former Japan PM Nakasone

A Japanese flag is flown at a campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2020, as a memorial service funded by the state and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is held for former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. The education ministry earlier in the month asked national universities and other official institutions to fly flags at half-mast and observe a moment of silence during the memorial service to mourn for the former prime minister, who died in November 2019 at 101, a request that has left some academics questioning its appropriateness.