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Operator of SNS schoolteacher site mulls smartphone apps

TOKYO, Japan - Haruki Asatani (R), CEO of social networking site operator Loupe Inc., discusses the development of smartphone apps with his staff in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, as the firm's new site for schoolteachers allows them to help one another in a gamut of school education fields.

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New SNS site for schoolteachers proves popular

TOKYO, Japan - The homepage of a social networking site, opened exclusively for schoolteachers by Tokyo-based Internet startup Loupe Inc. in March 2014, is shown in this undated photo. The site is designed to deepen information exchanges among elementary, secondary and senior high school teachers.

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Nakayama calls schoolteachers' union 'cancer'

TOKYO, Japan - New Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Nariaki Nakayama speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 27 after returning from Miyazaki. Nakayama said he will ''decide on his own whether to resign.'' Nakayama is embroiled in fallout from a series of comments seen as verbal gaffes he has made since his appointment on Sept. 24.

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Nakayama says schoolteachers' union should be disbanded

MIYAZAKI, Japan - New transport minister Nariaki Nakayama, embroiled in fallout from a series of verbal gaffes he made since his appointment this week, renews an attack on a teachers' union at a meeting in Miyazaki organized by the prefectural chapter of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 27 by saying that it should be disbanded.

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Okinawans protest govt's partial concession on history texts

NAHA, Japan - Peace activists and schoolteachers rally in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27 in protest against the education ministry's decision to reject direct references in school history textbooks that the Japanese military ''forced'' civilians in Okinawa to commit mass during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. The rally was held a day after Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai approved references to the military's ''involvement'' in the mass suicides but rejected, in line with recommendation by official textbook screeners, that the military had ''forced'' the suicides, citing the lack of historical evidence.

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H.K. teachers protest 'insulting' language exam

HONG KONG, China - About 6,000 schoolteachers in Hong Kong take to the streets June 10 to protest a government proposal to introduce an examination aimed at gauging their ability to speak and write English and Mandarin. The teachers marched silently to the Hong Kong government headquarters. They called the proposal ''insulting.''

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Okinawans protest govt's partial concession on history texts

NAHA, Japan - Peace activists and schoolteachers rally in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27 in protest against the education ministry's decision to reject direct references in school history textbooks that the Japanese military ''forced'' civilians in Okinawa to commit mass during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. The rally was held a day after Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai approved references to the military's ''involvement'' in the mass suicides but rejected, in line with recommendation by official textbook screeners, that the military had ''forced'' the suicides, citing the lack of historical evidence. (Kyodo)

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Nakayama calls schoolteachers' union 'cancer'

TOKYO, Japan - New Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Nariaki Nakayama speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 27 after returning from Miyazaki. Nakayama said he will ''decide on his own whether to resign.'' Nakayama is embroiled in fallout from a series of comments seen as verbal gaffes he has made since his appointment on Sept. 24. (Kyodo)

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Nakayama says schoolteachers' union should be disbanded

MIYAZAKI, Japan - New transport minister Nariaki Nakayama, embroiled in fallout from a series of verbal gaffes he made since his appointment this week, renews an attack on a teachers' union at a meeting in Miyazaki organized by the prefectural chapter of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 27 by saying that it should be disbanded. (Kyodo)

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Osaka war museum reopens after removing controversial exhibits

The Osaka International Peace Center, a war museum seen in this photo taken on April 30, 2015, is at the center of criticism for removing exhibits and items showing the Japanese military's invasion of other countries and brutal deeds during World War II. The move has been criticized by peace-minded people, including a group of five former schoolteachers who have drawn up a guidebook designed to help visitors view the exhibits with critical eyes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photo of children during WWII displayed at Osaka war museum

An enlarged photo of Japanese children during World War II is displayed at the Osaka International Peace Center as pictured on April 30, 2015. The center, a war museum, reopened that month after removing exhibits and items showing the Japanese military's invasion of other countries and brutal deeds, inviting criticism from peace-minded people, including a group of five former schoolteachers who have drawn up a guidebook designed to help visitors view the exhibits with critical eyes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Guidebook critical of Osaka war museum published

Former high school teacher Kyoji Tomii shows a new guidebook, titled "Peace Osaka," for the Osaka International Peace Center, a war museum, in the western Japanese city on July 7, 2015. Tomii and four other former schoolteachers have compiled the guidebook to help visitors look critically at the center, which has removed exhibits and items showing the Japanese military's invasion of other countries and brutal deeds during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New SNS site for schoolteachers proves popular

TOKYO, Japan - The homepage of a social networking site, opened exclusively for schoolteachers by Tokyo-based Internet startup Loupe Inc. in March 2014, is shown in this undated photo. The site is designed to deepen information exchanges among elementary, secondary and senior high school teachers. (Kyodo)

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H.K. teachers protest 'insulting' language exam

HONG KONG, China - About 6,000 schoolteachers in Hong Kong take to the streets June 10 to protest a government proposal to introduce an examination aimed at gauging their ability to speak and write English and Mandarin. The teachers marched silently to the Hong Kong government headquarters. They called the proposal ''insulting.''