Swimming lessons are slipping off curriculums at schools across Japan. But a tragedy at sea exactly 70 years ago serves as a cautionary tale about ensuring children always know how to stay safe in ...

Correction Appended: March 12, 2009 Wandering the streets of Tokyo’s Roppongi district on a wet night, you know where film director Ridley Scott got the inspiration for his dystopian Los Angeles in ...

Christian Galan, an expert on the Japanese education system, explains in an op-ed for Le Monde that less time in school does not necessarily mean more freedom or equality for children, when private, ...

Kobe, in western Japan, is best known for its marbled beef. But feasting on the delicacy was not what brought Igor Korkhovyi to town last month. At an auditorium in the city centre, he and a group of ...

FUKUYAMA, Japan (JTA) — In the auditorium of this country’s main Holocaust education center, a teenage actor explains the dilemma that faced a Japanese diplomat during World War II. “My conscience ...

The photos and videos of the aftermath of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami are devastating: freezing and emotionally numbed survivors huddling in makeshift shelters; crowds waiting for fresh food at ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Picture this: in an elementary-school mathematic's class, children are ...

Japan affords a preview of what the future of the United States, Australia, and Western Europe will become unless meaningful steps are taken to ensure that a nation’s relevance is measured by how it ...

CLOSER TO HOMEQuake response showcases Japan's resilient spiritJapan disaster another worry for global economyJapanese plant poses little threat to U.S. - for now"Large amounts of radioactive material ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Interest in Japan among global investors and policymakers is abysmal.