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As of 2023, around 65% of Japanese aged 25 to 34 have attained some form of tertiary education, with a significant number holding degrees in science and engineering, fields crucial to Japan’s technology-driven economy. [18] Japanese women surpass men in higher education attainment, with 59% holding university degrees compared to 52% of men.
Stevenson, Harold, (1994), Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education. Simon & Schuster. James W. and James Hiebert Stigler, (2009, reprint), The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom. Free Press.
Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional ...
During this period of time, the school curriculum covers Japanese, social studies, mathematics, science, music, arts and crafts, and physical education. This stage of learning usually starts at age 6 and continues for 6 years. [4] A large share of time spent in elementary school is learning how to write and read Japanese katakana, hiragana, and ...
Japan dropped from the 5th most populous country in the world to 6th in 1964, 7th in 1978, 8th in 1990, to 9th in 1998, to 10th in the early 21st century, 11th in 2020, and to 12th in 2023. [12] [13] Over the period of 2010 to 2015, the population shrank by almost a million, [14] and Japan lost a half-million in 2022 alone. [15]
The All Japan Federation of Teachers' and Staff Unions (Japanese: 全日本教職員組合, Zenkyo) is a trade union representing workers in the education sector in Japan. The union was established in April 1991, when the Japan High School Teachers' Union merged with the recently founded All Japan Council of Teachers and Staff Union.
Nationalist politics in Japan sometimes exacerbated these tensions, such as denial of the Nanjing Massacre and other war crimes, [291] revisionist history textbooks, and visits by some Japanese politicians to Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates Japanese soldiers who died in wars from 1868 to 1954, but also has included convicted war criminals ...
This is a list of Japanese inventions and discoveries.The Japanese have made contributions across a number of scientific, technological and art domains. In particular, the country has played a crucial role in the digital revolution since the 20th century, with many modern revolutionary and widespread technologies in fields such as electronics and robotics introduced by Japanese inventors and ...