At first, small children “act wild, like monsters!” says Satou Hiroshi, the genial head teacher. “Our job is to prepare them ...

As innocent as we were in those pre-parenting days, we knew enough to understand that everything would be irrevocably changed by having kids. We feared that the magic of Japan — the tiny ...

How much are parents spending on their kids' presents in Japan this Christmas? The strained circumstances for a generation of parents facing ･･･ ...

Japan again ranks at or near top of survey on adult skills U.S. airman gets 5-year sentence over sex attack on Okinawa girl 15-year-old girl fatally stabbed in McDonald’s; suspect flees Lacking ...

Japan again ranks at or near top of survey on adult skills U.S. airman gets 5-year sentence over sex attack on Okinawa girl Lacking support, asylum seekers in Japan end up living on streets 15 ...

With a surge in children refusing to go to school in Japan in recent years, places of respite are being set up across the country to advise parents feeling isolated and trapped, while also providing a ...

(Mainichi/Mitsuo Matsumoto) TOKYO -- How much are parents spending on their kids' presents in Japan this Christmas ... the Iko-yo website offering parents information on places to take children ...