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Japan’s residency debate risks turning integration into exclusion
What was once a predictable path toward long-term stability could become a precarious process subject to continuous state evaluation.
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
This is the first time that Nihongo Partners under a program run by the Japan Foundation are dispatched to a South Asian country.
A send-off event was held at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi for 11 assistant language teachers and three international exchange coordinators who will be dispatched from India to Japan.
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Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
This marks the first regular dispatch of assistant language teachers from India under a government initiative to promote exchanges at the regional level.
Japan’s English-language education doesn’t pass the test
An excessive focus on testing students' English ability is turning language learning into a chore, depriving children of the joy and opportunities of intercultural communication.
In the Japanese city of Nishio, public and private sectors collaborate with schools to support the children of foreign workers in Japanese language education and raise their school enrollment rates.
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How one Japanese city supports foreign students through community education
In the city of Nishio, public and private sectors collaborate with schools to support foreign students in Japanese language education and raise their school enrollment rates.
A record number of foreign children at schools in Fukushima Prefecture needed Japanese language assistance in fiscal 2023, yet the prefecture lags behind in providing a sufficient learning environment for them.
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With more foreign children, Fukushima struggles with language support
A number of children attending schools in the prefecture in fiscal 2023 were unable to fully understand Japanese.
Japan will introduce a new national accreditation system for Japanese-language schools from April in an effort to ensure their quality meets the needs of the country's growing foreign population.
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New national standards for Japanese-language schools to start in April
Under the new system, Japanese-language schools will have to meet certain requirements on staffing and curriculum to receive accreditation.
About 10% of Duolingo's contractors were "offboarded" as the company pivots to using generative artificial intelligence to create more content. The company said the cuts were not to replace workers with AI as some already used it in their roles.
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Duolingo cuts contractors by 10% amid AI content shift
The company said no full-time employees were affected by the cutback.
Japan and U.S. craft measures to step up cooperation in education
The measures include those aimed at promoting exchange programs and developing people in Japan to work in the technology industry.
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