Police officer and cake shop and bakery worker remain top of the list of dream jobs for children in Japan, a recent survey of elementary school first graders found, while their parents hope they become civil servants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/05/children-dream-jobs-list/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #children #jobs #surveys #elementaryschools

The Nagoya District Court has sentenced a 42-year-old former elementary school teacher who started a group chat encouraging the sharing of indecent images of young girls to two years and six months in prison. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/16/japan/crime-legal/school-teacher-sentence-group-girls-images/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #socialmedia #elementaryschools #children #pornography #aichi #sexcrimes #childabuse #teachers

A former teacher is serving as a storyteller at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Fukushima Prefecture, where he recounts stories of children who died in the 2011 disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/08/japan/society/ex-teacher-fukushima-disaster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #311 #fukushima #elementaryschools #fukushimano1 #earthquakes

Japan's government has adopted a bill to designate digital textbooks as official materials on par with printed versions and to make them eligible for free distribution in elementary and junior high schools. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/07/japan/digital-textbook-official/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #digitalization #education #textbooks #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #children

An exhibition of haiku poems and drawings themed on cherry blossoms by Japanese and U.S. elementary school children began at the Japan Information and Culture Center in Washington on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/24/japan/cherry-blossoms-haiku-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #sakura #elementaryschools #children

Ontario elementary school teachers getting $750 spending accounts for supplies
Beginning in September, teachers will be able to use the money to buy writing supplies, calculators, chalk, art, crafts and tissues, among other classroom supplies.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/11725751/ontario-elementary-school-teacher-spending-cards/

Nearly half of high school students in Japan use generative artificial intelligence online in their daily lives, a new government report shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/26/japan/students-ai-internet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #children #ai #socialmedia #internet #highschools #juniorhighschools #elementaryschools

The Fukuoka High Court has rejected an appeal for a retrial for the 1992 murder of two 7-year-old girls in the city of Iizuka, for which a death row convict was executed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/17/japan/crime-legal/fukuoka-murder-retrial-rejection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fukuoka #japanesecourts #supremecourt #deathpenalty #elementaryschools #children

Japan’s suicide death toll fell below 20,000 for the first time on record last year, although elementary, junior high and high school student suicides climbed to a new high. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/suicide-figures-decline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #suicide #mhlw #children #mentalhealth #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools

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