Saratoga High teachers, students look forward to connecting on Japan field trip

Music teachers and students at Saratoga High School looked forward to traveling to Japan in the summer for a performance tour ...
Reuters

Foreign tourists get taught the Japanese high school experience

KIMITSU, Japan, April 30 (Reuters) - With his black uniform jacket slung rakishly over his shoulders and his feet propped up on a Japanese school desk as he held court with his crew, Jason Wu was ...
Los Angeles Times

Japan’s best high school marching band readies for Rose Parade performance

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The ebullient thrum of staccato snares, thumping sousaphones, and tramping shoes all acting in unison filled the gray morning air in the parking lot outside Angel Stadium recently.
Longmont Times-Call

St. Vrain Valley high school band to perform in Japan

Longmont High School band director David Merrill has revived a high school band that he founded in 2016 to perform in Japan as part of the sister cities connection between Longmont and Chino. Silver ...
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In Japan, this school subject prepares children to become adults

What if school wasn't just about accumulating knowledge, but also about learning to respect oneself, to take care of oneself, and to live better every day? In Japan, a little-known school subject ...
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I've been moving back and forth between Japan and the US for years. The quality of life in Japan is much better.

Emery Bowles quit his job in the US and moved to Japan to teach English in 2008. Bowles found life in Japan safe and beautiful, despite language barriers and cultural differences. He and his wife plan ...