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8 storiesKyoto cuts subsidy to Doshisha International High over Henoko boat capsizing
Kyoto Governor Takatoshi Nishiwaki (西脇隆俊) announced on the 9th that the prefecture will cut this fiscal year's private school operating subsidy to Doshisha International High School by 25% and seek the return of 50% of last year's already-p…
French teen loses hand in school protest clash; over 5,000 detained
A 15-year-old male student lost a hand in a serious injury during a clash with security forces in the northern French city of Reims on Oct. 5, as high-school students continue blockading schools in protests across France. A police crowd-con…
Fukuroi school loses ledgers for 6,631 graduates; city says mistaken disposal likely
The Fukuroi city education board in Shizuoka Prefecture said the graduation certificate award ledgers at Fukuroi North Elementary School are missing, covering 6,631 graduates from the year the records began through the 1988 school year. The…
Kyoto’s Heian Jogakuin University to go coed in 2028, change name
Heian Jogakuin University in Kyoto will become coeducational in April 2028 and be renamed Kyoto Chiiki Kyoso University, a tentative name, its school corporation said on October 5. Enrollment fell from 627 students in fiscal 2022 to 354 in …
US public school book bans top 11,000 in a year, including Japanese manga, PEN America says
PEN America said 11,982 books were removed or restricted in US public schools in the 2025–26 school year, up sharply from 6,870 the year before and the most since it began tracking in 2021–22. Japanese works including Hajime Isayama's manga…
Tokyo University picks Fujigaki as next president; minister seeks explanation
Tokyo University's selection committee chose Yuko Fujigaki, a professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as its next president even though she placed second in a faculty and staff preference vote. Education Minister Yoshihiro Se…
Japanese speech contest for Ukrainian students to resume in Kyiv after seven years
A Japanese-language speech contest for Ukrainian university students, suspended since 2019, will resume in Kyiv on the 16th, the first in seven years. The organiser, the All-Ukraine Association of Japanese Language Teachers, plans to hold i…
Turkey-Japan Science and Technology University opens in Ankara
The Turkey-Japan Science and Technology University opened in Ankara on October 5, 2026. The university, a cooperation between the Japanese and Turkish governments, aims to train specialists in earthquake disaster response and artificial int…