In Japan, you usually obtain a driver’s license by taking lessons at a private driving school which exempts you from a practical driving test at a police facility. After finishing the course, you take ...

While assistant language teachers play a critical role in English language education throughout Japan, many are struggling to make a living wage. Jesse Ali, 43, an ALT originally from California, has ...

As a child, Wishma Rathnayake was fascinated with “Oshin,” a popular 1980s’ television drama about a young girl who rises from poverty to head a Japanese supermarket chain. Urged by her father to ...

When a teacher enters the room in a Japanese public school, the students stand and bow, then they sit down and are quiet for a minute or two. “Then all bets are off,” said Byron Bradley, 44, a Waltham ...