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  2. Education in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The contemporary Japanese education system is a product of historical reforms dating back to the Meiji period, which established modern educational institutions and systems. [9] This early start of modernisation enabled Japan to provide education at all levels in the native language , [10] rather than using the languages of powerful countries ...

  3. Tokyo Fire Department - Wikipedia

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    www.tfd.metro.tokyo.jp. The Tokyo Fire Department (TFD) (Japanese: 東京消防庁, Tokyo Shōbōch ō), Founded in 1948, is the fire department of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The TFD is the largest urban fire department in the world with a total staff of 18,408. The TFD is responsible for firefighting, fire prevention, fire investigation ...

  4. Academic grading in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Approved, acceptable. D/F (50–59%), uncommon. D/F (50–59%), uncommon. fuka (不可) Unacceptable, failed. F (0–59% or 0–49%) F (0–59% or 0–49%) Education in Japan has many different ways of approaching their grading system. Public schooling below the high school level is classified as compulsory education (義務教育, gimu-kyōiku ...

  5. English-language education in Japan - Wikipedia

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    By the year 1874, there were 91 foreign language schools in Japan, out of which 82 of them taught English. And in 1923, Englishman Harold E. Palmer was invited to Japan by the Ministry of Education, where he would later found the Institute for Research in English Teaching in Tokyo and introduce the aural-oral approach to teaching English.

  6. Higher education in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Higher education in Japan. Passing the entrance exam to a university is a major life step for a young Japanese person. Higher education in Japan is provided at universities (大学 daigaku), junior colleges (短期大学 tanki daigaku), colleges of technology (高等専門学校 kōtō senmon gakkō) and special training schools and community ...

  7. History of education in Japan - Wikipedia

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    History of Japan. The history of education in Japan dates back at least to the sixth century, when Chinese learning was introduced at the Yamato court. Foreign civilizations have often provided new ideas for the development of Japan's own culture.

  8. Kyōiku kanji - Wikipedia

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    The kyōiku kanji (教育漢字, literally "education kanji"), sometimes called the gakushū kanji (学習漢字, literally "learning kanji"), are those kanji listed on the Gakunenbetsu kanji haitō hyō (学年別漢字配当表, literally "list of kanji by school year"), a list of 1,026 kanji and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education that ...

  9. Curriculum guideline (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    Curriculum guidelines (学習指導要領, Gakushū shidō yōryō) is a standard issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) that specifies materials taught at all of elementary, junior and senior high schools in Japan, either public or private. The authority of the ministry to issue the standard is due ...