Under the worst-case scenario, based on a potential magnitude 9 earthquake in the area, Japan is likely to see 1.23 million ...

School buildings in Japan, particularly older ones, are generally uninsulated, creating the risk of students getting heatstroke even while indoors in the height of summer. According to a survey ...

TOKYO >> On an island off the coast of Nagasaki, ruins that seem on the verge of collapse stand clustered behind a high ...

MINAKAMI, Gunma Prefecture--A surge in school closures exacerbated by Japan’s declining birthrate ... over how to make the best use of the vacant buildings. Many of the approximately 450 public ...

Severe ineptitude': Bullying case file viewed by other students at elite Japan school TOKYO -- A confidential ... saying he might have fallen from the building. The child was confirmed dead ...

March 19 -- The new classroom building at Prabhat Kiran Secondary School in Gorkha district was officially handed over on March 18, with Tamura Takahiro, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Japan to ...

This photo shows the interior of a wooden building project in the city of Saitama. (Photo courtesy of AQ Group Co.)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is set to introduce new ...