The schools in Japan

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

1. Students of elementary and junior school needn’t take an exam to enter the high school.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

The Japanese school year starts in April and ends in March.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

Japanese students have to study on Saturdays too.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

Students mustn’t drive to school.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

When students arrive at school they must take off their shoes and put on school shoes.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

One high school class lasts forty minutes.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

High school students have a duty to clean the entire school building after classes.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

The system of education in Japan is the same as in the USA.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

Students in Japan have only summer holidays.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

Japanese students have five working days since 2020.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

Japanese people can get a driving license when they are eighteen years old.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

Japanese students aren't allowed to use buses and bikes to get to school.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

What is uwabaki?

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

The lessons in Japanese schools begin at half past eight.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

The students have their classes in different classrooms.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

What is bukatsu?

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

Japanese students aren't allowed to work a part-time job after school.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

Bunkabu includes music, calligraphy, computer, band clubs.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

Japanese students can't choose the subjects to learn.

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The schools in Japan

The Japanese educational system is somewhat similar to that of the USA. But there are some differences. In Japan students have to pass entrance exams to enter high school and college. High schools are selected based on students’ vocational goals and the likelihood of being able to pass the entrance exam.

The Japanese school year lasts from April to next March. Students have a month-long vacation in July and August, two weeks around Christmas and New Year, and a two-week spring break at the end of March. Japanese students used to go to school on Saturdays twice a month. However, as of April 2002, Japanese students attend school only five days a week.

The legal age for obtaining a driving license is eighteen, but even students who turn eighteen during their senior year are not allowed to drive to school. Students travel to school in various ways depending on how far they live from their school. In many cases, students have to walk or ride bicycles a well as take public transportation.

In Japan, people take off their shoes before they enter a house, and this custom is practiced at school as well. When students arrive at school, they take off their shoes and put on uwabaki, indoor shoes at the entrance before they enter the building.

School usually starts around 8:30, lessons are usually forty minutes long, but not for high school, where the period lasts fifty minutes. In Japan, students stay in one classroom; teachers are the ones who move from class to class. In high school, subjects become more specific and students have more optional subjects to choose from. For example, Japanese class, which includes both classical and modern Japanese in the same class at the junior high level, is divided into two distinct classes at the high school level. Separate classes are offered in chemistry, biology and physics.

Students in high school usually participate in bukatsu (club activities) after school. There are two main types of bukatsu. One is bunkabu (culture clubs) such as music, band, calligraphy and computer club. The other is undoubu (sports club) which includes sports. Some students spend their time working a part-time job (arubaito) or going to juku (cram school) after school or at weekends.

All students from elementary through high school are responsible for cleaning the entire building after school. This obligation is called souji. In addition to cleaning their own classrooms, individual classes are assigned to specific places in the school, such as the teachers’ room, bathroom, gym and lab. Pedagogically, cleaning serves two purposes: to learn how to keep clean and tidy, and to learn how to cooperate, since they need to work as a team to get the cleaning done in a short time.

Japanese students learn only physics, biology and chemistry.