In 2022, my family of four moved from New Orleans to Okinawa, Japan. At first, I struggled to feel at home with the time ...

(To my kids, a Japanese person is only someone dressed in a kimono.) Ben Groundwater and family in Japan.Credit: Ben Groundwater This is a nation I know very well, a place I have visited without ...

Instruments of a Beating Heart” follows a group of first graders in Japan who form an orchestra to play Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” as part of a welcoming ceremony for the incoming class of 6-year-olds.

Also, the scenes you see in manga where kids draw on blackboards are accurate ... I'd go back in a heartbeat Of course, life in Japan wasn't perfect — no country is perfect — but I take ...

Japanese parents of the growing number of children attending international school in Japan often feel overwhelmed due to a lack ... extensive support to Japanese parents trying to help their kids ...