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.

A documentary film that records the daily lives of children at a Japanese public elementary school has lessons for both domestic and overseas audiences.

As the government works to pass its budget without a majority, the issue of free education for all has become key to ...

A new system to accredit Japanese language schools would see the education minister authorizing the schools, according to a draft plan the Cultural Affairs Agency presented on May 31 to a group of ...