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  2. Education in Japan - Wikipedia

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    A typical classroom in a Japanese junior high school. The lower secondary school covers grades seven through nine, with children typically aged twelve through fifteen. There are 3.5 million primary school students in Japan as of 2012, down from over 5.3 million in 1991.

  3. Secondary education in Japan - Wikipedia

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    A typical Japanese classroom. Lower-secondary schools cover grades seven, eight, and nine. Ages are 12/13-15/16 with increased focus on academic studies. Although it is possible to leave the formal education system after completing lower secondary school and find employment, fewer than 4% did so by the late 1980s.

  4. Curriculum guideline (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    Age and organization of the school system in Japan. The Japanese school system length of study consists of six years of elementary school from age 6 until age 12, following that would be three years of junior high school and another three years of high school. At the end of the study, the student should be around the age of 18.

  5. Educational stage - Wikipedia

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    In some areas in England, a three-tier system of education is used, in which students pass through three stages: First school / Lower school ( Reception to Year 3/4), Middle school (Year 4/5 to Year 7/8) and finally High or Upper School (Year 8/9–Year 13) Key stage. Year. Final exam.

  6. History of education in Japan - Wikipedia

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    After some trial and error, a new national education system emerged. As an indication of its success, elementary school enrollments climbed from about 30% percent of the school-age population in the 1870s to more than 90 percent by 1900, despite strong public protest, especially against school fees.

  7. List of junior high schools in Tokyo - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of junior high schools in Tokyo Metropolis, including the 23 special wards, West Tokyo, and the Tokyo Islands (Izu Islands and Ogasawara Subprefecture). "List of middle schools in Tokyo" (lower secondary schools, in the American sense) redirects here; this list does not include schools that are only upper secondary schools (high schools).

  8. 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 ...

  9. Kobe child murders - Wikipedia

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    The Kobe child murders (Japanese: 神戸連続児童殺傷事件, Hepburn: Kōbe renzoku jidō sasshō jiken) occurred in Suma, Kobe, Japan, on March 16 and May 27, 1997.. Two victims, Ayaka Yamashita (山下 彩花, Yamashita Ayaka), aged 10, and Jun Hase (土師 淳, Hase Jun), aged 11, were murdered by a 14-year-old boy reportedly named Shinichiro Azuma (東 慎一郎, Azuma Shin'ichirō ...