Japanese junior high school students are improving their scores in mathematics while elementary school students' scores in science are declining.
An international survey called "Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study," or TIMSS, is released every four years by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement based in the Netherlands.
Japan's defense minister has ordered the Self-Defense Forces to send medical teams to a city in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido to help deal with a surge in coronavirus cases.
Kishi Nobuo said at a news conference on Tuesday that he received an official request from the governor of Hokkaido for a dispatch of SDF medical personnel to Asahikawa City.
A capsule released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's space probe Hayabusa2 arrived at a lab near Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday. Officials held a news conference during which they thanked the public for warmly welcoming back the capsule.
The capsule is believed to contain samples from the Ryugu asteroid. It was retrieved after landing in an Australian desert on Sunday and arrived at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Tuesday morning.
Japan's defense minister has ordered the Self-Defense Forces to send nurses to the prefecture of Hokkaido to help ease the shortage of healthcare workers due to the coronavirus.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials confirmed 352 new cases of coronavirus in the capital on Tuesday.
The number of people who have tested positive in Tokyo now stands at 44,355.
Japan's Prime Minister says the government has compiled an additional stimulus package worth over 700 billion dollars to tackle the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy.
Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide spoke at a meeting with senior officials on Tuesday.
A capsule released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's space probe Hayabusa2 arrived at a lab near Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday.
The capsule is believed to contain samples from the Ryugu asteroid. It was retrieved after landing in an Australian desert on Sunday.
A capsule released by Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency's probe Hayabusa2 arrived in Japan from Australia on Tuesday morning.
The capsule is believed to contain sand samples from Ryugu asteroid. It was retrieved after landing in an Australian desert on Sunday.
Medical institutions in Japan are straining to cope with clustered infections.
Group infections occurred at around 100 hospitals in November... more than three times as many as the previous month.
A US group of foreign policy experts has called for boosting Japan-US cooperation in the face of challenges from China and North Korea.
The experts, including former US deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage and Harvard University Professor Joseph Nye, released a report on Monday.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, says a capsule released by the agency's asteroid probe Hayabusa2 will arrive in Japan from Australia on Tuesday morning.
The capsule is believed to contain sand samples from the Ryugu asteroid. It was retrieved after landing in an Australian desert on Sunday.
A surging number of coronavirus cluster infections in Japan is raising fears that medical care system in affected communities will be overstretched.
The health ministry compiles weekly data on clusters based on media reports.
The northern Japanese city of Asahikawa has requested Hokkaido's prefectural government to ask the Self-Defense Forces to send nurses to deal with a series of coronavirus cluster infections.
City officials on Monday asked the Hokkaido government to recognize the situation as a disaster and convey the request for nurses to the SDF.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 299 new cases of the coronavirus as of 3 p.m. Monday.
This marks the first time since November 24 that the figure was below 300. The number of cases confirmed on Mondays is usually lower because many medical institutions are closed on weekends.