JAPAN'S ACADEMIC ABILITY
Public schools have all gone
to a five-day school week, and the curriculum has been reduced by 30%.
Some fear that the
new style of education will result in a collapse in students' academic
abilities, but academic performance in Japan remains at a very high level.
(August 26, 2002)
COMING TO JAPAN
Japanese professional baseball received its first Cuban import this July,
as Omar Linares, an Olympic gold medalist in 1992
and 1996, joined the Chunichi Dragons.
(August 21, 2002)
SUMO'S
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
Sumo, Japan's national sport, recently welcomed its first ever Mongolian
ozeki, 21-year-old Asashoryu (real name: Dolgorsuren
Dagvadorj). He is the fourth foreign ozeki,
following in the footsteps of Konishiki, Akebono, and Musashimaru, who
are all from Hawaii.
(August 19, 2002)
CARL
"TUFFY" RHODES
Our latest interviewee is one
of the most well-known and popular athletes in Japan, Carl "Tuffy"
Rhodes.
(August 6, 2002)
STEPPING
INTO A HIDDEN WORLD--by
Gina Cogan
A researcher of Buddhism shares her unusual experience
of stepping inside a convent that is closed to the public and glimpsing
the reality of its inhabitants.
(April 24, 2002)
CARLOS
GHOSN
Possibly Japan's most famous foreign resident, our
third interviewee shared with Trends in Japan the importance of embracing
differences and learning from them.
(April 5, 2002)
