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Kuraishi, Ichiro – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2020
The so-called "Educational Opportunity Guarantee Act 2016" was adopted and established in the National Diet in December 2016. As is well known, it gained impetus through lobbying from people involved with alternative "free schools," pursuing a stable position within the system, along with the night junior high school movement.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities, Public Education
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Eguchi, Satoshi; Lee, Sunji – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2023
This paper examines the significance and potential of educational practices of evening junior high schools (yakan chugaku). After World War II, evening junior high schools were established for children who could not attend daytime junior high schools, and later those who had not completed compulsory education beyond school age began to study…
Descriptors: Educational History, Evening Programs, Junior High Schools, Educational Opportunities