Akina Imanaka, center in a traditional Japanese "hakama," stands amid her parents, teachers and well-wishers at her junior high school graduation ceremony on the island of Oteshima, Japan, in ...

MARUGAME, Kagawa -- A 15-year-old girl who was the only student at her elementary and junior high school on a remote island in this western Japan city ...

A government survey in 2022 found that 1,033 out of 12,012 junior high schools in Japan had fewer than 50 students. Akino’s mother, a fisherwoman, expressed her gratitude to the school, having ...

Surprisingly, this popular song wasn't written by professional musicians, but by the principal and music teacher of Kagemori Junior High School, a municipal school in the Saitama Prefecture city ...