Japanese Educational Reform

After World War II, the present Japanese school system was established. Currently in Japan children must attend 9 years of compulsory education from the ages of 6 to 15. As of 1997, nearly 96.8 percent of junior high students went on to high school and 47.4 percent of high school students went on to colleges or universities.

Japanese education has a centralized uniform program. It places a heavy importance on the school students attend .Therefore,these is high competition to attend famous school. As a result , most young students attend juku (cram school) in the afternoons, evenings, and holiday to prepare for the entrance exams.

But it has seen some problems about this current system. The competition has caused increased levels of suicide, increased dropout rates and problem with bullying.

" I think Japanese education can be example for other country.Because it has a high percent of high school students. But they shouldn't be too serious about cram school because many students will be serious with their studies. Thay maybe feel like studing is a competion and they will not happy with thei studies. "

Educators fret fate of nation's language

Last year, more than 10,000 people spoke out against the government's apparent disregard for Japanese-language education when it submitted a bill to effectively abolish the National Institute for Japanese Language. The semigovernmental institute, established in 1948 by the government, has been researching the spoken, written and other aspects of the language as it is actually used today. It is the most authoritative research entity on the language and promotes its study by tracking modern usage and providing raw data crucial to the management of national language policy.

" I had learned the Japanese language , I think it was a very hard language for me because it has many types of alphabet such as KATAKANA. It always confuse me with HIRAGANA which was on type of Japanese alphabet. Now I know only some word but I also like it and I will study Japanese language as soon as my English" language is well."

Jockey Take begins comeback after injury

Star jockey Yutaka Take made his comeback on Sunday after being sidelined for nearly fourth months with an injury sustained when he was tossed from his horse during a Grade Three race. The 41-year-old Take, who has won at least one Grade One title every year for the last 22 years, rode two horses at the Kokura Kinen Grade Three meeting, placing fourth in Race 6 aboard Code Z before guiding top favorite Smart Gear to a third-place finish in Race 10. (http://www.newsonjapan.com) " First of all , I want to say 'Congratulation" with him. He can won although he stopped for 4 months. " In Thailand , horse racing is not as popular as thai boxing. Not only thai people but also foreigners who came to visit Thailand and loved boxing. Boxing or Muay Thai is preceded by a wai khru dance, in which each fighter pays homage to his teachers. The dance is a good warm-up exercise. You will notice that each boxer wears a headband and armbands. The headband, called mongkhol, is believed to bestow luck to the wearer since it has been blessed by a monk or the boxer’s own teacher. Since Buddhism and the teacher play important roles in the life of Thais, the headband is both a lucky charm and a spiritual object. It will be removed after the wai khru dance, and only by the boxer’s trainer. The armbands, meanwhile, are believed to offer protection and are only removed when the fight has ended. " Muay Thai or Thai boxing

Hakuho secures title

Hakuho , Mongolian grand champion clinched his 15th career title in anticlimatic fashion at Nagoya Grand Sumo tounament on saturday.But he still got an extra bonus of extending his miraculous winning streak to 46 bouts to place him be the only one in third on sumo's all time list. He climed his third row title ,Homasho fell to a third defeat before the lone yokozuna could stepin to the rised ring.

"I did what I could do," "It is too bad that I won't be able to get anything.It's unfortunate"
this mean the Emperor's cup and oter awards will not be presented in a "yusho" ceremoy.