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'Unreasonable': Japanese girl removed from class for plucking her eyebrows

Teachers at a school in southern Japan are being mocked and condemned after a 14-year-old girl was punished for plucking her eyebrows. The student at a junior high school in the town of Kurume, in Fukuoka Prefecture, was snared when teachers carried out a spot check to determine if pupils were in compliance with the school’s rules on dyed hair. ....

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Japanese junior high school girl removed from class from three days for grooming her eyebrows

Japanese schools tend to be very particular about student conduct and appearance. In recent years, we’ve seen a gradual loosening of some of the stricter rules, but that doesn’t mean they’ve disappeared entirely, as shown by what happened at a school in Fukuoka Prefecture. In April, a public junior high school in… ....

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Japanese junior high school girl removed from class for three days for grooming her eyebrows

Japanese schools tend to be very particular about student conduct and appearance. In recent years, we’ve seen a gradual loosening of some of the stricter rules, but that doesn’t mean they’ve disappeared entirely, as shown by what happened at a school in Fukuoka Prefecture. In April, a public junior high school in… ....

Mutsumi Kaneko , Miki Hata , Abema Times , Livedoor News , Tele Asa News ,

Tokyo government announces new name for maternity/paternity leave; hopes to change attitudes

In a lot of Japanese vocabulary words, if you hear the sound kyu, it means “rest.” For example, the word for “break” (as in “take a break”) is kyukei, and the one for “holiday” is kyujitsu. But the kyu word we’re talking about today is kyugyo. Kyugyo is a handy compact expression for a leave of absence from work,… ....

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