news 7.5% of teachers at Japan public primary, junior high schools are temp. workers: survey The Mainichi © The Mainichi This 2009 file photo shows people taking the teacher employment exam in Oita Prefecture. (Mainichi/Eisuke Obata) TOKYO -- The number of temporary teachers in Japan at public elementary and junior high schools has reached 7.5% of the total, according to the results of a survey by the education ministry. According to a Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology survey, there are 43,900 temporary teachers in Japan at such schools this aca...