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Japan’s Shifting Junior High School Entrance Exam Scene

  • Tokyo-Area Junior High Entrance Exam Takers

    Tokyo-Area Junior High Entrance Exam Takers

  • Students taking the junior high entrance examination on January 10, 2022, enter the Kaichi campus in the city of Saitama with their parents. (© Saitama Shimbun)

    Students taking the junior high entrance examination on January 10, 2022, enter the Kaichi campus in the city of Saitama with their parents. (© Saitama Shimbun)

  • Hōsen Gakuen in Nakano, Tokyo, has diversified its testing approach, including group work among applicants placed together to investigate a topic and make a report on it. (Courtesy of the Shutoken Moshi Center)

    Hōsen Gakuen in Nakano, Tokyo, has diversified its testing approach, including group work among applicants placed together to investigate a topic and make a report on it. (Courtesy of the Shutoken Moshi Center)

  • A growing number of schools are selling themselves as places where international education, including English-language learning, can open up new paths to further learning abroad. (© Pixta)

    A growing number of schools are selling themselves as places where international education, including English-language learning, can open up new paths to further learning abroad. (© Pixta)

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