📌 Japan Today Spotlight Inside Japan’s troubled classrooms Japan’s public school system is under growing strain. Teachers are burning out, schools are struggling to retain staff and repeated cases of sexual misconduct have raised serious questions about oversight and accountability. In this episode of Japan Today Spotlight, we look at what’s going wrong inside Japanese classrooms and why long-standing institutional failures have proven so difficult to fix. ▶️ Watch the full episode | Japan Toda

What do you think of Japan when it comes to expectations vs. reality? To many, Japan appears one way from the outside. Living here, many say, tells a different story. In today’s episode, we examine expectations, reality, and the search for belonging. 📷 Welcome to Japan Today - where we listen to Japan, one story at a time. 📷 We invite viewers to join the conversation below or submit Japan-related questions via TikTok direct messages, which may be addressed in future reporting. #Japaneselife #J