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   Standards and working conditions 7 November 2025

   Japan: Urgent action needed to reduce teachers’ workload and increase education funding

   Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU) brought together education stakeholders to discuss the concerning findings of TALIS 2024 regarding teachers’ difficult working conditions, especially the excessive workload, that fuel the teacher shortage in the country.

   Japan: Urgent action needed to reduce teachers’ workload and increase education funding

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   Democracy 5 November 2025

   Ukraine: Coordinated action secures salary increase for teachers

   The multifaceted union campaign to raise teacher salaries and value the teacher union as a prominent social dialogue partner in Ukraine stands as a compelling example of the power of collective union advocacy and international solidarity.

   Ukraine: Coordinated action secures salary increase for teachers

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 November 2025

   From Geneva to the world: Educators demand urgent action and investment as SDG4 slips out of reach

   Addressing the Social Forum of the Human Rights Council, Takashi Kajiwara, Education International (EI) Vice-President and President of the Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU), made a powerful case for education as an enabling right that supports the fulfilment of all human rights and that must be fully funded around the world.

   From Geneva to the world: Educators demand urgent action and investment as SDG4 slips out of reach

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2025

   North-Asian education unions mobilised for enhanced solidarity and cooperation to Go Public!

   Leaders of Education International (EI) member organisations across North Asia have committed to “organise, organise, organise; day and night” and pledged to “strengthen solidarity across North Asia and to lay the foundations for ongoing cooperation.”

   North-Asian education unions mobilised for enhanced solidarity and cooperation to Go Public!

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   Democracy 26 September 2025

   Educators from China, Japan, and Korea unite for peace education

   Promoting peace education and sharing positive teaching and learning examples to build a brighter future for East Asia. That was the key aim of the 12th Peace Education Assembly gathering education unions from China, Japan, and Korea.

   Educators from China, Japan, and Korea unite for peace education

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 April 2025

   Japan: Urgent workload relief, staffing, and legal reforms needed to address teacher shortages and burnout

   In his address to the national parliament, Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU) President Takashi Kajiwara highlighted the urgent need for comprehensive reforms in the education system to tackle the growing teacher shortage and ensure the well-being of educators.

   Japan: Urgent workload relief, staffing, and legal reforms needed to address teacher shortages and burnout