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Articles from Japan

  1. Union renewal and development 2011-03-17

    EI launches Japan earthquake and tsunami fund

    In solidarity with teachers, students and the people of Japan, EI has established a solidarity fund to aid relief efforts after the powerful earthquake that hit the country on 11 March.

    EI launches Japan earthquake and tsunami fund
  2. Union renewal and development 2011-03-17

    Japan: EI expresses solidarity with victims and families of disaster

    Education International has sent a message of support to its affiliate in Japan after a devastating earthquake hit the north-east of the country on 11 March, triggering a massive tsunami and causing extensive damage and loss of life.

    Japan: EI expresses solidarity with victims and families of disaster
  3. Union renewal and development 2010-12-13

    Passing of an historical leader

    Motofumi Makieda, one of the leaders who laid the foundations for the creation of Education International, passed away in Tokyo on 4 December. He was aged 89.

    Passing of an historical leader
  5. Standards and working conditions 2006-11-26

    EI urges the Japanese government to open dialogue with teacher union

    In an address to 150 leaders of provincial branches of EI member organisation, Nikkyoso, EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen criticized the Japanese government for “the systematic rejection of dialogue” with the teacher union.

    EI urges the Japanese government to open dialogue with teacher union
  6. 2006-11-25

    Japan: Teachers held giant rally against revision of Fundamental Law on Education

    The Japanese government wants “schools to preserve traditional values of family and nation”. This is the main objective of a bill to revise the 1947 Fundamental Law on Education which the Lower House of Japan adopted on 16 November.

    Japan: Teachers held giant rally against revision of Fundamental Law on Education
  7. 2006-10-27

    EI Korean and Japanese member organisations held seminar on peace education with Chinese trade union federation

    For the fifth year in a row, EI member organisations the Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations (KFTA) and the Japanese Teacher Union (NIKKYOSO), jointly held a three-day seminar on peace education together with the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) on 8 October.

    EI Korean and Japanese member organisations held seminar on peace education with Chinese trade union federation
  8. Standards and working conditions 2006-06-27

    Japan: EI supports Nikkyoso's drive for the withdrawal of amendment to education law

    EI and its member organisations around the world strongly support Nikkyoso, the Japan Teachers' Union, in its call for the withdrawal of a proposal by the present government to amend the "Fundamental Law of Education" (FLE).

    Japan: EI supports Nikkyoso's drive for the withdrawal of amendment to education law