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Tag Archives: Japanese Schools

This tag is for posts primarily examining Japanese schools and education. Thus, it does not apply to every post which includes a Japanese school. (If it did, this tag would be practically indistinguishable from our anime category.)

September 21, 2024
21
Sep 2024

Localizing Japanese High School Classes

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A U.S.-centric take on how to localize Japanese high school classes in a way that is intelligible for readers familiar with 4-year high school systems.
April 5, 2024
5
Apr 2024

Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki – S2 Review

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A comprehenshive spoiler-lite review of the second season of the Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki anime.
February 23, 2024
23
Feb 2024

Tomozaki Anime and Big Tech Social Media

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Examining the promotion of “Pinstagram” as a tool for social climbing in school in season two of Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki-kun.
July 30, 2023
30
Jul 2023

Anime Case Against Japan’s Population Loss

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Are the reports of Japan’s population decline greatly exaggerated? Justin looks to 2023 anime series for the answer.
April 24, 2023
24
Apr 2023

Brown hair and dress codes in Ippon Again!

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A new anime series tackles naturally brown hair, dyed brown hair, and Japanese school dress and grooming codes in two interesting scenes.
March 13, 2022
13
Mar 2022

Tokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies

Nicholas A. Ferrell

An essay on Tokyo changing dress code rules regarding hair color in high schools.
February 7, 2021
7
Feb 2021

Hair Color Dress Code Rules in Japan

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I examine policies in certain Japanese schools requiring Japanese students with naturally brown hair to dye their hair in order to conform with a policy against unnatural hair colors.