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NHK language classes supplemented online By Shoji Ichihara Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Learning foreign languages through NHK's educational TV or radio programs no longer means just tuning in to the show with a textbook open in front of you. Since April, NHK has been offering a variety of services via the Internet to enhance its language-learning programs. For example, users can buy digital ver..

Waseda University to accept 8,000 foreign students in 5 years 10/18/2007 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Waseda University, one of Japan's best-known private universities, is going cosmopolitan. President Katsuhiko Shirai said the university plans to increase the number of foreign students to 8,000 in five years, up from the current 2,400. Shirai wants the flow of students to be reciprocal. The university aim..

Making English fun for grade-schoolers The Yomiuri Shimbun Four experts on English education expressed their opinions on English education at primary school level in a panel discussion at the Education Symposium 2007 held at the Japan Educational Center in Tokyo on Sept. 30. On the theme of "Lessons that make children like English--what we should consider," the panelists addressed the audience o..