This book illustrates the nature of Japan's education system and identifies its strengths and
weaknesses as well as the socioeconomic environment surrounding education in contemporary
Japanese society. It describes the basic institutional structure of each educational stage in
an overview of today's school education in Japan while also analyzing the current
implementation status of important policies and the progress of reform at each stage. The book
also examines the status of and problems with various issues that are considered essential to
education in Japan today. These include teachers lesson studies school and community
educational disparities education and jobs multiculturalism university reforms
internationalization of education and English-language education education for sustainable
development and others covering a diverse range of fields. The book is unique in its attempt
to comprehensively understand and analyze the educational field in Japan by drawing on the
expertise of various academic disciplines.
