The real story... behind young Japan's education

As Japan recovers from the disasters of 2011 there is a lot of discussion about reform, about the need for change and re-considering the future, which in turn has led to a renewed discussion about "what to do about the young." It has been assumed that the lack of focus seen in 16-25 year olds is to be blamed on the "yutori" (relaxed) education policy that values personalisation and individualism, however the influence of manga, development of the internet (which this generation has barely known life without) and a stable middle class cannot be discounted.

The real story… behind young Japan's education

Dave McCaughanMcCann WorldGroup Asia Pacific

As Japan recovers from the disasters of 2011 there is a lot of discussion about reform, about the need for change and re-considering the future. And that in turn has led to a renewed discussion about "what to do about the young." Ever since the fall from the Bubble Years in 1989-90, there seems to have been discussion about the failure of today's younger generation to show the same energy and desire to build Japan that their parents and grandparents showed in the economic miracle decades after...

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