Instruments of a Beating Heart” follows a group of first graders in Japan who form an orchestra to play Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” as part of a welcoming ceremony for the incoming class of 6-year-olds.

A documentary film that records the daily lives of children at a Japanese public elementary school has lessons for both domestic and overseas audiences.

American teachers from a Defense Department school sampled Okinawa delicacies and explored Japanese teaching methods during a ...

An elementary school here with a growing population of foreign students -- now accounting for over 40% of its roll -- has implem･･･ ...