This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nic Lim, an author from New Zealand who moved to Japan for four years to work as an English teacher. It has been edited for length and clarity.

Before arriving in Japan in 2007, I studied medieval history at the University of Manchester. After university, I heard about programs for people to teach English in Japan, somewhere I'd only seen ...

which meant another homeroom teacher had to be found. Public schools are facing shortages of teachers across Japan shortly following the beginning of the new academic year in April. Fewer ...

A Nigerian lady who earns a living as a teacher in Japan has cried out over a racist incident she experienced The teacher said a student used the 'N-word' on her and also called her a monkey ...

Shinzo Abe's government is continuing efforts to boost the Japanese economy It's been almost five years since Shinzo Abe took power as Japan's prime minister for the second time. Mr Abe promised ...

Thirteen years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear power plant accident, passing on memories of the disaster to the next generation has become an important issue. A teacher born ...