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education in Japan

Japanese education system
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Summary

education in Japan is an education in country or region[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of education in country or region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,388 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[3]
  • Main regulatory text: Fundamental Law of Education[4]
  • Location: Japan[5]
  • Subclass of: education in Asia[6]
  • Commons category: Education in Japan[7]
  • Has part(s): higher education in Japan[8], secondary education in Japan[9], primary education in Japan[10]
  • Authority: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Education in Japan[12]
  • Facet of: education[13]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14]
  • Native label: 日本の教育[15]
  • History of topic: history of education in Japan[16]
  • Related category: Category:Lists of schools in Japan[17], Category:Lists of Japanese people by school affiliation[18]

Why It Matters

education in Japan has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Basic Act on Education Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · 星組背番号10 · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', '
    Subclass of → education in Asia
    Topic's main category → Category:Education in Japan
    Country → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Main regulatory text: Basic Act on Education"
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