Pediatrician Kumon Kazuko runs a facility in Africa supporting the minds and bodies of children with special needs. This is the story of a Japanese doctor who has been a symbol of hope for 23 years.

And he thought: “What the heck is this?” Goodman had discovered Kumon, a private tutoring center that began in Japan in the 1950s and opened its first American outpost in the 1970s.

Given the disruption to global trade caused by US President Donald Trump’s unilateral tariffs on dozens of countries it trades with, the two-day visit of Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru last ...

WASHINGTON/TOKYO May 2 (Reuters) - Top U.S. and Japanese officials agreed to start immediate working-level consultations after "frank and constructive" trade talks in Washington on Thursday ...

Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo.

Linda E. White received funding from the Japan Foundation and the Fulbright program for research on Japanese feminisms and Japanese family law. For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have ...

Which is why I invited my friend Yuki Sugiyama, a Kyoto native, to go shopping with me on a recent Saturday when Marufuji Japanese Market opened in Vienna, Virginia. Launched in January ...

Kumon currently operates more than 24,000 locations in 51 countries (Courtesy Kumon) Japan-based tutoring company Kumon is set to open its ninth McKinney location on Stacy Road, according to a ...

How do we memorialize a life? How do we chronicle our memories and our connections to our past? Japanese photographer, Kentaro Kumon, has recently relased a new book, Smoke and Steam, small in stature ...

But like any enrichment activity, the costs can add up quickly. So how much does Kumon actually cost on average? Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Japan, Kumon operates over 25,000 learning centers ...

The Kumon Method, developed by Japanese educator Toru Kumon 60 years ago, has revolutionised educational approaches worldwide. Born from a father’s desire to help his son excel in mathematics, this ...