There is not a single '400-character essay' in Kanagawa's public integrated junior and senior high schools—What I learned by investigating the question formats of 5 scho…

The second installment of our prefecture-by-prefecture series is Kanagawa. In the previous Tokyo edition, I discussed how the ...

How many characters are in the essays for Tokyo metropolitan integrated junior and senior high schools? Character counts, time limits, and home practice for 11 schools

There are 11 metropolitan and ward-run integrated junior and senior high schools in Tokyo. Every school requires an essay as ...