Media coverage
Television, newspapers, magazines, the web, radio.
Seen from outside, NIJIN shows things we would not notice ourselves.
Take a look at our effort to change education, as different media have portrayed it.
“Not going to school is not running away.”
TV Asahi takes a close look at NIJIN’s education.
Children’s learning, the future of public education, building an organisation of teachers, running an education startup. Tatsuro Hoshino appeared in the studio for a 30-minute feature on NIJIN’s work.
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Children changing, places of learning, the future of education. Here is NIJIN’s work as only video can show it, from television stations and official videos.
NHK reports on how a primary school child who was not attending school found their smile again.
Through the changes in one child and their family, the report shows the process of becoming oneself again through learning outside school.
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NHK features the “school in the metaverse” where children from all over Japan gather.
The nationwide morning broadcast showed children’s everyday life on the metaverse campus and an interview with Tatsuro Hoshino.
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The “metaverse classroom”, a new place to belong that protects children who are not attending school.
A feature covering children’s everyday life, how online and in-person contact come together, and an interview with Tatsuro Hoshino.
Watch the official Nagoya TV video →MAGAZINE
Newspapers and magazines
National newspapers, business magazines, education journals. NIJIN’s effort to bring educational choice to society has also been covered in print.
“100 people of hope who will save the world.” Education reform to solve the problem of school non-attendance.
Forbes JAPAN’s “NEXT100” profiles Tatsuro Hoshino, Founder and CEO of NIJIN, who is building a society where people can choose their education.
Read on Forbes JAPAN (in Japanese) →
Taking school to primary and lower secondary students who are not attending. A former teacher explores a new kind of education.
A newspaper report on NIJIN Academy and the work of taking education outside school.
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Turning an alternative school that combines primary and lower secondary education into the best compulsory education school in Japan.
In a special feature on “School non-attendance and guaranteeing learning”, the magazine presents NIJIN Academy and its plan for a new kind of compulsory education.
Read the article (in Japanese) →Featured as “Person of the Moment” in 20 newspapers across Japan.
Tatsuro Hoshino’s work in education appeared in newspapers across Japan as an article distributed through Kyodo News. As a representative example, we link to the article in the Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun.
INTERVIEW
Web and interviews
Education, entrepreneurship, the way teachers work, the metaverse, international cooperation. Each outlet’s angle lets you read in depth about the background of NIJIN and Tatsuro Hoshino.
Education that stays close to students who are not attending school is what develops diverse talent.
An in-depth look at NIJIN as a system for society, from its education model and teachers’ skill to co-creation with society and building the business.
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An outlook on life that changed in Guatemala, and the new education that grew out of it.
JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, primary school teacher, founder of NIJIN. A path that links international cooperation and education entrepreneurship.
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Education × the metaverse as it really is. Can “dialogue” happen online too?
An interview that explores building relationships online and the roles of children and teachers.
Read the article (in Japanese) →More depth on schools, community and building a business.
The “loneliness” teachers carry. How can a school structure that has lasted 150 years be changed?
An interview with Tatsuro Hoshino, a former primary school teacher, on the way teachers work and how Jugyo Terrace came about.
“Making classrooms across Japan HAPPY.” Jugyo Terrace on a learning community for teachers.
DMM’s official media outlet interviews Tatsuro Hoshino on the value of an online community and what it means for teachers to connect with one another.
How do we bring educational choice to 30,000 people?
A long interview that covers not only the education model but also hiring, marketing and building the organisation.
Radio and audio
In Tatsuro Hoshino’s own words and in children’s voices, you can learn about school non-attendance, new ways of learning and the future of school education.
How do we bring learning to children who cannot go to school?
Two weeks running on “Solution in my life”. He talked about NIJIN Academy and the future of school education.
Listen to parts one and two (in Japanese) →
From his years as a teacher to school non-attendance and the future of learning. Four days in a row on air.
A four-part series on his experience as a primary school teacher, the current state of school non-attendance, new ways of learning and the future of school education in Japan.
Listen to the four-part series (in Japanese) →
Turning the experience of not attending school into reassurance for someone else. Tatsuro Hoshino and students on air three weeks running.
In the children’s own words, they spoke about school non-attendance and new choices for learning.
See the appearance (in Japanese) →Other coverage and appearances.
The main coverage and appearances to date, including education media and interviews with entrepreneurs.
Media, programme and
speaking requests
We welcome enquiries about interviews, programme appearances, talks and workshops on themes such as school non-attendance, education reform, the way teachers work, education entrepreneurship, online education and co-creation with society.