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Researcher 03 / Director

齋藤 亮次/ Ryoji Saito

Curriculum Director at Kamiyama Marugoto College of Design, Technology and Entrepreneurship (KOSEN). Nationally certified career consultant (MHLW). Affiliated researcher at the Waseda University Institute for Education Research. With fieldwork experience spanning over 50 countries, he specializes in career education, inquiry-based learning, and geography education.

Career EducationInquiry-Based LearningEntrepreneurship EducationGeography Education & Fieldwork
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Publications

Career Counseling for High School Students: Supporting Self-Determined Pathways

Career Counseling for High School Students: Supporting Self-Determined Pathways

Meiji Tosho Shuppan2025

In an era of diversifying pathways to higher education and the pursuit of well-being, this book explains the individualized career guidance that teachers are called upon to provide. Drawing on 20 common pitfalls, it offers concrete approaches and methods to help students make self-determined decisions about their futures.

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SCHOOL SHIFT: You Embody the Future of Education

SCHOOL SHIFT: You Embody the Future of Education

Meiji Tosho Shuppan2023

Ten practitioners present both theory and practice for the future of school education in an era of 100-year lifespans, covering school DX, inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, career education, school organizational reform, and teacher career design.

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Media Coverage

Gekkan KOSEN (Monthly KOSEN)

Questions and Ambition Move Society: The Work of a Curriculum Director at the Frontier of Entrepreneurship Education

Gekkan KOSEN (Monthly KOSEN)2026-09-08
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Forbes JAPAN

The Educational Innovation Kamiyama Marugoto KOSEN Is Pursuing in the AI Era, and the Future Ryoji Saito Envisions

Forbes JAPAN2026-07-30
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Toyo Keizai Online

What We Should Tell People Who Think 'Retirement Means Sipping Tea on the Porch'

Toyo Keizai Online2023-11-22
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Toyo Keizai Online

The Hidden Problem with Schools That Teach 'Push Forward and Try Harder'

Toyo Keizai Online2023-11-22
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Kyoiku Shimbun (Education Newspaper)

Supporting Children's Self-Determination (10-part series)

Kyoiku Shimbun (Education Newspaper)2023-01
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Children's social media: what changes after an age check? Features and correction

Digital & AIEducation

Read California's September 2026 child-safety laws, Japan's interim report and October 6 meeting materials, and EU guidance and the KIDS Act proposal. Distinguish age and feature restrictions while examining information collection, correction of mistakes and continued access to support.

Must young people wait for a ballot before campaigning?

EducationLegal & Regulatory

The court found the ban on under-18s’ own campaigning unconstitutional, but upheld the use prohibition under Article 21(1). The operative part distinguishes inadmissible confirmation actions from dismissed remaining claims, including damages. Separate voluntary expression from pressure and avoid presenting the judgment as blanket permission.

Japan DBS needs more than a criminal-record check

EducationLegal & Regulatory

Incumbents have different deadlines: three years from commencement in mandatory settings, one year from certification in certified settings. Advance notice and correction protect the reliability of a conviction check. Check record coverage alongside everyday reporting and protective measures.

Japan Lost 215 Primary Schools in a Year, and the Average School Still Got Smaller — From 315.7 Pupils to 312.4

EducationLocal Government

Final figures from Japan's FY2025 School Basic Survey put primary schools at 18,607, down 215 on the year, with 5,812,375 pupils, a fall of 129,358 and the lowest on record. Closing 215 schools still left the average school smaller, down from 315.7 pupils to 312.4. The four-kilometre commuting standard used to judge mergers sits in a 1958 ordinance; a 2015 ministry guide laid a one-hour travel-time benchmark on top of it.

Of 84,759 Pupils in Japan Needing Japanese Language Support, 9,699 Receive None — Both the Number and the Share Are Up on the Last Survey

EducationImmigration

In the education ministry's fiscal 2025 survey, 84,759 pupils in Japanese public schools needed Japanese language support, the highest on record, with the largest increase on record. Meanwhile 9,699 of them, 11.4%, receive no instruction based on special consideration, up from 7,069 and 10.2% in the previous survey. This piece reads how a widening target group leaves more people unreached, and where the gap in progression opens.

Weekend School Clubs Move to the Community by FY2031, While Weekdays Carry Neither Target Nor Deadline — What the Shift From Transfer to Delivery Left Behind

EducationPolicy

Under guidelines issued in December 2025, Japan's school club reform enters its implementation period in fiscal 2026. For weekends, the text states that community delivery is to be achieved, as a rule, for every school club within that period. For weekdays it says only that reform will be advanced while issues are resolved, with no scope and no deadline. Municipalities are named as responsible. This piece reads what the rewording and the split left behind.

Other Members

Researcher 02 / Director

塩見 尚大/ Naohiro Shiomi

Project designer. He facilitates communication within organizations and projects, overseeing management and direction. Known as a hub who connects people, he draws colleagues and partners into collaborative problem-solving.

Researcher 01 / Representative Director

ヨコタナオヤ（横田直也）/ Naoya Yokota

Creative producer and strategic designer. With an integrated approach spanning concept development, strategy, and design, he leads projects from structural analysis of social issues through to solution design. He drives research projects in areas such as traffic noise and urban environments, combining data analysis with design-driven methodologies.

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