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Japan's Students Struggle: Only 25.6% Master Japanese Test

8/4/2025

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In Japan's fiscal 2025 national achievement test, junior high third-graders faced a challenging landscape, scoring an average of just 25.6% on description-type Japanese questions. With around 1.9 million students participating, female students shone brighter in Japanese, while math and science revealed no notable gender disparities. These results reflect deeper issues like unconscious bias and inherent biological differences.

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In Japan's fiscal 2025 national achievement test, junior high third-graders faced a challenging landscape, scoring an average of just 25.6% on description-type Japanese questions. With around 1.9 million students participating, female students shone brighter in Japanese, while math and science revealed no notable gender disparities. These results reflect deeper issues like unconscious bias and inherent biological differences.