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- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reports Japanese teachers work longer hours than global peers.
- Elementary teachers average 52.1 hours; junior high teachers 55.1 hours.
- Despite a four-hour drop from 2018, Japan remains over the global average by over 10 hours.
- The OECD survey covers 55 countries: elementary 40.4 hours and junior high 41 hours.
