TOKYO -- Next April, Japanese teens will troop back to school to start an academic year like no other. For the first time, tuition will be free at all high schools, both private and public ...

In Tokyo's central 23 wards, more than 4,800 Japanese children are enrolled in one. In Japan, both public and private schools are required to follow a national education curriculum and are ...

"This is like the only experience that you can do to have some semblance of the Japanese high school life," said Wu, a software engineer. Amid a tourism boom fuelled by an extremely weak yen ...