EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM & PRACTICE IN JAPAN

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	When compared with compulsory “club activities” in elementary school which are performed during class hours with participation by all students, “extracurricular activities” are club activities of students’ choices which are organized outside the curriculum at lower secondary schools or higher school levels. At present, the “extracurricular activities” are practiced at most lower and upper secondary schools. Since the “extracurricular activities” represent activities chosen by students outside of regular school curriculums, students can develop social and group skills that are more difficult to learn from school classroom subjects, as well as to develop their individual personalities.