THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 29, 2023 at 16:47 JST
An online assembly for the beginning of the second semester is held in each classroom through a monitor at Kobo Elementary School in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 28. (Kazushige Kobayashi)
The intense summer heat forced some elementary and junior high schools to hold their start-of-semester assembly online on Aug. 28 to prevent heatstroke. [Read More]
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