Japan Education Vs American Education

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Japan is one of the best educated populations. Japan also has a very good enrollment in required schools. And 100 percent enrollment in most city schools. Japan is very successful in the education field because the students attend school longer than american students. They don’t have as many breaks as us. This is probable to why the graduation rate is greater than ours. They have much more dedication since they have to be there so much.
Another difference from their education policies from ours is that they are well known for Their strict dress code. Almost all of their schools have a uniform policy. While in most american we have a pretty casual dress code. Uniforms usually consist

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