City takes steps to lower language barrier for foreign kids in school

As Japan welcomes more foreign workers under a new visa system introduced in April, a city neighboring Tokyo with a large foreign population is taking steps to help such workers' children overcome the language barrier in school.In Kawasaki city's Kawasaki Ward, municipal authorities teamed up with Seikyu-sha, a social welfare service provider, to jointly host a summer school this year for junior high school students who have come to Japan within the past three years.As of late June, the ward was home to nearly 40 percent of Kawasaki city's 44,000 foreign residents. At the summer school, ret…READ FULL ARTICLE