This book is the perfect preparation for current affairs questions on junior high school entrance exams! “Complete Edition of Current Affairs News for Junior High School Entrance Exams for 2026” goes on sale Monday, October 20th! / An easy-to-understand explanation of events that occurred over the past year, based on entrance exam trends
Asahi Shimbun Publications Ltd. Press release: October 20, 2025 To Members of the Press This is the book you need to prepare for current affairs questions on junior high school entrance exams! “Complete Edition of Current Affairs News for Junior High School Entrance Exams for 2026” goes on sale Monday, October 20th! / An easy-to-understand explanation of events that occurred over the past year, based on entrance exam trends. The “2026 Junior High School Entrance Exam Current Affairs News” is the perfect resource for learning about hot news and current events. The complete edition (Asahi Shimbun Publications) was released on Monday, October 20, 2025. The monthly news magazine for elementary and junior high school students, Junior Era, has compiled the news that it has reported over the past year into a single, easy-to-understand volume, taking into account trends for the 2026 entrance exams. It is recommended for elementary school students who are about to take their entrance exams, as well as anyone who wants to learn about current events. With many large photographs and illustrations, it is a book that the whole family can enjoy learning from.
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The news commentary section highlights major news from the past year, such as “Prices Rising! Is Japanese Rice in Trouble?”, “Anti-Nuclear Weapons Speech Wins Nobel Peace Prize,” “Why Did President Trump Raise Tariffs?”, “How to Prepare for the Nankai Trough Earthquake?”, and “Ruling Party Loses Majority in House of Councillors Election.” Asahi Shimbun reporters and other journalists provide easy-to-understand explanations of the background and issues surrounding these events. Key word explanations are also included, making it perfect for reviewing before entrance exams. “Digging Deep into Five Major Themes to Watch Out For in the 2026 Entrance Exams” features detailed illustrations on five themes: “What Kind of Person is President Trump?”, “80 Years After the War: War and Children,” “Osaka-Kansai Expo,” “Ranking of the 47 Prefectures,” and “100 Years of the Showa Era.” The opening chapter provides a key explanation of “Current Affairs for the 2026 Junior High School Entrance Exams.” It introduces topics from the past year that are likely to appear on the exam, such as the House of Councillors election, the Osaka-Kansai Expo, tariffs, and the mechanisms of earthquakes. Additionally, in the section “Analysis of 2025 Junior High School Entrance Exam Questions! Trends and Strategies for Current Affairs,” we use actual social studies exam questions as examples to explain the types of questions that have appeared in junior high school entrance exams in recent years. This interview features Gento Kono, principal of Kono Juku. Kono went on to study in the third division of the Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo and passed the “three most difficult exams”: the National Medical Licensing Examination, the Bar Examination, and the Certified Public Accountant Examination. He talked about why junior high school entrance exams are useful in life, how to study to develop natural intelligence, etc. There is also a lot more to the book, such as “News Questions” where you can try out actual entrance exam questions, and a “News Calendar” that looks back on the news from the past year. 〈Table of Contents〉 【Cover Feature】 ●2026 Junior High School Entrance Exam “Current Affairs Questions You Need to Know” ●Analysis based on previous year’s entrance exam questions! “Current Affairs Trends and Strategies” 【Special Interview: “My Junior High School Entrance Exam”】 ● Gento Kono, Headmaster of Kono Juku 【Major News from the Past Year】 ●Prices rising! Is Japanese rice in trouble? ●Anti-nuclear weapons appeal wins Nobel Peace Prize ●What kind of people are foreigners living in Japan? ●Why is President Trump raising tariffs? ●What kind of person is the Pope? ●How should we prepare for the Nankai Trough earthquake? ●Australia to ban social media use by those under 16 ●Looking toward the future: 60 years since the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea ●Sewers break, roads collapse ●Designated a National Treasure What is the Lake Biwa Canal? ●Ruling party loses majority in House of Councillors election 【Pay attention to the 2026 entrance exams! [Deep dive into 5 major themes] ●What will the world be like? What kind of person is President Trump? ●80 years since the end of the war: War and children ●Expo Osaka-Kansai to be held: Learn about the Expo! ●Which prefecture is number one in Japan? Ranking of the 47 prefectures ●How have children’s lives changed in the 100th year of the Showa era? ●[Column] Junior High School Entrance Exam Newsletter 【〈Practical Edition〉News Questions】 ●Questions related to the Constitution of Japan and the Diet ●Cross-disciplinary questions that transcend the boundaries of subjects ●Comprehensive geography questions
incorporating current affairs ●Issues related to the Olympics and the World Expo ●Issues related to broccoli being designated as a designated vegetable ●Issues related to the two-party system and Japanese politics ●Issues related to AI ●Issues related to 80 years since the end of the war 【A Full Year’s Look Back: News Calendar & Keywords】 ●News from September to December 2024 and January to August 2025 “2026 Junior High School Entrance Exam Current Affairs News Complete Edition” Price: ¥1,870 (¥1,700 10% tax) Release date: Monday, October 20, 2025
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