【Shinchosha Publishing】【Must-see for those taking junior high school entrance exams!】161 professionals rank the must-read books for “Japanese for junior high school entrance exams” – These are the next novel and essay essays to appear! [Now available on Shinchosha’s official YouTube channel, “Innovation Reading”]
Shinchosha Co., Ltd. Press release: October 31, 2025 To Members of the Press [Must-see for those taking junior high school entrance exams!] Ranking of must-read books for “Japanese for junior high school entrance exams” according to 161 professionals: These are the next fiction and editorial essays to appear on the exam! [Now available on Shinchosha’s official YouTube channel, “Innovation Reading”] Hiroshi Nishida, an education journalist who has interviewed 20,000 cram school staff nationwide, has now conducted exclusive interviews with 161 “junior high school entrance exam professionals.” He’s now announcing his rankings of the “Top 10 Most Frequently Asked Japanese Books” and the “Top 4 Books Coming Up Next”! Japanese is an important subject that is tested at every school in the increasingly popular junior high school entrance exams these days. The key to this subject is the ability to read novels and essays. “The actual themes that are tested are limited, so it’s normal for books that you’ve read beforehand to appear in the questions,” explains education journalist Nishida Hiroshi. This time, we conducted exclusive interviews with 161 “junior high school entrance exam professionals” from 78 cram schools in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and they compiled a ranking of the authors and works that have frequently appeared in questions over the past three years. From “classics” to “unexpected works,” this is a must-read for families considering junior high school entrance exams! https://img.youtube.com/vi/AqWKPsSA4tA/sddefault.jpg
professionals reveal the ranking of “opinion essays” quizzes over the past three years (5 authors, 5 works) ●161 professionals make big predictions! “Upcoming novels and essays” (2 books each) ●What’s the surprising reason why extensive reading is important, not just solving problems? ● The average number of books that successful candidates read before the day of the exam ● The possibility that the books you prepared for will be asked about in the actual exam ●How to read books and parental involvement ↓Click here for the full video↓ [Fictional Text Edition] These are the works that frequently appear in the “Japanese Language” section of junior high school entrance exams. We asked 161 instructors from 78 cram schools about the “next fictional text” and “effective preparation methods.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqWKPsSA4tA&t=603s [Essay Edition] Exclusive interviews with 161 people from 78 cram schools! Frequently asked questions about essays in junior high school entrance exams and bold predictions about future exam trends! We’ll reveal everything, even the countermeasures, in detail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-nRUgbCDrI Speaker Profile: Hirofumi Nishida Education journalist. Visiting professor at Otemon Gakuin University and editor-in-chief of the cram school industry magazine “Route Map Magazine.” After working as a reporter for Diamond Inc.’s Weekly Diamond and a reporter for a cram school industry magazine, he became a visiting researcher at the Assertiveness Research Center at Otemon Gakuin University in 2019, and has held his current position since 2020. He has interviewed people involved with 5,000 cram schools across the country (a total of 20,000 people). [Shinchosha’s New YouTube Channel] What is “Innovation Reading”? “Innovation Reading” is an educational/information-related YouTube program brought to you by Shinchosha. We invite authors of insightful books and prominent experts to share their insights, with the hope that reading them might spark innovation in our work. We publish a variety of content, primarily nonfiction talk shows and documentaries. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel!
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