Parents in Japan often try to give their offspring a leg up by ensuring they learn early on how to use the abacus. While the sound of sliding beads making clacking sounds on a small wooden frame may ...

HAEBARU TOWN, Okinawa — A 6-year-old Japanese girl stood with her back to Defense Department students gathered Thursday to learn about the Japanese abacus, or soroban, at the Tsukazan Community Center ...

In an ever-changing world, education must adapt to prepare children for the challenges of the 21st century. In a society where calculators and digital technologies are ubiquitous, mathematics ...

SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — No beeping, battery-powered gadgets were allowed at a mathematics competition for high school and elementary students held here this week. Instead, the young whizzes ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (March 29, 2013) -- Youth members of the John O. Arnn Elementary School Soroban Club counted their way to success at the 15th annual American and Japanese Children's Soroban ...

JAMM AQUINO / [email protected] Soroban sensei Hideaki Oshima relished making no mistakes on a long soroban he obtained 30 years ago in his native Japan as student Jessica Lum recited numbers ...