{
  "id": 328446,
  "title": "How Saitama's early English education made it Japan's top junior high school performer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/how-saitamas-early-english-education-made-it-japans-top-junior-high",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T04:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
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    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260806/p2a/00m/0na/068000c"
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  "summary": "SAITAMA -- Could the secret to improving English proficiency lie in fostering an \"English brain\" from elementary school years? In a recent education m",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}