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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Far East flies high when it comes to numeracy while the West flounders. Is the abacus the secret of their success?

Flash Anzan, in which contestants add up numbers with an imaginary abacus, reveals the astonishing potential of the human brain – and makes for a breathtaking spectacle too ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- An app developed in Japan for people to learn the abacus-method of math calculation skills is gaining global popularity, with more than 8,000 students at home and abroad using the app to ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM 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 ...