Students concerned over Japan election noise during entrance exams

Students and educators have voiced concerns that noisy campaigning in the runup to the Feb. 8 general election could disrupt studying and test-taking during entrance-exam season.The House of Representatives election will be the first for the chamber held in February since 1990 -- a time when entrance exams for universities nationwide and private junior high schools in Tokyo take place.While the public offices election law calls for campaigners to avoid noise around schools, it lacks penalties. Before the Fukui Prefectural assembly held a by-election on Sunday, a campaign vehicle drove near …READ FULL ARTICLE