<P> However, most college bound students withdraw from club activities during their senior year to devote more time to preparation for university entrance examinations . Homeroom teachers work with students and their parents at this time to discuss their admission prospects or career plans . </P> <P> Outside of school and cram schools, research done in the late 1990s showed students doing approximately two hours of homework on weekdays and about three hours of it on Sundays . Every day students spent an average of two hours watching television, 30 minutes listening to the radio, an hour reading for fun, and less than half an hour hanging out with peers . Parents and teachers strongly discourage teenage dating, and most young people do not begin to do so until after high school . More recently, social media such as Line are popular . </P> <P> As of the late 1990s Japanese students spent 240 days a year at school, 60 days more than their American counterparts even with the amount of time spent preparing for school festivals and events . Traditionally Japanese students attended class on Saturdays; although education reforms from 2002 have made them no longer mandatory, many schools have begun to bring them back to have more time to cover the rigorous material required by the Ministry of Education . </P> <P> Schools have limited autonomy in developing their curriculum or choosing their textbooks . Instead, although the latter are written and produced in the private sector, the Ministry of Education has the final say over any and all content and materials . Typically students take three years each of mathematics, social studies, Japanese, science, and English, with additional courses including physical education, music, art, and moral studies . In particular social studies in Japan is broken down into civics, geography, Japanese history, world history, sociology, and politics / economics . </P>

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