Relearning of Members of Society:New Trends in the Development of Recurrent Education in Japan
At present,Japan is in a critical period of social transformation,and the Japanese government focuses on the return to education,hoping to alleviate the growing social tensions by cultivating up-to-date professional talents through a new round of education reform.The main initiatives of this reform are the promulgation of standards of vocational digital literacy and skills,the development of career transition programmes,the reform of the credit accumulation certification system and the improvement of the support mechanism for recurrent educa-tion.Japan's experience in the development of recurrent education has taught us the importance of building a collaborative lifelong voca-tional skill training system,paying attention to the lifelong vocational skills training aspirations of disadvantaged groups,emphasizing the enhancement of learners'digital literacy and digital skills,and establishing a national qualifications framework and certification mechanism.