Japan Thicker Textbooks

In this photo taken on May 11, 2010, a fifth grade pupil takes notes during a math class by teacher Kazuyo Arai at Honmoku Elementary School in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. Alarmed that its children are falling behind those in rivals such as South Korea and Hong Kong, Japan is adding about 1,200 pages to elementary school textbooks, bringing the total to nearly 6,100. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)