Is it true that the video shows a labor lesson in a Japanese school?

In the fall of 2024, a video with children who collect automobile engines spread in social networks. It is claimed that this is how labor lessons in Japan. We checked the correctness of such a description.

The video shows a group of primary school girls in a blue uniform with the Toyota logo. With the help of adult instructors, they are claimed to collect engines, inspect the bottom of the car and change the wheels. “This is how the labor lesson in Japan passes - instead of stools, schoolchildren collect engines,” the authors of posts with this video write. The video began to spread in Telegram in early September and remained popular in October. At different times, it was placed by such channels as "Voblya • News"(158,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Yaplakal.com"(145,000),"Raccoon baby | Humor"(79,000) and"Schrödingra cat | Science and facts"(52 000). In the profile "lost sheep" in social networks X video Sicked 104,000 views. In addition, the video was published in Facebook, on YouTube And entertainment sites.

Toyota is one of the most famous Japanese automobile companies, but its plants are not only in Japan. The inscriptions on the signs that are visible in the video are in English. Judging by virtual tour According to one of the Japanese Toyota factories, most similar plates and screens there are equipped with texts in Japanese. IN classes of Japanese schools English -language inscriptions are also rare. Based on this, we can assume that the video is most likely shot not in Japan.

With the help of a google back search, the images “Checked” found examples of publications with this video in different languages. The authors of many of them too Approvedthat this is a labor lesson in a Japanese school, but some said that it was happening In China or In the Philippines. In the Philippines, unlike Japan and China, English - One of two official languages, so this option seems the most realistic. One of the posts on Instagram, which appeared in early August, is accompanied by a more detailed comment than others. In it It is said: “In one corner of the Philippines Toyota sows seeds of automobile knowledge in the hearts and minds of the youngest. Their program, called Toyota Alabang Kids Tech, is an inspiring example of how to train children with the basics of car work in practice. ” This program is also mentioned in Some Similar posts, also published In August.

Toyota Abalang Inc. -Authorized dealer and Toyota service center in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. On his Facebook page published some video, on which the children are captured in exactly the same uniform as in the encircled video, and working on exactly the same stands. 

Since the summer of 2024, Toyota Abalang offers the young residents of Manila to take part in the entertainment and cognitive program "Become a Toyota technician for day". In a playful way, children of different ages (from four to 18 years old) get acquainted with the device of modern cars, learn to repair and change filters, wheels, engines, etc. In addition, in the classroom, the program participants collect radio -controlled machines and arrange their races on a special track.

Thus, the viral video is not connected with either Japan or with school education. The video shows episodes of events organized by the Toyota dealer in the Philippines.

Photo on the cover: a screenshot of a video published on the Facebook account Toyota ABALANG Inc.

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