HAEBARU TOWN, Okinawa — A 6-year-old Japanese girl stood with her back to Defense Department students gathered Thursday to learn about the Japanese abacus, or soroban, at the Tsukazan Community ...

How to use the abacus became a compulsory subject at elementary schools in Japan in 1935. Today, soroban lessons are included in math classes for third- and fourth-graders. In 1986, there were ...

A Japanese abacus (soroban) In the nineteenth and twentieth century, Asian government officials and scholars who visited the United States sometimes brought abaci as gifts. Some of these presents made ...

We chose to build two abaci from different cultures in order to compare them: the Russian (Schoty) abacus and the Japanese (Soroban) abacus. The Russian abacus was made specifically for counting ...

Aaryan Shukla's mental maths skills stunned one and all, including Anand Mahindra. Can the technique turn your child into a ...

What’s her secret? Studying the Japanese abacus, a mathematical calculation tool known as soroban, she told an interviewer before the show. Abacus classes are a common, if not necessarily ...

The abacus is enjoying a resurgence after surveys have repeatedly shown that children proficient in old-school soroban techniques can quickly solve complicated mathematical problems. Calculation ...

The abacus is enjoying a resurgence after surveys have repeatedly shown that children proficient in old-school soroban techniques can quickly solve complicated mathematical problems. Help us improve ...