These are some helpful and fun
links that we
discovered while researching
children in Japan.
Statistical Handbook
of Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology
UNICEF-Japan
Committee
International Save The Children Alliance
Save the Children Japan
Origami
USA
Tokyo
Disney
Children's
Organizations in
Japan
WNN
Junior Eco
Club
A website designed to help raise the environmental
awareness of Japanese
children. There is both a Japanese and English version.
Child
Research Net
This site has studies on everything you would ever want
to
know on
children in Japan, in Japanese or English.
This site has lots of useful statistics and the're all on Japan.
This is the oficial government site on education in Japan.
There is a lot of good information here including Polices and Reforms in
Education.
This site offers a variety of information including current events,
statistics, and even some fun Japan puzzles.
This site looks to promote the rights of children not
only
in Japan but
all over the world. Their main focuses are the issues of child labor and
the Commercial Sexual Explotation of Children.
International Children's
Organizations
UNICEF
International
UNICEF in the United Nations effort to support the rights of children.
This is their international web site.
This is their Japan website. It is
only available in Japanese.
An international organization that works in over 100 countries to help
children by empowering them and involving them in the process of improving
their lives.
This is Save the Children's japanese website. This site is also only
availabe in
Japanese.
Just for Fun
Kids Web Japan
This website has lots of fun stuff. It is
designed for children so the information is presented in an easy format.
It has lots of fun games to play, directions to make oragami, and easy
Japanese recipies.
This site explores the Japanese art of paper folding. It
has instructions on how to make lots of fun things with oragami.
Disneyland, a favorite of children everywhere, is in Japan
too.