Hometown - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
How would you respond if you were asked to describe your hometown in just one word? Between late June and mid-July, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. conducted a survey of 6,000 people across Japan in which they asked respondents to give a single kanji (Sino-Japanese character) that best describes their image of their native region.

Performance - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Exactly five months after the end of the soccer World Cup, which was hosted jointly by Japan and South Korea, another World Cup was held in Japan: the Daidogei World Cup in Shizuoka 2002 (Daidogei means "street performance" in Japanese). This World Cup brought together 123 competitors from 15 countries around the world. Instead of soccer players, they were made up of 77 teams of street entertainers, including jugglers, magicians, acrobats, and mime artists.

Yagira - Monthly News - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Nobody Knows, a film starring Yagira Yuya, a third-year Japanese middle school student, went on general release in Japan in August. At the Cannes Film Festival in May this year, Yuya won the Best Actor Prize. It is the first time that the award has been won by a Japanese actor, and also the first time that it has been given to someone as young as 14.

Monthly News: October 2004 - Braille Magazine Enables Children to See Pictures by Touch
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Braille - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Terumi, an illustrated magazine that can be enjoyed by touching the raised shapes, recently celebrated its twenty-first anniversary. Published every two months by the Foundation for the Advancement of Juvenile Education in Japan, it has been cherished by generations of visually impaired children as a rare source of knowledge about the shapes of things. The pictures and Braille writing are raised from the surface of the paper by printing them with a special kind of ink that puffs up when heated.

Arts - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Elementary school children are playing a big role in helping to preserve traditional arts in Japan, especially in cases where there are not enough people to carry on a local cultural heritage. One example of this is naginata (a weapon with a long blade and broad shaft).

Sushi! Sushi! Sushi! : NIPPONIA No. 47
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Explorons Akihabara, le marché de l’électronique du Japon: NIPPONIA No. 46
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Schools - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
This page gives basic information on the Japanese education system. The basic school system in Japan is composed of elementary school (lasting six years), middle school (three years), high school (three years), and university (four years).

Exploring Akihabara, Japan’s Electronic Market: NIPPONIA No. 46
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Niigata, The Rice Capital of Japan | J-food | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Niigata Prefecture boasts astounding natural beauty. Looking out over the Sea of Japan to the West and surrounded by majestic mountains on its other three sides, lush rice fields fan out over the region's serene landscape. Niigata is known throughout Japan as the home of Koshihikari rice, sworn by many to be the best in Japan.

Pop Culture | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Discover manga, anime, J-pop, and much more in this section showcasing the latest pop culture phenomena to capture the imagination of Japan’s young people.

Sports Day - Schools - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
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Characteristics - Tohoku - Regions - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
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Cherry Blossoms - Nature - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
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Housing, Food, and Clothes - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Lifestyles in Japan changed dramatically after World War II, when large numbers of people moved from the countryside to the cities to make their livings as office workers. As cities grew in both size and population, more and more people commuted from their apartments or houses in the suburbs to their workplaces in central areas.