Dragonflies - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
This spring, nature conservationists in Japan were delighted to hear news that two types of rare dragonfly nymphs were found in Tokyo. Experts were surprised because the ao-yanma dragonfly (zoological name: Aeschnophlebia longistigma Selys) hadn't been seen in urban Tokyo for years, and the omonosashi dragonfly (Copera tokyoensis) is an even rarer species on the brink of extinction. But even more surprising was that all the nymphs had been discovered by a 10-year-old boy, Yasuaki Fukao, who adults call the "Dragonfly Professor."

Nature and Climate - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
The land area of Japan is 378,000 square kilometers, which is one twenty-fifth that of the United States (a little smaller than California). Three-quarters of the country is mountainous, with plains and basins covering the remaining area. Japan consists of a long series of islands stretching for 3,000 kilometers from north to south.

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Global Oysters Supported by Forests:Kesennuma is located on the northeastern edge of Miyagi Prefecture. The coast has a beautiful ria shoreline and the peninsula, with an intricate network of inlets, faces the sea in three directions.

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A New World Heritage Site | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range have just been designated Japan's twelfth World Heritage Site.

The Girl Who Trains Falcons - Kids in Action - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
This article introduces a Japanese girl with two unusual pets: a Harris' hawk ad a peregrine falcon. Misato thinks of the two birds as members of the family and spends a lot of her free time training them to scare away crows.

Porpoises - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Four finless porpoises at the Toba Aquarium in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, have taught themselves to play soccer, and they've been showing off their skills to children and adults visiting the aquarium during the summer months.

Islands - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Elementary and middle schools on four small islands off the coast of Toba City, Mie Prefecture, are being linked by computer with major ocean-related institutions around the city.

Mushiking - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
This article highlights the popularity of Mushiking, an arcade card game involving on-screen battles between various species of fighting beetles.

Chimp - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Scientists in Japan are excited these days about a bright chimp named Ai, which is Japanese for "love." The 23-year-old primate is skilled at using a computer, but even more amazing is her power of memory, which is said to be on a par with an adult human's.

Whale - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A whale stranded on the beach of a town in Shizuoka Prefecture died despite two days of frantic efforts to return it to the sea. The male sperm whale weighing 50 tons and measuring 16 meters long, was found lying on the beach in Osuka, a town facing the Pacific Ocean, on the morning of April 6, 2000.

Asagao - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Summer doesn't really seem to start in the older neighborhoods of Tokyo until the arrival of the asagao ichi (morning glory fairs) and the hozuki ichi (ground cherry fairs).

Miyake - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A series of volcanic eruptions on Miyakejima, a tiny island 200 kilometers south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean, have separated some 360 children evacuated from the island from their parents. Groups of the kids are living and studying in dormitories at a high school in Tokyo.

Donation - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Around 50 years ago, India presented Japan with an elephant as a gesture of friendship after most zoo animals in Japan were lost due to World War II. Now a movement has begun to return this kindness to Croatia, a country that has been devastated by warfare. A Japanese photojournalist and his supporters are heading a campaign to present elephants to a Croatian zoo.

Elephants - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Japan has received a surprise gift from Thailand: a pair of baby elephants. The elephants were a thank-you gift for a tree-planting project carried out in Thailand by a Japanese volunteer organization.

Aquarium - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
The Shimoda Floating Aquarium in Shizuoka Prefecture established a new world record on September 17 when a false killer whale it has been raising spent its 9,409th day there. The aquarium beat a record previously held for the species--a close relative of the common dolphin--by Sea Life Park in Hawaii.

Leopard - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Web Japan Kids Web Japan Archives > Monthly News > Leopard MONTHLY NEWS January 1997 Leopard Cat Kittens Born at Ueno Zoo Four kittens were born in early August to a leopard cat, a wildcat threatene

Dinosaur - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A new type of dinosaur was confirmed to have existed in Japan after scientists carefully examined 55 fossilized footprints. Each footprint is three-fingered, and measures 5 to 8 centimeters (2 to 3 inches) across.

Oil - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Hundreds of thousands of volunteers have been flocking to coastal areas along the Sea of Japan to join the effort to clean up the crude oil that has leaked from the 13,157-ton Russian tanker Nakhodka.