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Jump Rope - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Jump rope is popular the world over as a recreation and, more recently, a sport. Recently, many Japanese elementary school kids have been enjoying it as a competitive sport. Part of the reason for the rise in popularity is that a jump-rope national championship for junior athletes was held in Japan last year.

Tottoko Hamutaro - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Hamutaro the hamster wants to talk with his human friend Roko and express his affection for her in words. Learning about the magic sunflower seeds that are said to give hamsters the ability to talk with humans, Hamutaro sets out with his hamster buddies to look for the seeds in Hamham Land, a dreamland inhabited only by hamsters. But he must face the rivalry of the wicked Devil Hamster, who is also hunting for the rare seeds. Can Hamutaro find the magic seeds and bring it safely back home?

More and More Kids Learn Traditional Arts - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
This article introduces some of the growing number of Japanese children who have taken up traditional arts, including noh and the tea ceremony.

Naruto - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Naruto, an anime (animation) series about the exploits of young ninja, is hugely popular with Japanese kids. More and more children are dreaming about what it would be like to be a ninja, and soon kids in other countries will get to see the series when it is broadcast in the United States and Europe.

Learning History and Geography Through Card Games - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Two new kinds of playing cards are proving very popular with Japanese elementary school kids. They help the kids learn about Japanese history and geography, as well as being fun.

Tarepanda - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Although this bean-faced panda looks as if it's just lying down absent-mindedly, it's actually doing a lot more than that: It's drawing the attention of Japanese girls and women across Japan, all the way from elementary-school kids to people in their thirties. The character has been named Tarepanda, because the Japanese word for drooping--which is what it's always doing--is tareru. Fans love the animal because, they say, the sight of it warms their hearts and helps them to relax.

Trip 1 - Kojimachi Middle School - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Web Japan > Kids Web Japan > Archives > Life School: Kojimachi > Trip 01 Class Trip In May ninth graders go with their teachers on a three-day, two-night trip to Kyoto and Nara, two ancient cities w

About Us - Meikei High School - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Web Japan > Kids Web Japan > Archives > Life > School: Meikei > About us Meikei High School is one of over 40 academic institutions in Tsukuba Science City, northeast of Tokyo. A "fieldwork" program

Wakata - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven, including Koichi Wakata of Japan, returned to the earth on October 24, three days behind schedule, after completing work aboard the International Space Station during an extended 13-day mission.

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.

Sports Day - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
In the fall, when cool sunny weather arrives in place of the heat and humidity of summer, Japan enters the season for undokai, or sports days. Sports days take place in schools all across Japan, from kindergarten to high school. Some universities, companies, and local communities also hold annual sports days.

Science - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Tsumura Kana recently became the first Japanese to win a prize in a prestigious international science essay contest for high school students. The competition, called the First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics, is organized by the Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, and was being held for the twelfth time. Kana's essay was among the six selected for prizes out of the 116 submitted for the contest from around the world.

Shogi - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
This news article features Ito Sae, a Japanese elementary school student who is training to be a professional shogi player. Shogi is a board game resembling chess. The article looks at the long road of practice and competition that lies ahead for Sae as she seeks to become the first female shogi player ever to gain entry to the professional ranks.

Antarctica - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
This article reports on experiments proposed by Japanese children to study penguins, pollution, and snow crystals in Antarctica.

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

Pianist - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A 9-year-old boy who is completely blind in both eyes made his international debut as a pianist in a concert hall in Moscow in September.

Maglev - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
In a test run on December 24, 1997, a driverless magnetically levitated (maglev) train set a new world speed record of 550 kilometers (341 miles) per hour on an 18-kilometer (11-mile) test track in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Family - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Japan is a leading manufacturer of robots, most of which are used for industrial purposes. But now, Japanese engineers at companies and universities are working to develop robots that can be used in people's daily lives.