Words - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
The Shingo Ryukogo Taisho (New and Fashionable Phrases Awards) were announced in December 2003, and the top ten words and phrases representing the trends of the year 2003 were named. Furthermore, every year a number of words and phrases that enjoyed particularly widespread currency are selected from among the top ten as winners of the annual grand prize. There were three winners this year: "nande daro," "doku manju," and "manifesto."

Yakiimo - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Baked sweet potato, or yakiimo, is a favorite winter snack in Japan. The hot and tender potatoes taste delicious in cold weather and always make people want to eat more. Making a fire with a pile of fallen leaves and slowly baking sweet potatoes in them is a common sight in winter, and it's a perfect way to make excellent yakiimo.

Jazz - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Two of Japan's youngest professional jazz musicians, both teenagers, are quickly making their way up the ladder of fame.

Monthly News: July 2004 - Japanese Schoolgirl Wins Science Essay Prize
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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.

Train - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A new type of Shinkansen (bullet train) that can travel at 300 kilometers (186 miles) per hour will begin carrying passengers on the Sanyo Line connecting Osaka and Hakata in Kyushu in March.

Comet - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
The International Astronomical Union named a newly discovered comet after a Japanese amateur astronomer in early February. The discoverer is the tenth Japanese to receive this honor.

Species - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
As part of an initiative to preserve endangered animal species, zoos in Japan and around the world have launched a program of lending animals to one another for breeding purposes.

Love story - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A love story written by a blind 14-year-old girl who died of cancer last year was published recently. Titled Tenji De Kaita Rabu Reta (Love Letters Written In Braille), the book is about a blind middle school girl who falls in love with a high school boy.

Mines - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A sequel to the bilingual picture book "A Plea from Sunny: Not Mines, But Flowers" has been published in Japan and is receiving a great deal of attention from countries around the world for its appeal to clear land mines in war-ravaged areas, such as Cambodia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Both volumes are written in English and Japanese.

Fitness - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Japanese children's bodily strength and physical ability have deteriorated compared with 10 years ago due mainly to a lack of exercise, according to a recent study by the Ministry of Education.

What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Archives - What's Cool
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Sushi! Sushi! Sushi! : NIPPONIA No. 47
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Solar Panels for Preschools 3 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.