MONTHLY NEWS - August 2001: Japanese Fathers Get a New Image
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MONTHLY NEWS - August 2001: Japanese Fathers Get a New Image
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MONTHLY NEWS - August 2001: Japanese Fathers Get a New Image
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MONTHLY NEWS - August 2001: Japanese Fathers Get a New Image
Strength MONTHLY NEWS August 2001 Japanese Fathers Get a New Image Reference Noboru Shimomura, Noriko Matsui (illus.), Kanji no hon (Book of Kanji) vols. 1-6 (Tokyo: Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., 1994)

What Is Poetry Boxing?
Web Japan Kids Web Japan Archives > Monthly News > Poetry > Explanation What Is Poetry Boxing? Similar to boxing, poetry boxing is done in a ring. Two poetry boxers read their original poems in a ba

Cranes - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
After the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, students in schools all over Japan are reaching out to support the children of New York City. This support often comes in the form of origami cranes that the students have worked hard to fold themselves.

Gold - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Wakayama Prefecture lies just to the south of Osaka. Two years ago in Wakayama City, two brothers, one now in the first year of middle school and the other in the fourth grade of elementary school, discovered gold in the mountains. The brothers, Toshiki and Yoshitomi Matsumoto, were working on an independent-study project during their summer vacation and had gone out with their father to look for and collect minerals.

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.

Mobile Suits - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Do you watch Gundam on TV, make plastic models, simulate battles with Mobile Suit figures, and have shelf full of collectibles? Then the new Gundam Museum is just the place for you!

Qrio - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
More than 80 years ago, Czech writer Karel Capek first created the word "robot" in his Science Fiction novel R.U.R. Since then, much progress has been made in developing the kind of humanoid robots that Capek envisaged. The latest news is that robots can now "run."

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
Japanese Schoolgirl Wins Science Essay Prize Japanese version MONTHLY NEWS July 2004 Tsumura Kana caption??? Kana Tsumura recently became the first Japanese to win a prize in a prestigious internati

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.

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
Kids Web Japan Kids Web Japan Kids' Poll Which of these examples of Japanese culture are you most interested in? Where are you viewing Kids Web Japan from? Among the items in Kids Web, what are you i