1）About Education; Japanese educators see merits in U.S.system


●When critics of American education are looking with envy to Japan's tough education standards, Japanese educators appear worried that their schools may be too tough. They are even turning to American school reformers for suggestions.


●They look for a national yardstick, Dr,Boyer said he think the quest is for a better balance between requirements and creativity, between standardize achievements and independence, between cramming and imagination.


●We have no national norms at all.


●Japanese education (kindergarten) is the climate is supportive. ( more than the U.S.?)


2) Parental Experiences of Children's Disabilities and Special Education in United States and Japan ; implications for School Social Work.


●Cultural beliefs about disability and special education.


●Parents Experiences with professionals


●Respect and Trust


●Systemic Services


●Special Education services in the United States and Japan


●Implications for school social worker's rules


●System support


●Empathy      

3) Rules for Raising Japanese kids A new Education Ministry report reduces parents, giving guidelines for everything from playtime to holidays.

According to researchers, Japanese parenting has some problems from changing the fundamental tenets of Japanese society.

• The report questions the fundamental tenets of modern Japanese society.
• Basically, mothers aren't providing proper love and fathers aren't teaching discipline but recently, man is so busy at their work, so father can't spend time for their family and children.
• In Japan has a problem about youth crime, truancy, and delinquency, because of lack of play time to family holidays. 
• Japanese see a child's development as a community responsibility.
• Schools and parents are responsibility.
• Japanese husbands think training and education are mother's job.