Encyclopedia - Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Japan - History
Main article: History of Education in Japan Formal education in Japan began with the adoption of Chinese culture in the 6th century. Budd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Japan - History
Main article: History of Education in Japan Formal education in Japan began with the adoption of Chinese culture in the 6th century. Budd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Japan - Structure
Education in Japan is a national, prefectural, and municipal responsibility. The MEXT has dozens of internal study groups that study how ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Japan - Structure
Education in Japan is a national, prefectural, and municipal responsibility. The MEXT has dozens of internal study groups that study how ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan: Encyclopedia - Japan
Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nihon or Nippon) is an East Asian country surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the Philippine Sea,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kyushu: Encyclopedia - Kyushu
Kyushu (九州 kyūshū) is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. It is considered ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia - Education
Education is a social science that encompasses teaching and learning specific knowledge, beliefs and skills. Licensed and practicing teac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois
Image:WEB DuBois.jpg William Edward Burghardt DuBois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an African American civil rights activis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Higher Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Higher Education In Japan - Universities
In 1991 more than 2.1 million students were enrolled in Japan's 507 universities. At the top of the higher education structure, these ins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secondary Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Secondary Education In Japan - Upper Secondary School
Even though upper-secondary school is not compulsory in Japan, 94 percent of all lower-secondary school graduates entered upper secondary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secondary Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Secondary Education In Japan - Lower-secondary School Junior High School
Lower-secondary school covers grades seven, eight, and nine-- children between the ages of roughly twelve and fifteen--with increased foc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Higher Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Higher Education In Japan - College Entrance
College entrance is based largely on the scores that students achieved in entrance examinations (jap. nyūgaku shiken 入学試験). Priv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Education In Japan - Edo Period
By 1603 Japan had been reunified by the Tokugawa regime (1600- 1867), and by 1640 foreigners had been ordered out of Japan, Christianity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan - History
Japan - Pre-history. Archaeological research indicates that the earliest inhabitants of Japan migrated over land bridges from Korea and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan - History
Japan - Pre-history. Archaeological research indicates that the earliest inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago migrated over land bri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Higher Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Higher Education In Japan - Graduate Education
Graduate schools became a part of the formal higher education system only after World War II and are still not stressed in the 1990s. Eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Education In Japan - 1980s
In spite of the admirable success of the education system since World War II, problems remained through the 1980s. Some of these difficul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Education In Japan - Post-occupation Period
After the restoration of full national sovereignty in 1952, Japan immediately began to modify some of the changes in education, to reflec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Education In Japan - 16th Century
In the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Japan experienced intense contact with the major European powers. Jesuit missionaries, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Education In Japan - Meiji Period
After 1868 new leadership set Japan on a rapid course of modernization.The Meiji leaders established a public education system to help Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Education In Japan - Occupation Period
See: Educational reform in occupied Japan By 1945 the Japanese education system had been devastated, and with the defeat came the discred...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Education In Japan - Pre-war 20th Century
In the early twentieth century, education at the primary level was egalitarian and virtually universal, but at higher levels it was multi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Education In Japan - 6th To 15th Century
Chinese teachings and ideas, flowed into Japan from the sixth to the ninth century. Along with the introduction of Buddhism came the Chin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan - Economy
Government-industry cooperation, a strong work ethic, mastery of high technology, emphasis on education, and a comparatively small defens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan - Economy
Government-industry cooperation, aid from the United States following World War II, a strong work ethic, mastery of high technology, emph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan - Government And Politics
Japan - The Parliament. The Constitution of Japan states that the nation's "highest organ of state power" is its bicameral parliament, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan - Geography Of Japan
Japan, a country of islands, extends along the eastern or Pacific coast of Asia. The main islands (sometimes referred to as the Home Isla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan - Society
Japan - Demographics. Main article: Demographics of Japan Japanese society is ethnically and linguistically homogeneous, with small p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hikikomori: Encyclopedia Ii - Hikikomori - Reaction Of The Parents
Having a hikikomori in the family is often considered embarrassing, so usually it is acknowledged as an internal private matter of the fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Occupied Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Occupied Japan - Surrender
Japan surrendered to the Allies on August 14, 1945, when Emperor Hirohito accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration. On the following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Occupied Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Occupied Japan - Accomplishments Of The Occupation
Occupied Japan - Disarmament. Shortly after his arrival, MacArthur ordered that all Japanese personnel give up their katana and wakizas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Education - History Of Education
In 1994 Dieter Lenzen, president of the Freie Universität Berlin, said education began either millions of years ago or at the end of 177...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Education - Parental Involvement
Parental involvement is a neccesary thing when it comes to a child's educational development. Early and consistent parental involvement i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labor Market Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Labor Market Of Japan - Foreign Workers
Traditionally, Japan has had strict laws regarding the employment of foreigners, although exceptions were made for certain occupational c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Education - Formal Education
Formal education occurs when society or a group or an individual sets up a curriculum to educate people, usually the young. Formal educat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Education - Formal Education
Formal education occurs when society or a group or an individual sets up a curriculum to educate people, usually the young. Formal educat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kyushu: Encyclopedia Ii - Kyushu - Geography
The island is mountainous, and Japan's largest active volcano, Aso at 1,592 m, is on Kyushu. There are many other signs of tectonic activ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naruhito Crown Prince Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naruhito Crown Prince Of Japan - Romances
Prince Naruhito's love life has always been the subject of speculation and press fodder. He has been linked to a number of women includin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Education - Overview
It is widely accepted that the process of education begins at birth and continues throughout life. Some believe that education begins eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Education - Challenges In Education
The goal of education is the transference of ideas and skills from one person to another, or from one person to a group. Current educatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Education - Overview
It is widely accepted that the process of education begins at birth and continues throughout life. Some believe that education begins eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Education - History
In 1994, Dieter Lenzen, president of the Freie Universität Berlin, said "education began either millions of years ago or at the end of 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Education - Parental Involvement
Parental involvement is a neccesary thing when it comes to a child's educational development. Early and consistent parental involvement i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naruhito Crown Prince Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naruhito Crown Prince Of Japan - Marriage And Family
On June 9, 1991, The Crown Prince of Japan and Masako Owada were married at the Imperial Shinto Hall in Tokyo before 2,500 invited guests...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bilingual Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Bilingual Education - Examples Across The World
Bilingual education - Australia. In Australia there are some schools with bilingual programs which cater for children speaking communit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Education - Challenges
The goal of education is the transference of ideas and skills from one to one, one to many, many to many and many to one with the possibl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cram School: Encyclopedia Ii - Cram School - Education
Cram schools are usually privately owned. They are prevalent in East Asia, where education plays a greater part in adolescent life. In fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cram School: Encyclopedia Ii - Cram School - Cram Schools In India
Like in other Asian countries education plays a very great role in the lives of the young. And given the intense competition that young I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nakahama Manjiro: Encyclopedia Ii - Nakahama Manjiro - Return To Japan
Returning to Japan at the age of 24, during Japan's period of isolation when leaving the country was an offense punishable by death, he w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nakahama Manjiro: Encyclopedia Ii - Nakahama Manjiro - American Education And World Travel
Originally a simple fisherman, in 1841 at the age of 14 he was rescued from the wreck of his ship by an American whaler and taken to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cram School: Encyclopedia Ii - Cram School - Cram Schools In Korea
It is common for Korean school-children to attend one or more institutes after their elementary school-day is finished. Some types of ins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nakahama Manjiro: Encyclopedia Ii - Nakahama Manjiro - First Diplomatic Mission To The Us
Nakahama Manjiro also participated to the first-ever Japanese embassy to the United States on board Kanrin Maru, Japan's first screw-driv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alessandro Valignano: Encyclopedia Ii - Alessandro Valignano - Valignano's Methods In Japan
He made the first visit to Japan from 1579-82 and formed a basic strategy for Catholic proselytism in Japan, which is usually called adap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asaminami-ku Hiroshima: Encyclopedia Ii - Asaminami-ku Hiroshima - Traffic System
Asaminami-ku Hiroshima - JRJapan Railways-Kabe line's station. Hiroshima, Yokogawa, Mitaki, Aki-nagatsuka, Shimo-gion, Furuichi-bashi,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alessandro Valignano: Encyclopedia Ii - Alessandro Valignano - Legacy
Valignano founded the Jesuit college in Macao. He travelled from Goa and visited Japan three times, in 1579 when he stayed three years, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alessandro Valignano: Encyclopedia Ii - Alessandro Valignano - Late Life And The Decline Of The Mission
Alessandro Valignano excercised his position as Visitor by overseeing all of the Jesuit missions in Asia from the major Portugese port of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Imperial Japan
DuBois became impressed by the growing strength of Imperial Japan following the Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War. DuBois saw th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Imperial Japan
Interestingly, Du Bois became impressed by the growing strength of Imperial Japan following the Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese Wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Nationalism - The Ideology Of Japanese Nationalism 1905-1945
Japanese nationalism - Tradition. The bushido (warrior way) — the samurai code —. When the daimyo system was abolished the code wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alessandro Valignano: Encyclopedia Ii - Alessandro Valignano - Education And Commission
Valignano excelled as a student at the University of Padua, where he studied Christian theology. Valignano's insights into Christian mess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alessandro Valignano: Encyclopedia Ii - Alessandro Valignano - Establishment Of The Seminaries
The need for a natively trained clergy was obvious to Valignano, and so in 1580 a recently emptied Buddhist monastery in Arima province w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Nationalism - After 1945
In February of 1946 General Douglas MacArthur was set the task of drafting a model constitution to serve as a guide for the Japanese peop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alessandro Valignano: Encyclopedia Ii - Alessandro Valignano - Mercantilism And The Port Of Nagasaki
As the scale of the mission began to expand rapidly, financial difficulties began to crop up. All of the Jesuit institutions: the seminar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Post-world War Ii
After World War II, MacArthur served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP). His first responsibility was overseeing the recons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matthew Perry Naval Officer: Encyclopedia Ii - Matthew Perry Naval Officer - Fictional Depictions
The story of the opening of Japan was the basis of Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman's Pacific Overtures. The coming of Perry's ships i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Civil Rights Activism
DuBois became arguably the most notable political activist on behalf of African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century. A c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Civil Rights Activism
Du Bois became arguably the most notable political activist on behalf of African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century. A ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Post-world War Ii
After World War II, MacArthur served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP). His first responsibility was overseeing the recons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matthew Perry Naval Officer: Encyclopedia Ii - Matthew Perry Naval Officer - The Opening Of Japan: 1852-1854
Matthew Perry naval officer - Precedents. Perry's expedition to Japan was preceded by several naval expeditions by American ships: Fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Early Life And Education
DuBois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts to Alfred and Mary DuBois. As a youth, his intellectual development was spurred throug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Communism
DuBois was investigated by the FBI, who claimed in May of 1942 that "[h]is writing indicates him to be a socialist," and that he "has bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Renunciation Of U.s. Citizenship
DuBois was invited to Ghana in 1961 by President Kwame Nkrumah to direct the Encyclopedia Africana, a government production, and a long-h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Early Life And Education
Du Bois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts to Alfred and Mary Du Bois. As a youth, his intellectual development was spurred thro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Communism
Du Bois was investigated by the FBI, who claimed in May of 1942 that "[h]is writing indicates him to be a socialist," and that he "has be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Renunciation Of U.s. Citizenship
Du Bois was invited to Ghana in 1961 by President Kwame Nkrumah to direct the Encyclopedia Africana, a government production, and a long-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Early Life And Education
Du Bois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts to Alfred and Mary Dubois. As a youth, his intellectual development was spurred throu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kyushu: Encyclopedia Ii - Kyushu - Economy
Parts of Kyushu have a subtropical climate, particularly the Miyazaki and Kagoshima regions. Major agricultural products are rice, tea, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kyushu: Encyclopedia Ii - Kyushu - Education
Major Universities and Colleges in Kyushu: National Universities Kyushu University [1] - One of seven former "Imperial Universities" Ky...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - Notes
Robert Oppenheimer - On Oppenheimer's first initial. The meaning of the "J" in J. Robert Oppenheimer has been the source of confusion a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - Early Life And Education
Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 22, 1904 to Julius S. Oppenheimer (a wealthy textile importer who had emigrated to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - The Manhattan Project
When World War II started, Oppenheimer eagerly became involved in the efforts to develop an atomic bomb which were already taking up much...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - Postwar Activities
Overnight, Oppenheimer became a national spokesman for science, and emblematic of a new type of technocratic power. Nuclear physics becam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - Final Years
After the 1954 Security hearings, Oppenheimer is reported to have been "like a wounded animal", and he started to retreat to a simpler li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - Legacy
Robert Oppenheimer's life is usually seen to highlight a number of cultural and historical trends in the transformation of science from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medical School: Encyclopedia Ii - Medical School - Examples
Medical school - Australia. Main article: Medical education in Australia Medical school - Canada. In Canada, a medical school is a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medical School: Encyclopedia Ii - Medical School - Medical Students
A person accepted into a medical school and undertaking an educational program in medicine towards becoming a medical doctor is referred ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matthew Perry Naval Officer: Encyclopedia Ii - Matthew Perry Naval Officer - Early Life And Naval Career
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, he was the son of Captain Christopher R. Perry and the younger brother of Oliver Hazard Perry. Matthew Per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matthew Perry Naval Officer: Encyclopedia Ii - Matthew Perry Naval Officer - Command Assignments 1820s-1840s
Perry commanded Shark from 1821-1825, and from 1826-1827 acted as fleet captain for Commodore Rodgers. Perry returned for shore duty to C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity In Korea: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianity In Korea - Early Failures: 1593-1784
Korea was not always a haven for Christians. Christianity was finally established on Korean soil (in 1784) only after nearly two centurie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korea Under Japanese Rule: Encyclopedia Ii - Korea Under Japanese Rule - Politics And Culture
Residents of the Korean peninsula, whether ethnic Korean or Japanese, did not have the right to vote or right to hold office in Japan's H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Asian Calligraphy: Encyclopedia Ii - East Asian Calligraphy - Study
In Japan, smaller pieces of Japanese calligraphy are traditionally written seated in the traditional Japanese way (seiza), on the knees w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Post-dismissal
MacArthur returned to Washington (his first time in the continental US in 11 years), where he made his last public appearance in a farewe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Summary Of Service
Douglas MacArthur - West Point. June 13, 1899 – appointed as a Cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 190...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Early Life And Education
MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on the northwest upper floor of The Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal. His parents we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Inter-war Years
In 1929 MacArthur met Isabel Rosario Cooper, a sixteen-year old Filipina actress, whom he later took with him to Washington. He later wou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - World War Ii
After the United States entered World War II, MacArthur became Allied commander in the Philippines. He courted controversy on several occ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Japan - Education In The Japanese Society
Japanese tradition stresses respect for society and the established order and prizes group goals above individual interests. Schooling al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Japan - Education In Japanese Society
Japanese tradition stresses respect for society and the established order and prizes group goals above individual interests. Schooling al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Japan - Primary And Secondary Education
Education is compulsory and free for all schoolchildren from the first through the ninth grades. The school year begins on April 1 and en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Japan - Primary And Secondary Education
Education is compulsory and free for all schoolchildren from the first through the ninth grades. The school year begins on April 1 and en...   » Read the article