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| Absent Fathers, Feminized Sons, Selfish Mothers and Disobedient Daughters: Revisiting The Japanese Ie Household Examines the changing traditional family paradigm and growing up in modern Japan today. http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp33.html |
| Asahi - Survey Disputes 'Enjo-Kosai' Hype A survey says far fewer girls engage in accepting money from middle-aged men for dates than the media hype suggests. http://www.ishipress.com/enjoko-2.htm |
| Costume Play: From Underground Trend to Mainstay of Subculture Shows the growing popularity of costumes and costume parties among the young. (April 14, 1998) http://web-jpn.org/trends98/honbun/ntj980813.html |
| Forbes - High-Fliers Article on how some hallucinogenic plants are legal and for sale in Japan. (March 19, 2001) http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2001/0319/184.html |
| I Want a Pair of Nike Shoes Describes the difficulty in addressing the topic of enjo kosai as well as various reactions to it. http://www.mmjp.or.jp/amlang.atc/tutor/enjo.htm |
| Japan Thru Young Eyes Living traditions, survival information, and young Tokyo. http://www.shejapan.com/jtyeholder/jtye/001/ |
| Kids Web Japan nature and climate, region, tradition and culture, economy and industry, school life, and language. http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/index.html |
| Kids' Park Japan Place to find pen pals of Japanese kids and correspond with them in English, as well as learn about Japan. http://happygold.com/kidspark/ |
| Kids' Space Web page 'of kids, by kids and for kids', bringing out the creativity in kids of all ages around the world. Available both in English and Japanese http://www.kids-space.org/ |
| Parasite Singles: International Perspective and Analysis Gives several theories on youth living with their parents longer than the past, as well as challenges and subject resources. (August, 2001) http://academic.csuohio.edu/makelaa/history/courses/his373/ParasiteSingles.htm |
| Resources and Mobilization & Learning at Mother's Knee Examines how the Japanese intense commitment to children mirrors the nation's conception of its past, present, and future. http://www.gened.arizona.edu/harrison/confucianasia/readings/jpnschildren.htm |
| She's Only a Little Schoolgirl An article on teen prostitution in Japan, interviewing the girls who did it and why. http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/sex/sexenjo.html |
| Social Capital Theory in the Context of Japanese Children A theoretical discussion of popular American based theories of social capital in the context of Japanese children. http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/articles/Bassani.html |
| The Japan Forum Shows a day in the life of a typical elementary student, photos, language classes in Japan and China, and students at school and in after school activities. http://www.tjf.or.jp/eng/indexe/indexe.htm |