Japan

Basic data

• Capital: Tokyo
• Population: 127.57 million (March 1, 2009, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, Statistics Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning & Statistical Research and Training Institute)
• Language: Japanese
• Currency: Yen

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All articles

• Report of the UNESCO “World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education”
  Yuto Kitamura, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University
• Japan’s Early Education and Child Care Departing from Their Foundations
  Yoko Shirakawa, Professor, Early Childhood Education, Konan Women’s University
• Touching and Being Touched
  Yukuo Konishi, Professor, Center for Baby Science, Doshisha University
• Child Centered Education: Cultural differences that Affect Childcare Practices
  Nobuko Uchida, Professor, Ochanomizu University Graduate School