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Legislation

104. JAPAN. STATUTES (2008) Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education

103. JAPAN. STATUTES (2006). Fundamental Law of Education (revised from 1947)

87 . JAPAN. STATUTES (1949). Education Personnel Certification Law.

1. JAPAN. STATUTES (1947). Fundamental Law of Education.

2. JAPAN. STATUTES (1947a). School Education Law.

3. JAPAN. STATUTES (1946). Constitution.

Bibliography

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105. ASIA-PACIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATION CENTER (HURIGHTS OSAKA) (2007). Amendments to the Fundamental Law of Education Adopted in Japan. Available online: http://www.hurights.or.jp/news/0612/b15_e.html

107. BBC NEWS (2009). 'Japan's Hatoyama sweeps to power'. Monday, 31 August 2009. Available online: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8229988.stm

109. BREITBART (2010).'Gov't adopts guidelines to increase capacity of nurseries+' January 28th 2010. Available online: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DH5PJ80&show_article=1

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86. EURYDICE UNIT FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND (2003). Transition from primary to secondary education. Unpublished report.

76. FITZPATRICK, M. (2002). 'Marks fall after rote learning is ditched', Times Educ. Suppl., 18.

79. FITZPATRICK, M. (2001). 'Recession forces pupils out', Times Educ. Suppl., 16 November.

7. FITZPATRICK, M. (1999). 'Coyness cast off', Times Educ. Suppl., 16 July, 14.

8. FITZPATRICK, M. (1999a). 'Dawn of a new creativity', Times Educ. Suppl., 18 June.

9. FITZPATRICK, M. (1999b). 'Tokyo parents offered choice of primaries', Times Educ. Suppl., 3 December.

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11. FITZPATRICK, M. (1997). 'A place in history for comfort women', The Times Educational Supplement, 10 January.

12. FITZPATRICK, M. (1997a). 'Private sector is blueprint for drastic reforms', Times Educ. Suppl., 22 August.

13. FITZPATRICK, M. (1997b). 'On the same level as the salary men', Times Educ. Suppl., 10 October.

14. FITZPATRICK, M. (1997c). 'Mail-order lessons for two-year-olds', Times Educ. Suppl., 28 November.

15. FITZPATRICK, M. (1997d) 'Economy drives move for reform', Times Educ. Suppl., 24 January, 16.

16. FITZPATRICK, M. (1997e) 'Computers to the fore in digital revolution', Times Educ. Suppl., 9 May.

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18. FOREIGN PRESS CENTRE, JAPAN (1995). Education in Japan. Japan: Foreign Press Centre.

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21. GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE (1991). Aspects of Upper Secondary and Higher Education in Japan. London: HMSO.

22. GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE (1985). Japan. DES Statistics Branch: London.

23. GREAT BRITAIN. FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (1996). Talking Points on Britain's Economy. London: Foreign & Commonwealth Office. (Statistics courtesy of OECD/ONS/HMT.)

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83. HARA, N. (2003). 'Teddy therapy', Times Educ. Suppl., 7 November.

25. HISHIMURA, Y. (1995). The Characteristics of Post War Japanese Education: Merits and Demerits (NIER Occasional Paper 01/95). Tokyo: National Institute for Educational Research of Japan.

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31. JAPAN INFORMATION NETWORK (1999). New Teaching Tricks: Alternative Methods Introduced in Japan's Schools. [Online] at http://jin.jcic.or.jp/

32. JAPAN. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE (1994). Education in Japan: a Graphic Presentation. Twelfth edn. Japan: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

33. JAPAN. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE (1986). Education in Japan: a Brief Outline. Japan: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

34. JAPAN. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, SPORTS AND CULTURE (1998). Statistical Abstract of Education, Science, Sports and Culture. Tokyo: Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture

35. JAPAN. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, SPORTS AND CULTURE (1997). Statistical Abstract of Education, Science, Sports and Culture: 1997 Edition.. Japan: Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture. Research and Statistics Planning Division and Minister's Secretariat.

36. JAPAN. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, SPORTS AND CULTURE (1996). Statistical Abstract of Education, Science, Sports and Culture. Tokyo: Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.

37. JAPAN. MONBUSHO (1998). Educational Reform Moving Forward. Tokyo: Monbusho.

38. JAPAN. MONBUSHO (1998a). Synopsis of the Report "National Curriculum Standards Reform for Kindergarten, Elementary School, Lower and Upper Secondary School and Schools for the Visually Disabled, the Hearing Impaired and the Otherwise Disabled". Tokyo: Monbusho.

39. JAPAN. MONBUSHO (1995). Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture. Government of Japan. Tokyo: Monbusho.

40. JAPAN. RISSHO UNIVERSITY, TOKYO (1996). Comments from Professor Namimoto, Professor of Education, on original NFER/SCAA questionnaire on curriculum and assessment frameworks.

41. JAPAN. TOKYO METROPOLITAN OFFICE OF EDUCATION (1996). Public Education in Tokyo. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Office of Education, General Affairs Division, Educational Information Section.

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111. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MEXT) (2010) Free tuition fee at public high schools / High school enrollment support fund system. Available: http://www.mext.go.jp/english/shotou/detail/1295064.htm

106. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MEXT) (2007) White Paper on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Available online.

78. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MEXT) (2001). Statistics: School Education. [Available online: http://www.mext.go.jp/english/statist/index.htm (01/05/03)]

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98. NAKAMURA, A. (2007). 'National achievement test due next week', The Japan Times, 21 April (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/).

84. NAGOYA, T. (2004). 'Should English be compulsory in elementary schools?', The Japan Times, 8 December. (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/)

95. NAKATA, H. (2007). 'Education reform bills are enacted', The Japan Times, 21 June (http://www.japantimes.co.jp)

46. NAMIMOTO, K. (1999). Presentation to joint QCA/NFER seminar 'Lower Secondary Education: an International Perspective', Oxford, 9-11 June. [Katsu Namimoto is Professor of Education at Rissho University in Tokyo.]

47. NEWSAM, P. (1996). 'Where East does not meet West', Times. Educ. Suppl., 13 September, 24.

48. OKAMOTO, K. (1992). For JAPAN. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE. Education of the Rising Sun: an Introduction to Education in Japan. Tokyo: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

49. ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) (1999). OECD in Figures: Statistics on the Member Countries. Paris: OECD.

50. PIGHETTI, O. (1996). 'Children behaving strangely', Independent on Sunday, 10 November, 48-49.

51. RAFFERTY, K. (1995). 'Early risers', The Guardian, 18 July, 12-13. (Article abridged from RAFFERTY, K. Inside Japan's Powerhouses. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.)

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75. SHERIDAN, M. (2001). 'Mighty Japanese dazed and confused in economic maze', The Sunday Times, 11 March, 13.

53. SHIBUYA, T. (1998). 'New study courses stress creativity', The Japan Times, 19 November, 3.

54. SHIMAHARA, K. (1995). 'UK education - what next? Diversity the key to reform for Japanese', The Times Educational Supplement, 31 March, vii.

114. SHIMBUN, Y. (2011). 'Middle school textbook pages to rise by 25%', Daily Yomiuri Online, 1 April (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110331005770.htm)

55. SUGIMINE, H. (1998). 'Primary Curriculum: two Perspectives from Japan.' In MOYLES, J. and HARGREAVES, L. (Eds). The Primary Curriculum: Learning from International Perspectives. London: Routledge.

85. TAKAHARA, K. (2005). 'When being a dropout isn't an option: Home schooling finds foothold but not official favour', The Japan Times, 4 January (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/).

113. The DAILY YOMIURI (2011). "Middle school textbook pages to rise by 25%" The Daily Yomiuri, 07 April. Online

101. THE DAILY YOMIURI (2008). ''Teachers prepare for new curriculum" The Daily Yomiuri, 21 February (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/)

96. THE DAILY YOMIURI (2007). 'Education panel looks at reform bills', The Daily Yomiuri, 26 February (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/)

97. THE DAILY YOMIURI (2007). ''Students take standardised tests for first time in 43 years', The Daily Yomiuri, 25 April (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/)

112. THE JAPAN TIMES (2010a) 'Elementary schools to get English' The Japan Times 29 June. Available: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100629i1.html

110. THE JAPAN TIMES (2010). 'Education with less latitude', The Japan Times 14 April. Available: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20100414a1.html

94. THE JAPAN TIMES (2007). 'More state control of education', The Japan Times, 21 May (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/)

82. THE TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT (2003). 'Religious study to combat spiritual vagrancy', The Times Educational Supplement, 31 October (http://www.tes.co.uk/).

56. THE TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT (1996). 'Censorship pledge censored', The Times Educational Supplement, 11 October.

57. TOBIN, J. J., WU, D. Y. H., and DAVIDSON, D. H. (1989). Preschool in Three Cultures: Japan, China and the United States. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

58. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (1997). Comments from Ms F Tomita on original NFER/SCAA questionnaire on curriculum and assessment frameworks. [Ms Tomita is a PhD student specialising in curriculum studies at the University of London's Institute of Education.]

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81. WATANABE, R. (2003). Comments provided for the INCA thematic study report International Trends in Primary Education (available at http://www.inca.org.uk/thematic.asp). [Ryo Watanabe works at the National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) in Japan.]

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62. YAMAMOTO, K. (1998). 'Education Systems, Curriculum and Teacher Training in Japan.' In: MOYLES, J. and HARGREAVES, L. (Eds). The Primary Curriculum: Learning from International Perspectives. London: Routledge

88. WATANABE, R. (2003). Comments provided for the INCA thematic study report International Trends in Primary Education (available at <http://www.inca.org.uk/thematic.asp>). [Ryo Watanabe works at the National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) in Japan.]

89. ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) (n.d.). Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers: Country Background Report for Japan. Available online at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/58/20/29163349.pdf [12 November, 2004].

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