Resource: Olympic Flags
Tokyo is one of the finalists to host the 2016 summer Olympic Games. These signs are designed to bolster Japan's bid.
Resource: Tokyo Tower and the 2016 Olympics
Tokyo Tower is an iconic landmark in downtown Tokyo. In this photograph from July 2008, it is lit up with the number 2016, in support of Tokyo's bid to host the Olympics that summer.
Lesson: Popular Culture and Japan’s Gross National Cool
Grade Level: SecondarySubject Area: Social Studies
Modern Japan's pop culture, from Hello Kitty to Wii, has been successfully exported worldwide. This lesson explores the varied roots of these cultural trends and their significance in a global context.
Essay: Review of Through Japanese Eyes, 4th Revised and Expanded Edition
Robert Fish, Director of Education and Lecture Programs at Japan Society, reviews this anthology of source readings about Japan. He focuses in particular on its usefulness for educators.
Lesson: The Bubble Economy and the Lost Decade
Grade Level: Secondary,Post-SecondarySubject Area: English and Language Arts,Social Studies
This lesson uses well-know editorials, speeches, and poems to explore the Japanese reaction to the Bubble Economy and Lost Decade.
Resource: Cars for Export, 1970s
Thousands of cars await export in this 1975 picture. The Japanese economy at this time was growing at a very high rate. In 1975 the Japanese economy was booming and was the 3rd largest industrial economy.
Resource: Homeless man in Ueno Park
Photograph of a homeless man in Ueno Park in Tokyo in October 2007.
Resource: Clean up of Great Kanto Earthquake
An image of residents of Tokyo beginning to clean the wreckage caused be the 1923 Earthquake.
Resource: Enactment of the Meiji Constitution
A portrait of the Emperor of Japan instating to law the Meiji Constitution.
Resource: Japanese Stock Market 1973
The Japanese stock market in a frenzy after an Arab decision to reduce oil restrictions on Japan.
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