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Here you will find links to most of the country specific information provided by this site regarding Japan. You may also want to do a search by clicking on "ICT search" in the sidebar, or a search in one of our databases. Note that most of the projects have a regional impact and therefore are not necessarily listed here.

Information

 

Projects

  • Overview of ICT Strategy in Japan
    The rapid development of information communication technology (ICT) has underpinned Japan’s economic growth for the last few decades. Japan’s total R&D spend as a proportion of its GDP has remained at the top among other industrialized countries.
  • Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education
    Review Chapters of Japan’s Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education from The Lifelong Learning Policy Bureau Policy Planning and Coordination Division Office for the Promotion of Educational Reform.
  • Think Quest @ JAPAN 
    ThinkQuest @ JAPAN is the Japanese version of ThinkQuest program which started in 1998. 
  • E-square (e2) Project
    E-square enables schools to improve their current networks, provides participants with an opportunity for collaborative learning and analyses the effectiveness of advanced educational methods incorporating ICTs.

 

Further resources

  • Open University of Japan
    The Open University of Japan was founded in 1983 as the primary university for lifelong education with the mission to provide excellent and innovative higher education to people all over Japan using the techniques of distance learning.  The University offers educational programs through its own TV and radio channels via terrestrial and satellite broadcast, and an increasing number of programs are provided through the Internet. The University operates 50 study centers in every prefecture where students can receive face-to-face teaching in classrooms, tutorials, library services, and credit certification exams.

  • Acceleration and Advancement of E-Japan Priority Policy Program
    IT-related Policy Area of the Structural Reform Schedule. Excerpts from the E-Japan Policy Priority Program

  • Amendment of the Fundamental Law of Education
    The Fundamental Law of Education was compiled as the basis for postwar education in Japan, and was enacted in 1947. The law stipulated the basic principles of education, providing equal opportunity for education and compulsory education to be provided free of charge for a period of nine years. It is a law that forms the basis of all education-related laws, including the School Education Law and the Social Education Law.

  • SchoolNet Japan
    SchoolNet Japan is an organization of educators who are interested in the development and utilization of the Internet in primary and secondary education. Its Japanese name is "Tokai SchoolNet Kenkyukai." Since its establishment in December,1994, this organization has had the objectives to develop a mailing list among members to share information, technical support, and planning of activities, as well as Bi-monthly off-line meetings such as lectures, workshops and special events.

  • Basic IT Strategy
    The IT revolution, now progressing on a global scale with the advent of rapid advancements of computer and communications technology, has begun to bring about a transformation of society.