Web Directory

» 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

» Costume Play: From Underground Trend to Mainstay of Subculture
   Shows the growing popularity of costumes and costume parties among the young.
   http://web-japan.org/trends98/honbun/ntj980813.html

» Forbes - High-Fliers
   Article on how some hallucinogenic plants are legal and for sale in Japan.
   http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2001/0319/184.html

» Gynecologist Takes Sex Crusade to Roppongi Streets
   Japan Times article on rising numbers of sexually transmitted diseases in the Roppongi district of Tokyo.
   http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?nn20010304b1.htm

» Japan Thru Young Eyes
   Living traditions, survival information, and young Tokyo.
   http://www.shejapan.com/jtyeholder/jtye/001/

» Japan's Biker Gangs
   Gives history and activities of errant Japanese youth joining motorcycle gangs and violence.
   http://www.jingai.com/badboso.html

» 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.
   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

» US-Japan-China
   Discussion forum for socio-political and economic issues concerning the U.S., Japan, and China.
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/US-JAPAN-CHINA/