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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. (April 14, 1998)
http://web-jpn.org/trends98/honbun/ntj980813.html

Forbes - High-Fliers
Article on how some hallucinogenic plants are legal and for sale in Japan. (March 19, 2001)
http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2001/0319/184.html

I Want a Pair of Nike Shoes
Describes the difficulty in addressing the topic of enjo kosai as well as various reactions to it.
http://www.mmjp.or.jp/amlang.atc/tutor/enjo.htm

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

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. (August, 2001)
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

The Japan Forum
Shows a day in the life of a typical elementary student, photos, language classes in Japan and China, and students at school and in after school activities.
http://www.tjf.or.jp/eng/indexe/indexe.htm