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Past issues of our newsletter can be downloaded here. If you would prefer us to send you a printed version, or would like copies of earlier issues, please email us.

Selected teaching ideas are also available from the downloadable resources page. Please follow the relevant links.

Spring 2005

try the soroban - you might like it!
Japan today: a round-up of current issues
setsubun
typhoon tokage
oirgami at KS1 & 2
earthquake picture quiz

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Summer / Autumn 2004

Japan today: a round-up of current issues
Japan 21 awards update
regional Japan projects
where to find funding
sumi-e: brush and ink painting
farming in Japan: photo enquiry

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Spring 2004

reviving the kimono
design your own kimono
elections in Japan
linking update
Japan in geography at KS1

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Autumn 2003

two earthquakes, a world apart
Expo 2005 in Aichi: a Year 5-6 decision making exercise
Japan 21 awards update
Arts of Japan summer school: report and teaching ideas

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Summer 2003

introducing Japan 21
the seasons in Japanese art
design an o-bento: food technology resource
citizenship and linking
World Cup Competition results

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Spring 2002

spending a gap year in Japan
World Cup 2002: a stimulus for teaching and learning
World Cup 2002: materials for primary teachers
school links update

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Autumn / Winter 2001

welcome to our shinkansen!- a geography resource
Homestay UK
what's it like to live in Japan? a KS2 photo enquiry

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Spring / Summer 2001

an introduction to traditional Japanese theatre
Japan 2001 events
Matsuri! Plan your own festival

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Earlier issues of Japan in focus are not available to download. However, copies can be obtained from the Japan Society office.

Autumn 2000
KS3 geography: farming case study
school links update
tourism in Japan: materials for schools
haiku for the literacy hour
Summer 2000
music from Okinawa
shinto: the way of the gods
school links update

Spring 2000
Tokyo relocation exercise
kamishibai storytelling ideas
children's festivals
totally taiko: drumming in the classroom
Spring 1999
Japan's greying society
video conferencing / internet links
Japanese high school students' lives

Autumn 1998
KPMG art competition results
using video conferencing in school links
running a Japan day
school links update
Spring 1998
composition activities with Japanese music
Japanese cinema in film studies
storytelling
Nagano Olympics as a classroom stimulus

Autumn 1997
an introduction to go
focus on food
Japanese museum collections in the UK
Summer 1997
soroban in primary mathematics
JFET/JNTO study tour to Japan
ideas for art teachers

Autumn 1996
taiko drumming
package design
trends in domestic tourism
Summer 1996
school links update
introducing Japan 2000
Japan in the art curriculum
make your own happi

Spring 1996
school links update
ideas for primary design & technology
origami in maths
Kansai focus
Autumn 1995
school links update
a year in Japan
the Hanshin earthquake

Summer 1994
traditional Japanese music
kite design
Kyushu & Okinawa: a regional perspective
school links update
Spring 1993
Japan in KS3 geography
a journey to Japan: themes at primary level
Hokkaido & Tohoku: a regional perspective
school links update

courses / events