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Seko, Yukari – Learning Inquiry, 2008
Internet-mediated joint suicides or "Net group suicides" ("Net shinju") has become a significant social problem in Japan since 2002. Despite a privileged view of suicide-related cyberspaces as a murky underworld, there has been little study about how the participants of such spaces interact and perform their…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Clubs, Suicide, Foreign Countries
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Picken, Stuart D. B. – Comparative Education, 1986
Summarizes the cultural and political background of the Council on Educational Reform with attention to Japan's social environment as it affects issues facing the Council. Discusses the question of internationalization of education in light of the history of foreign language teaching and looks at humanization in light of school violence. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Context, Educational Change, Foreign Countries