Following the proceedings of the training course on children's periodicals held in 1997 in Tokyo, this report contains the following articles: (1) "Children's Life and Magazines" (Jiro Saito); (2) "Periodical Picture Books to Develop Reading Skills of Children" (Tadashi Matsui); (3) "How to Produce Attractive Educational Magazines for Children" (Jacqueline Kergueno); (4) "Successful Promotion of Children's Magazines and the Roles of Supplements" (Editorial Members of Shogakukan Inc.); (5) "Digitalization of Magazine Publishing and Its Application" (Tsuyoshi Tamura and Takeo Miyake); and (6) "The Roles and Needs of Newspapers for Children and Youth" (Masatoshi Onoda). The report then addresses the present situation of periodical publishing for children in Asia and the Pacific, providing information on the following countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Fiji, and Tonga. Appendixes contain general information, a list of participants, the program schedule, a list of lecturers, and a list of secretariat members. (NKA)