This study compares the educational history, present educational systems, and current educational practices of Japan and Korea for the purpose of applying the study's results to improving elementary, secondary, and higher education liberal arts curricula in the United States. Framing the report is the notion of international educational exchange in an interdependent, interrelated world. In addition, the report offers an annotated bibliography of literature relevant to its research. It concludes by suggesting that the United States borrow Korean and Japanese educational practices that have contributed to the economic growth in these countries so that it too may economically grow and profit from similar investments in education. (JAM)