Featured Content
Resource: Origami Heart Instructions and Activities
Instructions for creating an easy origami heart and classroom activity suggestions.
Resource: The Akihabara Range of Cell-phones
Photo of major cell phone company stores in the Akihabara district of Tokyo. How many have your students heard of?
Resource: Future Energy Policy
Kiichiro Sato, President of JETRO New York, explains some of the options Japan must consider as it decides on a new energy policy, including some of the positives and negatives of using nuclear energy. Remarks delivered on March 6, 2012.
Resource: Manager of an Agricultural Co-op in Fukushima
The manager of an agricultural co-op discusses life in Fukushima a few months after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
Essay: Social Media and the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011
Examination of the role social media played in communication after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident of March 11, 2011. The article explores the relationship between "scientific communication" and "ordinary communication."
Topic: The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11
This theme contains video interviews, essays, podcasts and photos to help educators teach about the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011.
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