01. Children and Education, Inequality and Poverty
02. Diversity, Inclusion and Exclusion in Japanese Schools
03. Young LGBT People and Students and Sexual Diversity in Education in Japan
04. Educational support for children with foreign roots, especially Filipino
05. Educational support for children with foreign roots, especially Japanese-Brazilian
06. Organisations Providing Educational Support for Children with Roots Abroad
07. Children in Institutions in Japan
08. The Education Environment for Children and Gaps in Educational Achievement
Living Below The Poverty Line "12-year-old Yumi lives on just 3 US dollars a day. She’s growing up with a single parent and is one of the 2.7 million children who live below Japan’s poverty line." A short video trailer for a longer report, Get Real, Channel NewsAsia, 12 Dec 2014.
Video about being gay in Japan released: American high school teacher in Japan makes video to connect to gay youth An American high school English teacher in Japan interviews his Japanese friend about being gay in japan including his experiences of school. Gay Star News, 10 Jul, 2012.
Japan's Throwaway Children This video looks at the experiences and situation of children in institutions in Japan and includes the vocies of the children themselves. "Orphans are Japan’s neglected children. Most of them live in institutions, out of sight and out of mind. But calls are growing for authorities to overcome their reluctance to place children with adoptive families, an approach recognised in most developed countries as the best option for vulnerable and abandoned children." Aljazeera 101 East, 24 Sep 2015.
Japan: Children in Institutions Denied Family Life "Japan's overwhelming use of institutions instead of family-based care is failing thousands of vulnerable children by not preparing them for independent, productive lives in Japanese society. " This video includes children from these institutions talking about their experiences. Read the full Human Rights Watch Japan Report here: Without Dreams: Children in Alternative Care in Japan
【ひとり親家庭】「本当に苦しい」子ども感染で働けず…収入減 深刻な影響 This is a TV news about how single parents are affected by covid. 日テレNEWS, 4 Feb, 2022.
【特集】『オンライン里親』の支援で大学進学できた19歳 児童養護施設の子どもの大学進学率17.8%...「お金がない」をみんなで支援（2021年12月24日） This is a story of a university student grown up in an institution. He goes to university supported by many online foster parents. MBS NEWS, 24 Dec, 2021.
【場面緘黙症】家の外では話せない…14歳少女の｢夢｣と支える家族『news every.』特集 This is a story about 「みーちゃん」who has 場面緘黙症（人前で話すことができなくなってしまう）Her family is helping her to bake cakes and she wants to be a pastry cook. 日テレNEWS, 16 Apr, 2022.
性別違和のある子どもたち【報道特集】 This is stories about trans children and family. Their experience in the nursary school and elementary school. TBS NEWS, 16 Jan, 2022.
【アルビノに生まれて】白い肌に金髪の少女 『堂々と生きて』と願う母(2019年7月3日) This is a story about albino girl and her family. MBS NEWS, 15 Jan, 2022.
2万人に1人の難病“アルビノ”の少女‥色素が薄いだけでなく弱視との闘い「宿題も鬼ごっこも大変です」CBCドキュメンタリー This is a story about albino girl and albino professor professional of support for disabled students at school. CBCドキュメンタリー, 12 Apr, 2022.
学校ではしゃべらない。日本社会の片隅で孤立する「海外ルーツの子どもたち」 田中宝紀（NPO法人青少年自立援助センター定住外国人支援事業部責任者）, 難民支援協会, May 2018. This article is about the free school and Japanese language classes for children with foreign roots held in Fussa city,where big groups of foreigners and immigrants are having their lives. By reading the experiences of Japanese-Peruvian girl Kaori, we can learn how current supports are not enough, and what is really requested for the society.
インクルーシブ教育合宿の参加者の皆さんから感想をいただきました！（その1） This is an article of comments from participants for the seminar of inclusive education, part 1. NPO法人DPI日本会議, 25 Mar 2022
インクルーシブ教育合宿の参加者の皆さんから感想をいただきました！（その2） This is an article of comments from participants for the seminar of inclusive education, part 2. NPO法人DPI日本会議, 29 Mar 2022.
Raising kids in Japan, with extra challenges: Foreign parents of children with physical or learning difficulties share their stories Parents explain about difficulties and discrimination as well as support and help experienced by their children, particularly in relation to education and finding schools that they can go to. Japan Times, 14 October 2018.
Disability awareness campaigner calls on Japan to accept inclusive classrooms This article tells the story of Takashi Ono, who has cerebral palsy, explaining his experiences at his neighborhood elementary and junior high schools which were positive and at a special high school for disabled studnts where he felt he had no chance to learn. It also explains his work now helping schools understand that children with special needs should be allowed to attend regular classes if they wish to do so. Japan Times, 4 Aug 2017.
Many schools in Japan still not accessible for wheelchair users This article includes the story of Shunsuke Nishida, 20, who is a student of Waseda University’s Faculty of Human Sciences’ e-school, and who had difficulties finding wheel-chair accessible schools when he was youbnger. It also looks at the situation in schools in Tokyo including in Daizawa Elementary School in Setagaya Ward. Asahi Shimbun, 11 Dec 2020.
Disabled Japanese man rejected from entering high school 27 times dies aged 21 A man with cerebral palsy who made 27 attempts in seven years to try and gain entry to a regular high school died in November at age 21 without being able to fulfill his dream. The article also explains he was able to go to regular elementary and junior high schools when he was younger. Mainichi, 30 Dec 2019.
年収100万の貧困家庭で育った私が危惧する「コロナ禍で図書館に通えない子どもたち」 This is an article written by the writer who grown up in poverty, thinking about children inpoverty under the covid situation. Kodansya, 6 Feb 2021.