Supporting LGBT Rights in the Educational Interface in Japan - 2016 Zemi-ron report by Mayu Shoji
Foreign Residents in Japan and Educational Issues for Children with Foreign Roots - 2016 Zemi-ron report by Yui Tomiyama
Education for immigrant children in Japan and United States - 2016 Zemi-ron report by Yuka Nakashima
Supporting LGBT Rights in the Educational Interface in Japan - 2016 Zemi-ron report by Mayu Shoji
Children with Foreign Roots in Japan and Educational Support for Them - 2016 Zemi-ron report by Hina Shiiya
Truancy rate increases again This editorial looks at reasons for the increase in truancy rates, at what schools, the family and the government can do, and argues that truancy may be a reasonable response by students to problematic conditions in Japanese schools. Japan Times, 24 Oct 2015.
Truancy among non-Japanese kids This editorial discusses the situation of more than 10,000 foreign children in japan who are not attending school and not being tracked by local government, looks at reasons for their absence from school and suggests some measures that are needed. Japan Times, 12 May 2016.
Japan’s free schools offer alternative to compulsory education but accreditation still eludes This articles discusses the role of free schools as a place for children who don't attend regular schools, focusing on two free schools, Freinet and Tokyo Shule, and looking at the problem of lack of accreditation of free schools and attempts to change that. Japan Times,5 Feb 2016.
Nonprofits step up help for school-shy students at time when suicide numbers rise A group of NGOs including free schools is offering support to children who feel reluctant to return to school after the summer holiday 'because they feel burdened by exam pressure, bullying or overbearing teachers.' Japan Times, 29 Aug 2016.
Starting afresh at 51 to help truants, parents Mikio Choami, the head of a Fukuoka-based civil group supporting truants and their parents, feels that "if parents can change, so can their children." Choami quit his job after his children starting skipping school and for other reasons. The Japan News/Asia News Network, Oct 13, 2015.
The Effect of Class Size Reduction on Bullying, Violent Behavior, and Truancy (in Japanese) by Nakamuro, Makiko, 2017.
Inclusive Education under Collectivistic Culture by Yasuko Futaba, Osaka University. A short academic article that discusses how chidlren who seem to be different are not easily included in schooling in Japan because of a collectivist culture and emphasis on harmony in the classroom, but also looks at a elementary school in Japan, 'Z school', that has made it's collectivist culture rights b-absed and child-centred so that all children there are included. Also has some useful links to work in Japanese on this topic. Journal of Research in Special Needs Education, 2016.
Disability awareness campaigner calls on Japan to accept inclusive classrooms A 36-year-old man with physical disabilities has been working to help 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.
In Japan no one wants to talk about sex education This article argues that sex education in Japan is needed to prevent female students becoming pregnant but also looks at the lack of support for and exclusion form school of girls who do become pregnant. Japan Times, 7 Apr 2018.
“The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down” LGBT Bullying and Exclusion in Japanese Schools. Human Rights Watch, 6May 2016. Also available in Japanese: 出る杭は打たれる」 日本の学校におけるLGBT生徒へのいじめと排除
Understanding Futōkōas a Social Problem in Japan: The Social Context and Motivation for Change by Brittany Nicole Lozano. Futōkō is a growing social issue in Japan in which students experience so much anxiety from the school environment that they become physically unable to attend, regardless of their intentions. There is much conflict behind the framing of this issue by society, academia, the media, and the government, each of which have competing interpretations about responsibility for the problem and appropriate responses to it. Reform efforts motivated in part by futōkōfocus mainly on either economic interests or progressive moralist values, but there is a gap between the rhetoric and actual change resulting from political and ideological conflicts. Options available to children struggling with futōkōat present include counseling or free-‐schools(institutions independent from the state-‐mandated system), and the perspectives found within the latter are strikingly different from those reflected by the discourses, representing an inclusive, child-‐based approach to education that may hold valuable concepts for society as a whole.
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.
居場所がないと感じたら”前向き”に逃げても良いんだよ。高校を中退した若者に向けた居場所型学習支援「リファインド」, Soar, 2018
中高生向けフリースクールRiz ・・・ 元不登校生が運営、個別学習＋総合学習＋交流会（全て任意参加）の施設
Free School Network NPO法人フリースクール全国ネットワーク
今津考次郎・・教育現場におけるいじめ問題や教育者の教育について執筆、現代の不登校問題についても触れる（中央図書館）
不登校ナビ, 留年についての実態や親の接し方など、不登校について様々な視野からの経験談やアドバイスをまとめた情報サイト
人間関係型（学校生活に起因する型タイプ）の特徴と留意点, 東京家学（不登校専門の家庭教師）
ブラック校則は何のため？かえって生徒の居場所を奪いかねない不合理な校則, ウェジー
中学２年で転校をきっかけに不登校に, 不登校の原因対策案内所
理由が無い・わからない不登校の正体, 不登校ナビ
起立性調節障害の引きこもり・不登校の子供。原因と治療法について, MSREDESIGN
怪我が原因で不登校に, 八洲学園高校（通信制高校）
発達障害が原因の不登校, 取り戻そう笑顔（中学生の不登校支援）