Ministry of Education, MEXT Channel
Japanese-style education from the viewpoint of teachers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QazQyNhDdg
Ministry of Education, MEXT Channel
(English) Japanese-style education: One day of elementary school students in Japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFNJkH0sEAg
The Course of Study (in Japanese) elementary through high school
(Please use translation devise)
https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/sougou/main14_a2.htm
Basic Education in Japan –chi, toku, tai, MEXT
Explains the whole child approach
https://www.eduport.mext.go.jp/epsite/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/educa2017_pamphlet_en.pdf
MEXT, Online Contents for ALTs
https://www.mext.go.jp/en/policy/education/elsec/1373870.html
This contains a video on the national curriculum standards, history, etc. focusing on English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u0DJR4L0g4
Tentative Translations of the Course of Study
Tentative Translation of Elementary School Science by the Ministry
https://www.mext.go.jp/content/20220405-mxt_kyoiku02-000005241_003.pdf
Junior High Mathematics (same website, but different page as above)
Junior High Science (same website, but different page as above)
Junior High School Sogo (same website, but different page as above)
Shifting to digital textbooks
(In Japanese) MEXT, 学習者用デジタル教科書を活用した実践事例（小学校：外国語）
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2JUEWzA8Xc
This video on shifting to digital textbooks and learning how to learn has Japanese subtitles, which can be translated to other languages using your smartphone.
Japanese Style Education
Ministry of Education (MEXT), EDU-Port Japan
EDU-Port Japan is a “public-private, nationwide” initiative to proactively introduce Japanese-style education overseas by providing a platform which is organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and from in which the public and private sectors collaborate in achieving this objective.
Source:https://www.eduport.mext.go.jp/en/about-en/summary-en/
Children and Families Agency
Global Site (contains information on reports, etc.)
Information on free preschool fees
https://www.cfa.go.jp/policies/kokoseido/mushouka/about/en
Club Activities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccq5DIqWXH4
Education Characteristic
(In Japanese) Bunkyo Gakuin University Girl’s Secondary School
Tradition Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95XJ-nEc8cU
This video is in Japanese, but subtitles in Japanese can be set, and you can use your smartphone to translate this into your language.
Global education, and inquiry-based learning are the two other pillars.
Inquiry-based Studies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEO7cWdxYdw
Inquiry-based Entrance Examinations for Junior High
(In Japanese) but it is possible to understand what is happening through observing the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6NWPxh9Z5E