members of the management committee .....55
moral education.....11, 13, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34
museum.....53, 68

## N

National Art Center, Tokyo .....67
National Assessment of Academic Ability .....11, 20
national "Early to Bed, Early to Rise, and Don't Forget Your Breakfast" campaign .....31
National Institute for Materials Science .....60
National Training Center .....65
national treasures .....69
national universities .....11, 13
neutrinos .....60
nursery .....35, 66
nutrition teacher .....54

## 0

Olympic Games .....65

## P

period of integrated study .....27, 33, 34, 35
Period of Integrated Study .....27, 36, 72
PISA (OECD Assessment of Student Academic Achievement) 2006.....25
Project on Collaborative Development of Innovative Seeds.....78
Project on Developing University Intellectual Property Headquaters.....78, 79
Promote stepped-up exchanges and joint learning.....38, 73
Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan .....58, 59

## R

Redesigning Compulsory Education for a New Era .....20
Regarding the Revision of Courses of Study for Kindergarten, Elementary School, Lower Secondary School, Upper Secondary School, and Schools for Special Needs Education .....31, 32, 34
Regional Headquarters for School Assistance .....54
renewal system for education personnel .....7
research on curriculum .....20

## S

scholarship .....55, 56
school corporation .....59
School Education Law .....5, 7, 8, 13, 32, 42, 43, 45, 46, 70, 73
school evaluation .....8, 46
School Evaluation Guideline .....46
school lunch .....66
Schools for Special Needs Education .....13, 15, 20, 28, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 73, 74, 76
School Management Council System
(Community Schools) .....47, 48

Selection of textbooks.....44
Short-term Overseas Study .....55
solid academic abilities .....8, 19
Social Education Director .....44
spare classrooms .....12
special certificates .....10
special classes .....73, 74
Special Needs Education...8, 13, 15, 20, 28, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 40, 54, 73, 74, 76
special support service in resource rooms .....54, 73
spiritual wealth.....11
Standards for the Establishment of Universities .....12
subcommittee of the Subdivision on Universities of the Central Council for Education .....12
Subdivision on Cultural Properties of the Council for Cultural Affairs.....68
Subdivision on Universities .....12, 14
subsidy to support current expenditures for schools such as private universities .....58
suicide .....29, 30
Super English Language High Schools.....27
Super Science High Schools .....27
system for renewing educational personnel certificates...10, 11, 15, 19, 38

## T

teacher assessment .....58
teachers with insufficient ability .....7, 10, 11, 40, 41
textbooks .....29, 44
the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program .....11
the Assessment of Physical Strength and the Ability to Exercise .....28
the deep-sea drilling vessel "Chikyu" .....63
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) .....62
the lunar orbiting satellite "KAGUYA" (SELENE) .....62
to reform the curriculum .....55
truancy .....6

## U

UNDESD: United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.....70
undesirable behavior .....29, 30
university-industry cooperation .....55

## V

venture.....55, 78
vice-principal .....45

## W

World Premier International Research Center .....60
World Premier International Research Center (WPI) Initiative ..60