## I ndex

## A

actual conditions for teachers.....15
After-school Plan for Children.....12, 53
Arts Festival.....67

## B

baccalaureate degree program.....12, 15
Basic Act on Education.....5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 32, 33, 34, 38, 43, 47, 53, 54, 70, 77
Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education.....5, 6, 14, 15, 16
Basic Plan for the Promotion of Sports.....30, 65
board of education.....9, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 54, 66
bullying.....6, 11, 13, 29, 30

## C

career education .....33, 34, 58
Central Council for Education ..6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 23, 28, 31, 32, 34, 38, 41, 53
certificate renewal course .....39, 40
childhood education .....6, 35
college of technology .....8
Committee for the promotion of decentralization .....77
community schools (school management council system) ..47, 48
comprehensive community sports club .....31
Comprehensive evaluation .....78
concerning the function of Schools for Special Needs Education as the local center .....74
Contemporary Education Needs Support Project (Gendai GP) ..11
Council for Cultural Affairs .....68
Courses of Study .11, 13, 15, 19, 23, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 74
courses of study for kindergartens .....32

## D

developmental disabilities.....38, 73, 74
disaster prevention measures .....75, 76

## E

earthquake resistance .....49, 73, 74, 75, 76
Economic and Fiscal Reform 2007.....13, 71, 77
educational consultation.....74
educational functions of the family and of the community .....12
Education Rebuilding Council.....7, 13, 71
energy-saving .....60
executive teachers .....45
Expansion of school discretion .....46
extracurricular sports club activities .....31

## F

facilities for Special Needs Education .....73
food education.....34

foreign students.....16

function of Schools for Special Needs Education as the local center.....74

## G

gender-equal society .....64
general subjects .....37
graduate school .....13, 14, 57
grants-in-aid for scientific research.....55
Grants to Create Safe and Secure Schools.....75
guidance teacher.....41, 42, 45
Guidelines for Designing Educational Facilities .....73, 74

## H

hands-on activities.....12
historic site.....68
human rights education.....70

## I

improvement in the staffing levels of teachers.....54
Indirect costs.....79
Individualized education support plans.....38
industry-academic-government collaboration.....78
Information and Communication Technology.....72
information education.....34, 72
Innovation.....55, 60, 78
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.....63
iPS cells (induced Pluripotent Stem cells).....61

## J

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology .....63
Japan Media Arts Festival .....67
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPC).....57
Japan Student Services Organization.....13
junior colleges.....58

## K

kindergarten 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 73, 74
knowledge based society.....32, 35

## L

Law for Securing Human Resources .....41
Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties .....68
Library .....44
local public universities .....56

## M

Measures for an Urgent Increase of Doctors .....12, 56
Measures to Promote Lifelong Learning to Lead the New Era .....14, 53
Media Arts.....67