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Sex education in Japan is based on school teaching guidelines, with menstruation and semen, taught in fourth-year health and physical education in primary schools, reproductive functions taught in fifth-year science, and fertilisation and pregnancy are taught in junior high school, but the process and progression leading to pregnancy is not ...
Nov 15, 2019 · Sex education in Japan’s schools lags behind that in other countries on many fronts. What are the differences and why is Japan behind so much of the rest of the world? We asked Hashimoto...
Mar 12, 2024 · Comprehensive Sexuality Education has been acknowledged globally for its role in advancing young people’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Yet, notable variation exists in definitions and interpretations of what comprehensive means, exposing tensions between international and local values and agendas.
Key takeaways on the promotion of effective sex education projects are as follows. Policy on the implementation of sex education. Prefectures should have clear policies for sex education, including frameworks for sex education, or the inclusion of sex education in in prefectural education plans.
Aug 24, 2011 · This paper aims to determine via responses to three questionnaire surveys how sexuality education programs are conducted at junior high schools in Japan. Study 1 examined the practice of sexuality education in schools, Study 2 investigated junior high school students' (age 12–13 and 14–15 years) knowledge of sexuality, and Study ...
- Noriko Hashimoto, Hisae Shinohara, Mieko Tashiro, Sachiko Suzuki, Hiroko Hirose, Hisao Ikeya, Kaori ...
- 2012
In Japan sex education has been introduced into the general curriculum of primary schools since 1992. But due to the lack of cooperation between schools and health organisations, it cannot always be said that an effective and proper sex education has been given to students.
The aim of the paper is to provide an integrated picture of these apparently contradictory trends by examining the nexus of political, economic and sociocultural factors that affect sex education in contemporary Japan. Keywords: sex education; sexuality; gender; policy; Japan. Introduction.
