The document offers practical and motivating techniques for studying Japan. Dedicated to promoting global awareness, separate sections discuss Japan's geography, history, culture, education, government, economics, energy, transportation, and communication. Each section presents a topical overview; suggested classroom activities; and easily reproducible maps, worksheets, games, and illustrations. The section on geography focuses on the development of map skills through experiences with location, climate, topography, time zones, and points of interest. The section on history examines Japan's major historical periods, national symbols, and important people. The largest section focuses on culture and includes facts about sports and games, dress, housing, ideographs, the tea ceremony, flower arranging, living treasures, Japanese gardens, paper folding, forms of drama, writing poetry, diet, art, festivals and holidays, tango-no-sekku (kite making), woodblock printing, and Japanese words and phrases. The section on education compares the organization and standards of schools in Japan to those in Oklahoma. In the section on government, the structure of the Japanese government and the symbols which represent Japan are presented. The final section looks at Japanese exports and imports, modes of transportation, Japanese and American currency, pollution problems, and facts about a typical middle class Japanese household. In addition, the document presents a seven-item annotated bibliography and a listing of over 75 selected supplementary films and materials. (LH)