This paper summarizes the findings of a national survey conducted for the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture in 1986 to determine the kinds of audiovisual equipment available in Japanese schools, together with the rate of diffusion for the various types of equipment, the amount of teacher participation in training for their use, and the quantity of locally produced materials. Equipment covered by the survey included television receivers, tape recorders, radios, slide projectors, building-wide address systems, overhead projectors, record players, microcomputers, videotape recorders, and compact disc players. A brief outline reports the average number and diffusion rates of the various types of audiovisual equipment in the schools from kindergarten through senior high school. Short discussions are then presented on the following topics: diffusion rates and average numbers of major types of audiovisual equipment; trends in diffusion rates of video equipment, compact disc players, and microcomputers; utilization of audiovisual media and materials; frequency of utilization; utilization by subject area; participation in training seminars on educational technology and/or microcomputers; and local production of slides, overhead transparencies, videotapes, audiotapes, and computer software. Summaries of the data are presented in 13 tables and two figures. (CGD)