A ten-part series on Japanese, language and culture.

A look at the Japanese education system, widely regarded as the key to Japan's economic achievement, and introduces the language of time. Featuring a school excursion to Hiroshima, target of the world's first atomic bomb, and to Miyajima, one of the "three most beautiful sights of Japan". And college student Tamara Taylor offers an American view of Japanese education in practice.

Support Material: BBC book, £16.95 from retailers; audio cassettes, £29.95 per pack of five.
Information: for a a list of Japanese courses in the UK send cheque/PO for £2.00, payable to BBC Education, to [address removed].
Teachers' Notes: £6.50, from same address. Cheque/PO payable as above.