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Daily News Lesson June 03 2024

What’s behind the growing popularity of Japanese comics and animations in U.S.

Learn why Japanese animation and comic books have exploded in popularity in the United States over the last few years

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a wreath to the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan

Daily Video August 06 2020

Teach your students about the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima

Learn about the 75th anniversary of America's dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

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Lesson Plan May 27 2016

Historic Presidential Visit to Hiroshima

President Obama became the first sitting United States president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, seven decades after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city. Have your students learn more about this historic visit by watching videos and researching images of the Hiroshima bombing then and now.

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Daily Video March 14 2016

Cleanup continues at Japan power plant five years after tsunami

Over the past five years, radioactive contamination levels have decreased at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But they still pose a threat to the 7,000 workers who aid in the cleanup.

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Post September 03 2015

Remembering Japan's surrender to Allied forces — Class Activity

Seventy years ago, Japan formally surrendered World War II aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Ja…

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Post March 17 2011

Nuclear Power Plant Failures in Japan Raise Safety Questions

Radiation leaks and fires at Japan's nuclear reactors following a massive earthquake and tsunami ha…

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