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Is ‘Demon Slayer’ too violent for children?

National / Media | Japan Pulse Nov 28, 2020

Is ‘Demon Slayer’ too violent for children?

by Kaori Shoji

Some children claim they're afraid to sleep after watching record-breaking anime in theaters.

A simple 'How are you doing?' can be a lifeline for stressed-out parents

Our Lives Aug 24, 2020

A simple 'How are you doing?' can be a lifeline for stressed-out parents

by H.J. Milon

Geoff Morris provides a place for parents in Osaka to entertain their kids while having a nice healthy venting session.

This ‘dashi sensei’ helps parents get comfortable making broth from scratch

Food & Drink Aug 22, 2020

This ‘dashi sensei’ helps parents get comfortable making broth from scratch

by J. J. O'Donoghue

Mika Kumahara teaches parents how to make simple, all-natural dashi broth they can feed their children.

Reading time isn’t quiet time with ‘My Moon, Your Moon’

Books Jul 25, 2020

Reading time isn’t quiet time with ‘My Moon, Your Moon’

by Patrick St. Michel

Aishah Levine and Nick Ashley’s bilingual book encourages parents to strike up conversations with kids while reading to build self-confidence.

Swedish ambassador to Japan offers hints on making the best of paternity leave

General Jul 7, 2020

Swedish ambassador to Japan offers hints on making the best of paternity leave

by Junko Horiuchi

Pereric Hoegberg wants Japanese fathers to take a more active role in parenting.

Let your little farmers loose at this luxe agriculture-tourism resort in Nasu

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Jul 5, 2020

Let your little farmers loose at this luxe agriculture-tourism resort in Nasu

by Danielle Demetriou

Do you — and the kids — need a break from the city? A few days in Risonare Nasu’s Agri-Garden will set everyone to rights.

Teens can sharpen their cooking skills with Japanese recipes

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Mar 23, 2020

Teens can sharpen their cooking skills with Japanese recipes

by Jason Jenkins

When older kids become a little reluctant to hang out with the parents, enticing them out with food often works, and what better way than with a cooking class, where everyone can eat the results of an educational day out.

The odd blunder is OK at your local dad-to-be class

Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Aug 21, 2019

The odd blunder is OK at your local dad-to-be class

by Patrick St. Michel

Future fathers in Japan get lessons in caring for a baby at their local ward or city office. Yes, pregnancy suits are involved.

Activities to keep the kids animated

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Aug 18, 2019

Activities to keep the kids animated

by Danielle Demetriou

Have a young budding animation director on your hands? "The Science Behind Pixar" exhibition takes kids (and so-inclined adults) through the process from modeling and rigging to simulation and rendering.

H.C. Andersen Park: Once upon a time, in a land not so far away

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Jul 14, 2019

H.C. Andersen Park: Once upon a time, in a land not so far away

by Jason Jenkins

Take the kids on a fairy-tale trip to H.C. Andersen Park in Chiba Prefecture, where Denmark's most celebrated writer lives on in playgrounds, workshops and recreations of Danish village life.

Mashiko: Pots of fun for kids and parents

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Jun 16, 2019

Mashiko: Pots of fun for kids and parents

by Danielle Demetriou

Young children and ceramics are not an obvious mix — the former having an alarming tendency to break the latter the second they come into contact with one another. But there is one situation when combining the two works like magic: children's pottery classes.

Race to Motegi for outdoor fun and games

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY May 19, 2019

Race to Motegi for outdoor fun and games

by Jason Jenkins

Racecars, zip lines and the great outdoors — a visit to Twin Ring Motegi tracks in Tochigi Prefecture will keep the kids racing around in excitement.

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