A Hi st ory of CRN
What is Child Research Net (CRN)?
Child Research Net (CRN) is an Internet-based child
research institute comprising a vast network of
professionals, researchers and educators who care
about children’s issues. Our website in the three
languages, Japanese, English, and Chinese, introduces
wide-ranging research from medicine and brain
science to education, developmental psychology and
sociology. In addition, our international and national
research activities address important topics for
children. We look forward to your participation.
・ Lectures by Dr. Jane Goodall and Dr. Jay Belsky
1998 ・ International Symposium “Evolution of Child Development in the Multi-Media Environment”
research that transcends the usual disciplinary
boundaries. Child Science, based on this view of Dr.
Noboru Kobayashi, CRN Honorary Director, takes such
an interdisciplinary approach. Children are born as
biological beings and grow into social human beings
through the interaction of parents, the home, and
society. Child Science is a human science that draws on
the natural sciences, social sciences and the
Today, more than ever, we need the interdisciplinary
・ CRN website receives Silver Prize, Web Design Award
perspective of Child Science to discuss how to prevent
1999 ・ PLAYSHOP ( -2002)
and resolve the issues that children face. The causes are
2000 ・ Publishes “Child Research Net”
・ CRN International Symposium “The Child Care Paradox: Choices in Children’s Development”
diverse, and the human sciences have much to offer.
2001 ・ Opens Nagayama Chi-kichi as a research center ( -2002)
・ Sound Workshop ( -2003)
With concepts from systems informatics, brain science,
・ Publishes “CRN YEAR BOOK 2001” ( -2007)
and child ecology, this approach encourages dialogue
2002 ・ CRN training seminar for child care providers “Thinking about the Quality of Day Care”
among researchers in different fields, professionals, and
・ Establishes Research Group on Child Science, which later becomes Japanese Society of Child Science
2003 ・ Koganei Media Kids Workshop (-2004)
2005 ・ Launches Chinese-language (simplified) website
Solving the issues that affect children today requires
The Necessity of Interdisciplinary
Child Science
・ Symposium “Children in Today’s Multi-Media Society”
1997 ・ Symposium “Children’s Use of Multi-Media to Make Friends”
2004 ・ Visits child research institutes in China
What is Child Science?
Greetings
1996 ・ Launches Japanese- and English-language websites
parents. CRN is happy and proud to contribute to it.
C h i l d r en a r e o u r f u t u r e
・ Renewal of English-language website
Noboru Kobayashi
2007 ・ First Child Science Exchange Program in East Asia (Shanghai, Changsha)
・ CRN International Symposium for 10th Anniversary of CRN
Honorary Director, CRN,
M.D.,Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo,
President Emeritus of the National Children’s Hospital.
Born 1927.
2008 ・ Second and Third Child Science Exchange Program in East Asia (Tokyo, Hangzhou)
・ Publishes “CRN Newsletter vol. 1”
2009 ・ Fourth and Fifth Child Science Exchange Program in East Asia (Tokyo, Shanghai)
・ Publishes “Report on Child Science Exchange Program in East Asia vol. 1”
2010 ・ Renewal of Japanese-language website
・ Sixth Child Science Exchange Program in East Asia (Beijing)
Child Science as a science based
on evidence
2011 ・ Seventh Child Science Exchange Program in East Asia (Zhengzhou）
2012 ・ Renewal of English-language website
・ Renewal of Chinese-language (simplified) website
・ Launches Chinese-language (traditional) website
・ Eighth Child Science Exchange Program in East Asia (Taipei)
・ First and Second Research Conferences on “Radiation and Children”
humanities.
In tro d u cin g
Ch ild Resea rch Net
-A Resea rch In stitu te fo r Ch ild Scien ce-
Child Science brings together various disciplines and
practices related to children from a clear and neutral
perspective. First, it is interdisciplinary, and second, it is
a science based on facts and evidence. CRN works to
CRN Profil e
realize these aims not only in Japan, but also to provide
Organization
an international arena where they can be shared and
Honorary Director ● Noboru Kobayashi (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo,
developed globally. We hope you will find CRN helpful.
President Emeritus, National Children’s Hospital)
CRN
provides
● Information on children’s issues from an
interdisciplinary perspective
● Country-specific information on
child-raising and education
● Data and survey results on
children and education
in Japan
Director ●
Special Advisor ●
Coordinators ●
Researchers ●
Location
Yoichi Sakakihara (Professor, Graduate School, Ochanomizu University)
Takemochi Ishii (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
Aiping Liu, Junko Ogawa (Benesse Corporation, Inc.)
Tomohiro Kawamura, Rieko Kishi, Yuko Osada
c/o Benesse Corporation, Inc.
1-34, Ochiai, Tama-shi, Tokyo 206-8686, Japan
Child Research Net is operated with the support of Benesse Corporation, Inc.
http://www.childresearch.net/
Yo i c h i S a k a k i h a r a
Director, CRN,
M.D.,Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences,
Ochanomizu University.
Pediatric neurology and developmental disorders.
Born 1951.
A ct i v i ti e s
We put social media to use!
Welcome to
The Child Science Exchange Program
in East Asia
social media account of CRN
http://www.childresearch.net/
Researchers in Japan and other East Asian countries
Lik
e
Us!
Websites in Japanese, English,
and Chinese (simplified and
traditional).
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/ChildResearchNet
lecture on and discuss child growth, development, and
life environment. Attended by specialists, students, and
parents, the program is a forum for interdisciplinary
learning and exchange. Discussions highlight both
differences and commonalities in East Asia and possible
solutions. Past venues include Shanghai, Changsha,
Tokyo, Hangzhou, Beijing, Zhengzhou, and Taipei.
Projects
Publications
CRN is currently placing
priority on ECEC around the
World, Children with Special
Needs, Brain & Education, Child
Science and the Great East
Japan Earthquake, and
Youth Projects.
CRN’s newsletter, reports
on Child Science Exchange
Program in East Asia, and
video clips of “play
recipes” are found
here.
About CRN &
Child Science
Papers & Essays
Symposia and Research Conferences
CRN hosts symposia and
conferences on current issues
that are relevant to children.
Interdisciplinary research and
reports by theme. Themes include
Parenting, School and Teachers,
Children in the Digital Age,
Language Development and
Education, Health and
Medical Issues, etc.
CRN’s history and advisory
board made up of specialists in
Japan and abroad. For more
information on Child Science,
look in Previous Readings
linked to this page.
Data
Academic Society Support
CRN supports the websites of two associations that
espouse Child Science, the Japanese Society of Child
Science and the Japanese
Society of Baby Science.
This section provides the
results of surveys on child
rearing and education in English,
primarily conducted by the
research institutes of Benesse
Corporation, CRN's sponsor and
a leading education
company in Japan.
CRN Events
Director’
s Blog
CRN Director writes on
topics related to children
from the viewpoint of a
pediatrician.
CRN hosts the Child
Science Exchange Program
in East Asia, and other
symposia and research
conferences.
Experts from around the world
provide support and guidance!
CRN Advisory Board Members
(listed in alphabetical order)
Edith Ackermann, Ph.D. (USA)
Marlene Ritchie (Canada)
Joseph J. Campos, Ph.D. (USA)
Hidetada Shimizu, Ed.D. (USA)
Ferran Casas, Ph.D. (Spain)
B. Warren Stooke (Australia)
Milton Chen, Ph.D. (USA)
Paris S. Strom, Ph.D. (USA)
Yaohua Dai, Ph.D. (China)
Robert D. Strom, Ph.D. (USA)
Dee Dickinson (USA)
Zhen Su (China)
Sarah L. Friedman, Ph.D. (USA)
Shin'ichi Suzuki, Ph.D. (Japan)
Masafumi Harada, M.D., D.S. (Japan)
Hui Tian (China)
Judit Hidasi, Ph.D. (Hungary)
Arun Kumar Tripathi (India)
Susan D. Holloway, Ph.D. (USA)
Nobuko Uchida, Ph.D. (Japan)
Guodong Hua (China)
Nobuyuki Ueda, Ed.D. (Japan)
Mariko Ichimi (Japan)
Yu Wei, Ph.D. (China)
Yuko Inagaki, M.D. (Japan)
Hillel Weintraub (Australia)
Bipin Indurkhya, Ph.D. (India)
Merry I. White, Ph.D. (USA)
Yukuo Konishi, M.D. (Japan)
Lee-Fong Wong, Ph.D. (Taiwan)
Gerald K. LeTendre, Ph.D. (USA)
Xi-Ru Wu, M.D. (China)
Catherine Lewis, Ph.D. (USA)
Yan Zhang (China)
Steve McCarty (Japan)
Weikun Zhong (China)
Chizuru Misago, Ph.D. (Japan)
Xiaolin Zhou, Ph.D. (China)
Yoshiro Miyata, Ph.D. (Japan)
Jiaxiong Zhu, Ph.D. (China)
Jung Han Park, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.Ph. (Korea)
Shiyuan Zhu (China)
Dana Raphael, Ph.D. (USA)