Find out about life in different countries and compare the lives of families in a busy urban centre to those living in the countryside. Learn about the landscape and weather, discover what school is like, what people enjoy eating and how the people spend their spare time. Explore the social and economical problems the country is facing and how these affect the lives of ordinary people today and in the future.

 

This is volume 26 in Country Insights .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

Nick Bornoff is an experienced writer on Japan and Japanese society, including articles for BBC World magazine and The Independent. Nick spent eleven years living in Tokyo, where he wrote for The Japan Times.