"School System" (From the Japan's Education at a Glance 2006)
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/statist/07070310/002.pdf

"Japan's Education At A Glance 2006"
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/statist/07070310.htm

"STATISTICAL ABSTRACT 2006 edition"
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/statist/index.htm

"Educational Reform" (A section of the website of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: MEXT)
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/org/struct/006.htm

"School Education" (A section of the website of the MEXT)　
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/org/struct/010.htm

"Special Education in Japan" (Published by the National Institute of Special Needs Education: NISE around in 2004)
http://www.nise.go.jp/en/Special_Education_in_Japan.pdf

"Statistics on Education for Children with Disabilties in Japan" (Published by the NISE based on the 2005 MEXT statistics)
http://www.nise.go.jp/kenshuka/josa/kankobutsu/pub_d/d-249/d-249_4.pdf

"Japan's Moden Educational System ~A History of the First Hundred Years~" (Published by the MEXT in 1980)
http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/html/hpbz198103/index.html