This document contains a collection of eight selected secondary level units of study about Japan. Individual units were planned and written by teachers who participated in the first Southwest Program for Teaching about Japan (SPTAJ) study tour to that country during 1987. Unit topics include: (1) "An Introduction To Japanese Medicine" (G. Adams); (2) "Music of Japan: A Cultural Experience" (S. Hamm); (3) "Japan: Using the Atlas and the Almanac" (E. Gillum); (4) "What Do You Know about Japan and U.S. Influence on Japan?" (J. Huff); (5) "Three Japanese Maps" (R. Wiltse); (6) "The Occupation of Japan 1945-1952" (M. Cardenas; G. Garza); (7) "The Atomic Bomb--1945" (B. Barker); and (8) "What's What in the Japanese Economy and What Did It Have To Do with the United States of America?" (L. Oliverson). Most of the units contain: (1) an introduction; (2) background materials; (3) a resource list; (4) lesson plans; and (5) supplementary materials. Charts, pictures, and maps are included. (JHP)