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{{Infobox WorldScouting | type = organization | image = Girl Scouts of Japan.svg| image-size = 136px | caption = Girl Scouts of Japan | name = Girl Scouts of Japan | headquarters = Nishihara 1-40-3, Shibuya-ku | location = Tokyo | country = Japan | f-date = 1919 | founder = | award-for = | members = 61,305 | chiefscouttitle = | chiefscout = | owner = | website = [http://www.girlscout.or.jp/ girlscout.or.jp] | affiliation = [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] | next = | prev = }} | |||
The {{nihongo|'''Girl Scouts of Japan'''|ガールスカウト日本連盟|Gārusukauto Nippon Renmei}} is the girls-only [[Scouting]] organization serving [[Japan]]. Founded in 1919, the Girl Scouts of Japan became a member of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] in 1952 and counts 61,305 girls as members as of 2003. | |||
Girl Scouting was first introduced in Japan in 1919 by Miss [[Muriel Greenstreet]], a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[missionary]] [[teacher]]. The movement gradually spread, and in 1920 took the name ''Nihon Joshi Hododan'' (Girl Guides of Japan). In 1928 Japan became a founder member of WAGGGS. Girl Scouting was banned by the government during [[World War II]], restarted in 1947, and was officially recognized as Girl Scouts of Japan in 1949. | |||
== See also == | In 2000, Her Highness [[Princess Sayako]] attended a variety of events in the [[Tokyo]] metropolitan area and in regional Japan, including the ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Girl Scouts of Tokyo, and the opening ceremony for the [[Togakushi, Nagano|Togakushi]] Girl Scouts Center to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Girl Scouting movement in Japan. | ||
The Girl Scout program in Japan focuses on three major points – self-development, human relations, and nature. Some of the Girl Scout activities include working with the disabled, planting trees, and protecting the environment from floods and air pollution. | |||
==Program and ideals== | |||
The Girl Scouts are divided into | |||
*Tenderfoot (from 1 year before 1st grade), around 5 years | |||
*Brownie (grades 1 through 3), around 6 to 8 years | |||
*Junior (grades 4 through 6), around 9 to 11 years | |||
*Senior (grades 7 through 9), around 12 to 14 years | |||
*Rangers (grades 10 through 12), around 15 to 17 years | |||
*and adult leaders (age 18 and over) | |||
The Girl Scout emblem incorporates a ''[[sakura]]'', a cherry blossom. May 22 is [[Girl Scout Day]]. | |||
===Promise=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" border="1" | |||
|- | |||
! English | |||
! [[Japanese language|Japanese]] | |||
! [[Romanization of Japanese|Romaji]] | |||
|- | |||
| I promise to:<br/> | |||
Do my duty to God (Buddha);<br/> | |||
Be responsible for my community,<br/> | |||
My country and the world;<br/> | |||
Try to be helpful to other people;<br/> | |||
and<br/> | |||
Live by the Girl Scout Law.<ref name="Promise_and_law">http://www.girlscout.or.jp/english/mission.pdf</ref> | |||
| 私は<br/> | |||
神（仏）に対するつとめを行い<br/> | |||
地域と国と世界への責任を果たし<br/> | |||
人に役立つことを心がけ<br/> | |||
ガールスカウトのおきてを守ります。<ref>http://gs-hokkaido.com/99_blank019.html</ref> | |||
| watashi wa<br/> | |||
kami (butsu) ni taisuru tsutome wo okonai<br/> | |||
chiiki to kuni to sekai e no sekinin wo hatashi<br/> | |||
hito ni yakudatsu koto wo kokorogake<br/> | |||
gārusukauto no oki te wo mamorimasu. | |||
|} | |||
===Law=== | |||
# I am cheerful and courageous at all times. | |||
# I respect all living things. | |||
# I am a friend to all, and a sister to every Girl Scout. | |||
# I am courteous. | |||
# I use time and resources wisely. | |||
# I think and act on my own. | |||
# I am responsible for what I say and do. | |||
# I try to be sincere.<ref name="Promise_and_law"/> | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Scout Association of Japan]] | * [[Scout Association of Japan]] | ||
== | == Further reading == | ||
* | * World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Bureau (2002), ''Trefoil Round the World''. Eleventh Edition 1997. ISBN 0-900827-75-0 | ||
== References == | |||
<references/> | |||
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{{WAGGGS | {{WAGGGS|asia}} | ||
[[Category:Scouting | [[Category:Scouting in Japan]] | ||
[[Category:WAGGGS member organizations]] | [[Category:WAGGGS member organizations]] | ||
[[Category:Organizations established in 1919]] | |||
[[Category:1919 establishments in Japan]] | |||
