Presentation in Japanese on the big correspondence education industry in Japan as online education started to gradually make inroads in higher education. It discusses instructional design, distance education, Web-based education and training, online courses in university correspondence education divisions, learning management systems, lifelong education, ICT empowerment, virtual universities, and cultural receptivity to online education. For a similar discussion in English, search for the Child Research Net article “Correspondence Education in Japan Gradually Going Online.”