Comparative Analysis of Character Education in Elementary Schools Between Indonesia and Japan

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the comparative application of character education between Indonesia
and Japan, and also to meet the final semester exam of logic and scientific reasoning courses. The research
method used is to use a qualitative research method using a literature approach or better known as library
research. The source of data for this research comes from research, literature, or government policies on
character education in Indonesia and Japan. The results of this study explain that the foundation of character
education in Indonesia is State Ideology, Customs and culture, religious values, government rules and policies.
Likewise in Japan, the foundation of character education is in the form of cultural values, state ideology, and
government policy rules. Approaches to character education in Indonesia, including the approach of instilling
values, the approach of clarifying values, the approach of learning to do, example, and habituation, are usually
taught in schools. While in Japan, among others, the approach is more likely to be habituated, for Japanese
society, character education in children is not taught but habituated. Character problems in Indonesia and
Japan are not too different, which is only about juvenile delinquency, free sex, bullying, and seniority. This
writing is presented using the literature review method