Abstract
Substantiality of environmental education becomes urgent issue for the world sustainable development. International experience and information sharing, improvement through comparison study are important things. Especially cooperation between Japan and China becomes more and more important in the future. For this purpose, it is necessary to grasp the present conditions of environmental education of China, and push forward mutual understanding. This study focused on the transitions of environmental education between Japan and China are compared through the analysis of junior high school geography. The authors found the change in the description of Course of Study and the transitions of environmental education in the textbook, and analyzed the contents of environmental education of China and Japan. As a results, environmental issue by industry is the center of education in China, contents of environmental consideration education is not enough than Japan.
