The purpose of this study is to investigate realities of homemaking education for elementary and secondary schools in Japan and to obtain the basic guidance for the improvement of effect of homemaking education in Korea. The results are as follows : 1. Home economics education takes an important role for society. From this point of view homemaking education is also clarified in Japan. 2. Homemaking education is provided as independently required subject of coeducation in Japanese elementary and secondary schools. And many people think that homemaking coeducation is necessary in the elementary and secondary schools. 3. Curriculum is reorganized continuously and variously in Japan, so the girls and the boys can learn knowledge and skill which is necessary for them to live home lives, corresponding with circumstance and social changes that surround home.