This annual report discusses several topics related to the work of the Research and Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Japan. The articles are: (1) "Heart to Heart (Inter "Jo") Resonance: Taking Japanese Concept of Intersubjectivity Out of Everyday Life" (Shigeru Nakano); (2) "Intersubjectivity and Infant-Interaction: Imitation as a Way of Making Contact" (Geraldo A. Fiamenghi, Jr.); (3) "Ultradian Rhythm and Its Individual Differences in Self-Demand Bottle Feeding: Suggestions for Feeding Schedule in Group Infant Care" (Ryutaro Kaneko); (4) "A Examination of Psychometric Properties and Validity of the Toddler Behavior Assessment Questionnaire" (Emiko Kusanagi, Nobuko Hoshi, and Shing-Jen Chen); (5) "Stress of Mother during Pregnancy and Post-Partum Stages" (Kailash Tuli); (6) "Constructional Processes in the Social Interactional Activity in the Peer Groups of Japanese Nursery School Children: An Interim Report" (Kimiharu Sato and Takaharu Yuki); (7) "Development of Self-Regulation through Dialogue: Self-Assertion through Self-Inhibition" (Koichi Yamazaki, Nobumoto Tajima, and Kayoko Uemura); (8) "'Intensity' Is a Key Term in Developmental Psychology!" (Kiyobumi Kawakami and Kiyoko Takai-Kawakami); and (9) "Individual Differences in Toddlers' Emotion Regulation: The Relationship between Children's Problem-Focused Coping Style and Maternal Response Strategies to Their Negative Emotions" (Hiroko Sakagami and Toshihiko Endo). References are included with each article. (KB)