Abstract: Japanese pedagogy research history, the research paradigm as the criterion can be broadly divided into "translation pedagogy "stage, "the Japanese pedagogy" stage, " critical pedagogy" (postwar pedagogy)stage and "after modern pedagogy" (after the cold war pedagogy) stage. But throughout the Japanese pedagogy research process, inheritance and transformation of research paradigm embodies Japanese pedagogy research always permeated with a kind of thinking, critical thinking, the thinking in a certain extent hinder the, of course, more is driving Japanese pedagogy development research. And this kind of thinking is reflected in two kinds of inner pursue, that is, the "science" and the "humanity" of pedagogy.

Key words: Japanese pedagogy research, historical evolution, trend, critical thinking