The annual number of suicides in Japan has exceeded 30,000 since 1998, including approximately 300 children. While this may be a small proportion of the overall number, suicide among children is an important issue in school education given the vulnerability of children to influence from others and the risk of suicide clusters. Home economics is a subject that covers life in general and captures the lives of individuals from the perspective of lifelong development. It is a subject that cultivates the strength to live, and may provide opportunities for in−depth implementation of “education on life”. In the present study, we aimed to explore possibilities for implementation of “education on life” in home economics by analyzing case examples of implementation in Hyogo Prefecture, which has taken a leading role in education concerning life. Analysis revealed the following 25 case examples in the 5−year period between 2007 and 2011: elementary school, n=11; junior high school, n=8; and senior high school, n=6. Education on life was implemented in settings such as class subjects, moral education, and overall learning, and often involved hands−on activities and was in some cases provided in conjunction with school events. As learning effects, the joy of living derived from enhancement of self−esteem and self−worth was seen in many cases. In addition, implementation of “education on life” in home economics education was considered sufficiently feasible based on its relevance to independence in life, which is the objective of home economics, and these approaches were thought to play an important role in education