I found this blog, while searching for some japanese DVDs for my daughter.
http://hiraganamama.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/し：しまじろうshimajiros-kodomo-challenge/
Might be helpful for those trying to teach their children Japanese.
@ graceho
I just love Japanese culture and people and feel heartbroken to see such a tragedy happening over there.
I would love my daughter to speak Japanese.
So far we have Little Pim & Wink to Learn Japanese. We LOVE Wink to Learn products.
I was looking at some DVDs on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Animation-DVD-DORAEMON-TV-Version-5-Discs-Ver-/120715219075?pt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&hash=item1c1b301083
the price is great, but have no idea if they are any good.
haraganamama gives a link to “smart tiger” program in Japanese:
http://www.shimajiro.co.jp/ mentioned by aangeles.
Aangeles gave a link to this program in traditional Chinese.
http://www.benesse.com.tw/html/yoyo_2010.htm
Both websites are entirely in Chinese and Japanese 
Which is very inconvenient .
""There is another program that I really like for learning Chinese called Qiao Hu (Smart Tiger). It is a program that you subscribe to and every month, they send you a DVD, a storybook/activity book, and an educational toy or audiobook or music CD with lyrics book. The DVD features the Smart Tiger character and children talking and singing in Chinese. It has several segments in the DVD each month - Science (teaching about a different animal every month), Math, Music and Movement, Storytime, Good Manners segment (like being polite, taking turns, saying I’m sorry, etc.), Good Habits segment (like eating your veggies, hand washing, brushing teeth, using the potty, etc.), and EQ segment. It comes in different levels for different ages and I subscribed to the 3-4 year old edition for Ella. They also have DVDs that focus solely on Math, Science, Chinese Poetry, or Chinese Language. It really helped Ella develop her grammar and conversational skills in Chinese. “”
Thanks for posting, NadiaD! I really like the collection of youtube videos on her blog and her list of Japanese resources. As for Doraemon, I grew up watching this cartoon (in Chinese) and loved it. It may not be too suitable for toddlers and very young children, though.
NadiaD, if you go to the website again, going through Google search , you will have the website in English, most of the words by Google translate.
Thanks for posting about Hiraganamama. 