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General Information

Japan from an Anthropological Perspective An analytical text divided into three sections: Geography and History, Culture and Society, and Contemporary Issues.

Stanford Guide to Japan Information. Web Portal for information about a variety of Japan related subjects.

History and Culture

Papers of Harold S. Williams (1898-1987) "The National Library holds the Harold S. Williams Collection, an extensive library of books, manuscripts, pictures and other materials dealing particularly with foreign settlement in Japan. These papers include subject files, correspondence, scrapbooks, articles, lectures, notes, drafts of works by Williams (1898-1987), photographs, programmes and other papers relating primarily to Japanese history and society, and foreign communities and clubs in Japan. An article about Harold Williams and his Collection is also available."

Nixi Cura's Personal Web Page Information on symposia, conferences, and other events of interest to graduate students of Chinese and Japanese art history. Page established in May 1996, and updated roughly once a month.

Hiroshima Panoramic Photographs of Oct. 1945 "How to see, how to obtain, three 360 degree, 8-foot long panoramic photographs of the A-bomb destroyed city of Hiroshima; photography of October, 1945. Not-for-profit project created for education about the effects of nuclear war."

Government and Politics

Hiroshima

Constitution of Japan

Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1889

Okinawa: The American Years, 1945-1972

Japan Policy Research Institute (JPRI) "As of November 1997, JPRI has now released all publications prior to 1997. Members have access to the most recent and timely reports, but older materials are now open to the public. Both protected and non-protected materials can be found in the Publications section."

Ministry of Finance, Japan

Behind the Screen Roundup of Japanese Politics

Web sites of Political Parties

House of Councilors

Liberal Democratic Party (Jimin tou)

Democratic Party (Minshu tou)

Japanese Communist Party (Nihon kyousan tou)

Diplomatic/Political Mission

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Cooperation Committee Home Page

THE NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE U.S.-JAPAN PROJECT

United States-Japan Foundation

Religion

Religion A survey of the religions in Japan.

Paradigms within Japanese Shinto

Electronic Bodhidharma from Japan on Zen Buddhism

Economy

Japan Economy On Line

Doing Business in Japan

Language, Literature, Arts

The Japanese Instructor

Update of Muller's CJK-English Character Dictionary "Web Dictionary Upgrade: Improved hyperlinking of variants and cross-references; 200 new compound words; numerous enhancements of single character entries. ZIP file available."

The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature

Haiku

Traditional Arts

Kabuki

Kabuki Symposium "Call for Papers: 'Kabuki: The Intercultural Experience' A symposium jointly organised by Theatre Studies, Dept of English Language and Literature Japanese Studies Department. National University of Singapore Date: 29 May 1998."

Music

Web Museum

A Reader's Guide to the Arts of Japan Included are descriptions of more than 450 of the best publications on Japanese art; excluded are writings not available in English and (with a few exceptions) doctoral dissertations.

Virtual Gallery of Japanese Art in the Asia Society Collection

Chinese and Japanese Art History News "This site provides information on symposia, conferences, grants and other items of interest to graduate students of Chinese andJapanese art history. I first established this page in May 1996, and update it roughly twice a month.

Bilingualism and Japanology Intersection "Renewed English and Japanese annotated lists of publications
available online, Websites and other sources on Japan, East Asia, bilingualism,
intercultural communication, and education through the Internet. Since 1997 the
multilingual and multidisciplinary items have grown to about 175, but
prioritized into four Web pages with many anchors for smooth navigation.
Further links are welcome to this life work online by Professor Steve McCarty
in Japan."

Kyoto National Museum"Masterworks: Detailed graphic and text introductions to over one hundred of the finest masterpieces [Archaeology; Ceramics; Sculpture; Paintings; Calligraphy; Textiles; Lacquerware; Metalwork - ed.] in the Kyoto National Museum Collection. [..]

Language Software

Bilingualism and Japanology Intersection

Japanese word processor:J-Text.

K-2 Education

A Japanese Cookbook for Kids

Kids' Web Japan

Kids' Park Japan

Children's Haiku Garden

Kids Media Club

Art Japan Network

Folk Legends in Japan

Higher Education and Research

Japanese Text Initiative (JTI) "A collaborative effort to make texts of classical Japanese literature available on the World Wide Web. 17 new Japanese texts are now available at the JTI Web site [... which has - ed.] an interactive search interface that lets you search online in Japanese or English for any characters or words in individual texts or in all the texts together."

The Japan Foundation Asia Center "The primary objectives of the Asia Center [est. Oct 1995] are: (1) to promote mutual understanding through dialogue and exchange at various levels of society in the Asian region; and (2) to encourage international collaboration in coping with common problems in the region."

University Information

Humanities Web Sites in Japan

JAPANESE NETWORK FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES(JP-SAS) " The primary purpose of JP-SAS is to enable all of the South Asia Scholars whose major language is other than Japanese, to easily communicate the South Asia Research activities in Japan."

Japan Documentation Center

JPOLL - Japan Public Opinion Location Library

JSTOR's Arts and Sciences

Study Abroad: Japan

The Association of Teachers of Japanese and Study Abroad Japan

Columbia University:East Asian Languages and Cultures

Cornell Falcon Program

Kansas-Kanagawa Japanese Program

University of Kentucky Summer Field Seminar in Japan

Michigan-Japan Program

Ohio State University/Japan

Stanford Inter-University Japanese Language Studies

Study in Japan and Abroad, Association of International Education, Japan

Temple University Japan

Waseda/Oregon Summer Program

On-line Library

Japan - WWW Virtual Library

Japanese Studies Resources

"The Japan Documentation Center (JDC) This project "specializes in Japanese public policy information. It provides current... source materials in fields such as economics, commerce and industry, law, politics, the environment, and social conditions."

The Japanese Text Initiative "The Japanese Text Initiative is part of the online library of the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library. The E-Text Center has on the Web 40,000+ texts in English, French, German, Latin, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and other languages."

Daruma Publishing, Japan "Quarterly all-colour magazine on the art & antiques of Japan, costing US$35 a year or equivalent [...] mailed world-wide. 6th year [22 issues - ed.] of publication in Kobe, Japan. 60 pages."

Japan-related Materials at PCL, UT

Japan Information Resources

AAU/ARL Japanese Journal Access Site contents: About the Association of American Universities/Association of Research Libraries (AAU/ARL) Japanese Journal Access Project; Status of Retrospective Conversion of Japanese Language Titles (survey sponsored by the National Coordinating Committee on Japanese Library Resources); National Union List of Japanese Serials (prototype for updated version); a catalogue of/links to Japanese Journals on the Web.

The Japan Foundation, Japan

MegaList of Japanese Topics

Japan Information Network (JIN)

Network Pacific Asia (NPA) This is site out of Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan dedicated to the exchange of ideas in the areas of Asian politics, diplomacy, economics, society, and modern history. We encourage outside participation from interested researchers in the following ways."

Stanford Japan Center

Japan Internet Centers

The Japan Web Guide

Foreign Academics in Japan

Counseling & Support in Japan "A 'bi-lingual' page with its main aims are to give information on counseling, online support and mental health care available in Japan and to provide a forum where anyone experiencing emotional challenges can communicate their feelings and get support."

Japan Now

Jim Breen's Japanese Page A very good site for other Japanese links.

Travels and Tours

The Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go

Narita Airport Authority (NAA), Japan

News/Newsgroups

The Chubu Weekly

Information Processing

Japan Today Headlines

Japan: Socio-economic Data by US and International Agencies

World Factbook 2000

JAPAN - A Country Study

Library of Congress: Country Studies

CountryWatch An excellent site. " Each country section includes country overview, political overview, economic overview, corporate/enterprise sector, environmental trends, and some appendices. There are short news briefs added daily. Data sources are noted." Howevver, this "This resource is graphics intensive, and it may take longer than usual to "open" the initial screen."