Japan Resources
General Resources
Hole-in-One - japanese only
Impress Index - japanese only
J-Links - a web resource for information about Japan, features reviews of cool and interesting sites in and around Japan, and a meta-index to more resources.
Japan Yellow Pages - japanese only.
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs - provides information about Japan"s foreign policy, as well as the relationship between Japan and foreign countries.
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT)
MITI Program for Advanced Information Infrastructure
Prime Minister's official residence of JAPAN
RIKEN - The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research - The Institute is a special corporation for scientific research, operating under the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology Agency of the Government.
Prime Minister`s Official Residence
This experimental server is expected to become a source of current information on Japanese policy, speeches before the Diet, and other political affairs.
Eccosys -Eccosys is home to Shima Net as well as the first e-shop in Japan.
NRI Homepage-Nomura Research Institute (NRI),This experimental NRI server (under construction) is expected to maintain\ a wide variety of Japanese business, economics and financial information.
The Japan Times Home Page English language daily newspaper in Japan.
Marketing to Japan via the Internet
TN's Japan Related Web Links This is a wonderful source of Japanese web resources. I found the following demo program that I was able to use to view Japanese characters with my Netscape browser and Windows 95. As far as I know "Unionway" is the only company to break the Windows 95 barrier to viewing Japanese characters. Believe me I've been looking a long time for this.
Using Japanese with a PC Unionway Software
SHOGAKUKAN BOOKSHOP Here's what the Japanese are reading...
Zen@SunSITE We have much to learn not only from the Japanese tolerance of other religions, but from their very "results oriented" approach to spirituality...
Jim Breen's Japanese Page Excellent source for lovers of things Japanese...
Future Pirates Inc. Interesting display of what's possible on the info hiway...
The Japan Times English language newspaper published in Japan
Nomura Research Institute Home Page Nomura! Dominant Multi-Billion dollar brokerage firm from the land of the Rising Sun. When they speak...
Asahi NewsPaper Largest circulation Newspaper in Japan.
Cyber Publishing Japan Home Page
Internet Guide to Japan Information Resources (Experimental)
Establishing a Japanese language presence on the Internet
News
Mainichi Newspapers - newspaper publisher.
Masaki Magazine - Cool links to individual pages in Japan.
Cultural Resources
The Australian Japan Research Information Resources -This Gopher site is maintained by the Research Schools of Social Sciences & Pacific and Asian Studies, at the Australian National University in Canberra. This site points to major Japan information gophers in Japan, Australia, the U.S. and elsewhere.
Center for Cyber Communities Initiative (CCCI) -Keio University and Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., established a new organization for promotion of joint research to support social experimentation and R&D; activities aimed at the accelerated development of the infrastructure for cyber communities in Japan.
National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies-Affiliates of the National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies
Economics-Related WWW Servers in JAPAN - Displays a list of links to other sites related to economics and social sciences.
Language
Byte of Japanese - small article of Japanese featured in English. May be available biweekly.
Kansai Ben (dialect of Kansai) - Kansai Ben is very charming dialect. (With Voices)
Usenet - sci.lang.japan - The Japanese language, both spoken and written.