As featured in the Economist.
These pages include references to information on Japan available on the Internet. Other pages include:
See also my list of Asia-related resources.
Some of the more complete directories include:
Some private lists include:
Alas, Taki Naruntos web page seems to be gone
Online Japanese-language search engines include
A more general list of business-related news periodicals is also available.
Directories of online Japanese newspapers are maintained by
The English-language web sites of the four major newspapers are:
as well as the most popular English-language paper
and online news service
Yahoo Japan provides (in Japanese) a directory of Japanese-language newspapers. Also check out the
English-language magazines related to Japan include:
The Sasuga Japanese Bookstore in Cambridge, Mass. can order many Japanese-language periodicals for U.S.-based subscribers.
The U.S.-Japan Industry and Technology Management Training (JITMT) Program was created in 1991 by the U.S. Congress to establish an infrastructure of Japanese language and cultural training capability in the U.S. The following are among the 13 special Japan programs at U.S. universities funded by this program:
This page was one of six Japan-oriented web sites recommeded as starting points for Japan surfers by the article "Kanji and kana on the Internet," Economist, Sept. 6, 1997, Review section, p. 15.