Last Updated March 5, 2001

Japan Research

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.

Directories

Some of the more complete directories include:

Some private lists include:

Alas, Taki Narunto’s web page seems to be gone

Search Engines

Online Japanese-language search engines include

Yahoo Japan!

Infoseek Japan
Infoseek Japan

News

A more general list of business-related news periodicals is also available.

Newspapers

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

Magazines

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.

Academic Research Programs

U.S.-Japan Industry and Technology Management Training

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:

Other Japan-Related Research in English

Other Links


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.

This page prepared by Joel West of San José State University, College of Business. Please send any comments to <west_j@cob.sjsu.edu>.