Japan

Japan WWW Virtual Library

News

• Asahi Shinbun (Jpn)
• Kyodo News (Jpn/Eng.)
• Le Monde (Jpn)
• Nichigo Press Online (Jpn)
  [An Australian Japanese language newspaper]
• Nihon Keizai Shinbun (Jpn)
• Nihon Shinbun Kyokai (Jpn)
• Nishi Nippon Shinbun (Jpn)
  [Searchable index database since 1989]
• People's Daily Online in Japanese
• Sankei Shinbun (Jpn)
  [Searchable Web database since May 20 96]
• Shimotsuke Shinbun (Jpn)
  [Searchable database since Oct. 95 and accessable to free full-text]
• Yomiuri Shinbun (Jpn)

Government information

• e-government (Japanese Government portal) (Jpn)
• Government Data Research Center of Japan (GDRC)Gioss-net(Jpn)
• Government publications (Jpn)
• Japan Center for Regional Development (Jpn)
• Japanese Government Webserver (Jpn)
• JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)(Jpn/Eng.)
• Kanpo shiryo list (Jpn)
• List of Japanese parliamentarians (Jpn)
• Local Authorities Systems Development Center (Jpn)
• Lower House members list (Jpn)
• National Institute of Informatics (Eng./Jpn)
• Statistical Bureau and Statistics Center (Jpn/Eng.)

Centres & Departments in Australia

• Department of Asian Languages and Studies University of Queensland
• Department of Japanese, University of New South Wales
• Department of Japanese Studies, Monash University
• Japan Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU
• Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, Dept. of Japanese and Chinese, University of Melbourne
• Monash Asia Institute, Japanese Studies Centre
• School of Asian Studies, Japanese Studies Murdoch University

Reference materials

• China Net Online (Jpn)
• Chinese info page (Jpn)
• Fukuzawa Yukichi "Gakumon no Susume" and others in fulltext (Jpn)
• Save Kakadu (Jpn/Eng.)
• Stanford University guide to Japan Information resources (Eng.)
• Overseas Japanese website (Jpn)
• Academic Resource Guide (DB collections) (Jpn)
• An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources (Eng.)
• Database Promotion Center, Japan (Jpn)
• Dnavi (National Diet Library's web collections)(Jpn)
• EDICT dictionary (Eng.)
• Humanities Web Sites in Japan (Jpn/Eng.)
• Information resources link (Jpn)
• Japan - a country study by Library of Congress (Eng.)
• Japan Information Network (Eng.)
• Japanese Journal Tables of Contents on the Web (Eng.)
• Japanese Public Opinion Database (JPOLL) (Eng.)
• Japanese surname search link (Jpn)
• Jim Breen's Japanese English dictionary (Eng.)
• Jiten site (Jpn)
• JR Timetable (Jpn)
• NACSIS Webcat (Jpn/Eng.)
• NACSIS Webcat Plus (Jpn)
• Search Desk (Jpn)
• The Statistics of Japan (Jpn)

Search engines

• goo (Jpn)
• Google (Jpn)
• Info Bee (Jpn)
  [Fulltext search engine from NTT]
• Japanese search engine list (Jpn)
• Okinawa Search Engine (Jpn)
• Search Engine Link collection (Jpn)
• Yahoo Japan (Jpn)

Libraries

• Digital Library Link (Jpn)
• Harvard-Yenching Library (Eng.)
• Japan Documentation Center, Library of Congress (Eng.)
• Japan Library Association (Jpn/Eng.)
• Japan Society of Library and Information Science (Jpn)
• Japanese collections and Web resources, Monash University Library (Eng.)
• Japanese Language Collection, National Library of Australia (Eng.)
• National Diet Library of Japan (Jpn)
• OPAC List (Jpn)
• University library WWW server list (Jpn)
• Waseda University Library (Jpn)

Booksellers and publishers

• Antiquarian Booksellers of Japan (Jpn)
• Book Review Site (Jpn)
• Japan Publishings and Trading (Jpn/Eng.)
• Kinokuniya BookWeb (Jpn)
• Kosho homepage (Jpn)
• Nihon Shoseki Shuppan Kyokai (Jpn)

Academic mailing lists

• SSJ-Forum (Eng.)

Art and music

• Collection of Japanese Art materials (Jpn)
• Kinema Club (Eng.)
• Museum Information Japan (Eng/Jpn)
• Music database (Jpn)

Computing and the Internet

• Accessing Japanese Character Texts on the Web(Eng.)
• Email Services in a different language (Eng.)
• Fujitsu computing news (Jpn)
• Japan Information Network (Eng.)
• Japanese Free Email Providers (Eng.)
• Japanese-related projects at Purdue University (Eng.)

Economics and business

• Institute of Developing Economics (IDE-JETRO) (Jpn/Eng.)
• Japan Economic Update (Eng.)
• Toyo Keizai Business Link (Jpn)
• Web Resources on Small and Medium Enterprise Information of Japan (Eng.)

Education

• Accademic Society Homevillage (Jpn/Eng.)
• International Schools in Japan (Eng.)
• Japanese university list (Jpn)
• Japanese university newspapers (Jpn)
• List of dictionary links (Jpn)
• Tokyo with Kids (English speaking parents in Tokyo/all of Japan) (Eng.)
• University newspapers on the Internet (Eng.)
• UNN Kansai Gakusei Hodo Renmei (Jpn)

Environment, science and technology

• Biodiversity Center of Japan (BiodiC-J) (Jpn/Eng.)
• Global Environment Information Center (Jpn)
• Japan Scientists' Association (Jpn/Eng.)
• Japanese Scientific and Technical Journals (Eng.)
• Kankyo (Environment links) (Jpn)
• National Science Museum (Jpn)

History

• History of Japan (Eng.)
• History Search (Jpn)
• Historiographical Institute the University of Tokyo (Jpn/Eng.)
• Japan in the World (Sekai) (Eng.)
• National Archives of Japan (Jpn/Eng.)
• National Museum of Japanese History (Eng.)
• Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) (Jpn/Eng.)
• Prange Collection at University of Maryland (Eng./Jpn)

Language and literature

• Classical Japanese literature page (Eng./Jpn)
• Genji Net (Jpn/Eng.)
• Gengogaku Shuppansha Forum (Jpn)
• Japanese Text Initiative (Eng./Jpn)
• Kokubungaku Kenkyu Shiryokan (Jpn)
• Linguistics related WWW list (Jpn)
• Noh-Kyogen page (Jpn/Eng.)
• Resources for Translators (Jpn)
• The World of Kenji Miyazawa (Jpn/Eng.)

Law

• Aichi Daigaku Roppo (Jpn)
• English Translation of Japanese Laws (Jpn/Eng.)
• Internet Lawyer Legal Aid (Jpn)
• Jorei Database (Ordinance & Regulations)(Jpn)
• Kenpo page (Jpn)
• List of law related resources on INTERNET - Japan (Jpn)
• Okamura Law Office Cyberspace Resources Link (Jpn)
• Supreme Court of Japan (Jpn/Eng.)

Philosophy and religion

• Institute of Social Science (Shaken, Tokyo University)(Eng.)
• Internet Psychological Resources in Japan (Jpn)
• Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society (Jpn)
• Jinjya Online Network (Jpn/Eng.)
• Philosophy,Ethics,and Religious Studies WWW list (Jpn/Eng.)
• Religion related link (Jpn)

Politics

• Japan Forum on International Relations (Jpn/Eng.)
• JPRI (Japan Policy Research Institute) (Eng.)
  [Some access to full-text articles]
• Open Cabinet Net (Jpn)
• Parliamentarians list (Jpn)
• Powershift (Jpn)