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Japanese

Language Programs

Conjugating Japanese Verbs
http://www.geom.umn.edu/~burchard/nihongo/
Conjugation of Verbs and Adjectives in Romanized Japanese

The Japanese Project at Purdue
http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/japanproj/
E-mail, freeware projects and more, at Purdue University.

Teach Yourself Japanese
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/index.html
Numbers, greetings, basic grammar, vocabulary.

Traveller's Japanese
http://www.ntt.com/japan/japanese/
Pronounciation, Vehicles, Expressions, Restaurants, Shopping.

Literature

Japanese Literature Webring
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=jlit;list
Links to other Japanese literature pages (current).

Culture

WWW Servers in Japanese goverment
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/link/chart.html
Learn about the Japanese government by browsing Japanese ministry websites.

Famous Japanese Personages Project
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous/index.html
These pages have been developed by the students of Kyoto Sangyo University for non-Japanese who would like to learn about famous personages in modern-day Japan.

Teaching (and Learning) About Japan
http://www.csuohio.edu/history/japan/index.html
From animated films to Zen meditation, this page has over 30 links pertaining to Japanese culture.

NHK
http://www.nhk.or.jp/
NHK International Television Broadcasting with culture and news links.

Japanese Art and Architecture
http://www.sai.msu.su/wm/paint/tl/japan/
Japanese Art and Architecture, works of art produced in Japan from the beginnings of human habitation there, sometime in the 10th millennium BC, to the present.

Radio

NHK
http://www.nhk.or.jp/
International Radio/TV broadcasting with an online news magazine.

Beach FM
http://www.beachfm.co.jp/
Jazz music and news from Japan (20K stereo). Live

FM YY
http://www.jp.real.com/fm-yy/
Private Japanese Radio Station

Radio Listings
http://www.comfm.fr/sites/rdirect/jp.html
Links to Japanese Radio Station sites which provide program samples (either MediaPlayer or RealAudio).

Newspapers & Magazines

Yomiuri Shimbun
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp

Kyodo News Web
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/
Daily news service from Japan; both in English and Japan.

The Japan Times Online
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/
News, Editorials, Techno Times, etc.

Japan File
http://www.kto.co.jp/
"information bridge between Japan and the world"

Japanese Magazines
http://www.kobunsha.com/magazine/index.html
Links to Magazines (Japanese).

Dictionaries

Japanese Dictionaries
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction2.html#japanese
A comprehensive list of Japanese dictionaries.

Sumo Glossary
http://www.sumoweb.com/glossary/index.html
"Welcome to the Sumo Glossary, which will help you keep track of all the Japanese words in Sumo. If you come looking for a word but it's not here, then be sure to tell us and we will add it!"

Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Serve
http://www.dgs.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html
Search dictionaries, Kanji databases and more...

Software

Japanese Software Digest
http://www.gy.com/www/ja.htm
The latest in Japanese software, books, training, spreadsheets, etc.

The Japanese Project at Purdue
http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/japanproj/"
E-mail, Freeware and Japanese software links found here

Pimsleur Language Program - Japanese
http://www.audiobooksonline.com/shopsite/067131565X.html
"Learn to speak Japanese the Pimsleur Way BEGINNER LEVEL Eight individual 30-minute lessons Instant recall of words and phrases Totally audio - no booklet required The Pimsleur Method is fast and effective Dr. Paul Pimsleur."

Travel & Geography

Maps of Japan
http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/jpnmap.htm#maps

Travel and Study in Japan
http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/jpntravel.htm
From counseling to currency convertors - prepare yourself to visit or work in Japan!

The Know before you go FAQ
http://thejapanfaq.cjb.net
"Japan is the most expensive country on earth. In response to many questions that I keep hearing over and over (and over...) from people I meet and Usenet Newbies, I've created a list of answers to some of the most common questions regarding moving to and living in Japan." - R. Murphy

Television

NHK
http://www.nhk.or.jp/
NHK International Television Broadcasting

Nikkei Net
http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/

General Links

The Japanese Project at Purdue
http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/japanproj/
Freeware and e-mail projects, Instructional resource prejects and more...

Infoseek Japan
http://japan.infoseek.com/"
The Infoseek search engine in Japanese.

AskAsia
http://www.askasia.org/
Information/news, Gateway to Asia, Adult-Free Zone, Educators' links...

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