675 Posts Found

Jonathon Delacour offers a blog post on reading/writing Japanese with various computer systems and with Movable Type blog software.

Source: Jonathon Delacour | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Software / Tools

The central bank of Japan. Provides information about monetary policy, statistics, latest monetary news, and more.

Source: The Bank of Japan | Subject: Business / Economy

Provides general information, government policy, and network information about small and medium enterprises in Japan.

Source: Small and Medium Enterprise Agency | Subject: Business / Economy

A regular column from The Daily Yomiuri about the Japanese language and culture as well as education (including English education in Japan). A good read.

Source: The Daily Yomiuri | Subject: News / Magazine

The MIT Japan Program was established in 1981 with a small number of MIT students in science, engineering, and, later management. After spending two years learning the Japanese language these students were placed as interns in Japanese organizations: most of them stayed there for at least a year. From that small group, we grew. Up to now, over seven hundred young people went to Japan … [ Read more ]

Source: MIT | Subject: Schools

The home for MIT class 24.946. This course is a detailed examination of the grammar of Japanese and its structure which is significantly different from English, with special emphasis on problems of interest in the study of linguistic universals. Data from a broad group of languages is studied for comparison with Japanese. This course assumes familiarity with linguistic theory.

Source: MIT | Subject: Miscellaneous | Other

This site is devoted to Japanese sake. For nearly a decade, John Gauntner wrote a semi-monthly column on sake for The Japan Times, Japan’s leading English newspaper. From January ’04 until April ’05, he wrote a weekly column for the Japanese newspaper “Yomiuri Shinbun” evening edition, and currently publishes the free monthly Sake World email newsletter.

Source: John Gauntner | Subject: Food

The Quick and Dirty Guide to Japanese is a canonical classic of the Internet community. Posted years ago on the sci.lang.japan newsgroup, this guide appears in a multitude of pages written by folks such as myself, devoted to the learning of the Japanese language.

Usually the guide is presented in a plain-text-only format. I recall running across a similarly html-lized version a year or two ago, … [ Read more ]

Sources: John Teehan, Tad Perry | Subject: Grammar

JapaneseTeaching.org . . . the site for information on teaching and learning the Japanese language and on professional organizations involved in Japanese language education.

Source: Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese | Subject: Teaching / Tutoring

Japanese students wrote English explanations of the meanings of their Japanese names. All of the kanji is given in caligraphy-style images. You can also get your name translated into Kanji.

Source: Bill Pellowe | Subject: Kanji

Nathan Mrvichin, a student at the University of Texas Austin, created an online program to review the Yookoso vocabulary. It has all of Yookoso! Introduction vocab (vol 1) for a review, and he is adding Yookoso! Continuing vocab (vol 2) as we go along in class. It is a very good self assessment tool.

Editor’s Note: the explanations and format of the site need … [ Read more ]

Source: Nathan Mrvichin | Subject: Vocabulary / Phrases

Home page for the major newspaper focusing especially on business and financial topics.

Source: Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. | Subject: News / Magazine

The aim of JIP Friends Club is promote international friendship, romance,cultural/language exchange around the world. You can post your messages (No commercial) or contact anyone you are interested. We also host monthly parties in central Tokyo. 200-250 people are attending each party. It is open to everyone from all over the world. Very good opportunity to make new friends or learn many different cultures.

Source: JIP Friends Club | Subject: Connecting (Groups, Forums, Language Exchange, Meetups, etc.)

A Yahoo! Groups group for those interested in Japan and the Japanese language.

Source: Yahoo! | Subjects: Connecting (Groups, Forums, Language Exchange, Meetups, etc.), Language Exchange

Extensive information for anyone wishing to visit Japan from the U.S.

Source: U.S. Department of State | Subject: Travel & Tourism

The U.S. Commercial Service offers customized solutions for you to make international sales and increase your business in the Japanese market. Last year, the Commercial Service worldwide helped over 9,000 U.S. businesses, most of them small and medium-sized companies, to make international sales worth over $34 billion! On this site you can find:
– webcasts
– business partner search function
– trade event info
… [ Read more ]

Source: U.S. Commercial Service | Subject: Business / Economy

The Japan Economic Foundation (JEF) was established in July 1981 to deepen mutual understanding between Japan and other countries through activities aimed at promoting economic and technological exchanges.

With this goal in mind, JEF engages in a broad range of activities; it provides information about Japan and arranges opportunities to exchange ideas among opinion leaders from many countries in such fields as industry, government administration, academia … [ Read more ]

Source: Japan Economic Foundation | Subject: Business / Economy

Tons of useful content (policies, statistics, white papers, etc.) from this very powerful ministry.

Source: METI | Subject: Business / Economy

JOI aims to promote foreign direct investment from our country and expand international economic exchanges. Find research reports, seminars, publications, statistics and links.

Source: Japan Institute for Overseas Investment | Subject: Business / Economy

KEIZAI DOYUKAI (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that was formed in 1946 by 83 far-sighted business leaders united by a common desire to contribute to the reconstruction of the Japanese economy. In the more than 50 years since then, KEIZAI DOYUKAI has solidified its leadership role in improving the Japanese economic community and in seeking solutions to numerous domestic … [ Read more ]

Source: Keizai Doyukai | Subject: Business / Economy