Japan Studies Resources

General and Government Sites

• Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle
• Embassy of Japan (Washington D.C.)
• Japan Information Network
• Portal for Japanese Government Websites (in Japanese)
• Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources 
• Statistics on Japan
• Web-Japan

Japanese Press

• Asahi.com    
• Japan in The World  
• The Japan Times      
• Kyodo News   
• NewsOnJapan.com  
• Nikkei.net interactive  
• Mainichi Daily (Japanese Only)  
• Yomiuri Shimbun

Local Press  

• Junglecity Network (Japanese only)
• North American Post (Hokubei Hochi)   
• The Seattle Times     
• The Stranger 

Student Resources (Study, Work and Funding)

• Association of Language Companies: Japanese translations of words and idioms (in Japanese)
• Atsumi Scholarship
• Fulbright Program
• Indeed (job board - Japanese)
• Indeed (job board - English)
• Inter-University Center for Japanese Languages Studies
• International Programs and Exchanges at the UW
• Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership Fellowships and Volunteers
• Japanese Student Association at the UW
• JET Alumni Association: Pacific Northwest Japanese Government Scholarship Alumni Association
• JGuide
• Study in Japan - Comprehensive Guide   

Culture and Art - Regional

• Bellevue Botanical Garden (Yao Japanese Garden)
• Bloedel Reserve (Japanese Garden)
• Kubota Garden
• Seattle Art Museum (SAM)
• Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM)
• Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America (Tsubaki Kannagara Jinja)
• Urasenke
• The Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts
• The Wing Luke Asian Museum

Business and Legal Information

• Hyogo Business & Cultural Center
• Japan External Trade Organization 
• Kobe Trade Information Office
• Legal Guides: Japan

Community and National Organizations and Research Centers

• Japan-America Society of the State of Washington
• Japanese-American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter
• Japanese-American Chamber of Commerce of Washington State
• Japan Foundation
• Japanese Public Opinion Location Library (Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut)
• Japan Society
• Japan-United States Friendship Commission
• National Bureau of Asian Research
  

University Links

• Asian Studies Virtual WWW Library (Australian National University)
  Bucknell University (East Asian Studies)
• Columbia University (Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures)
• Cornell University (Department of Asian Studies)
• Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (Harvard University)
• Dartmouth College (East Asia Studies)
• Harvard University (East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department)
• Japan Studies at SAIS
• Oberlin College (East Asian Studies)
• Princeton University (East Asian Studies)
  
• Stanford University (East Asian Studies)
• University of British Columbia (Asian Studies)
• University of California, Berkeley (Center for Japanese Studies)
• University of California, Davis (East Asian Studies Program)
• University of Hawaii (School of Pacific and Asian Studies)
• University of Michigan (Center for Japanese Studies)
• University of Oregon (Asian Studies)
• University of San Francisco (Center for the Pacific Rim)
• Wake Forest University (Asian Studies)
• Yale University (Council on East Asian Studies)