Japan
Use Microsoft Internet Explorer to read Chinese, Japanese or Korean language WEB materials .
Culture and History
Statistics on Japan: In both Japanese and English from the Japanese Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center. Current statistics including Kokusei Chosa.
CEAL
This is the official site of the Council on East Asian Libraries. Information
are comprehensive with subject guide.
JIN
Japan Information Network , this site is from the Japan Center for Intercultural
Communications (JCIC) to be the place to come for Web users seeking all kinds
of information about the society,culture, education and other aspects of Japan.
NTT Japan Information
This site provides general information on Japan , and links to Japan related sites
on the Internet. Maintained by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.
World Heritage List from Japan
Dictionaries
RIKAI an on-site translation dictionary,English-Japanese,Japanese-English
Chinese Characters Dictionary WEB The major Chinese character dictionaries on the web are interlinking at a character-to-character level, allowing visitors to quickly jump across dictionaries to check the same character entry without having to search again for the character.
Language and Literature
Language
Japanese at University of Virginia
Japanese Kanji Learning from the UVA Japanese Language Program.
Japanese Language Proficiency Test
Literature
Japanese Text Initiative at the University of Virginia Etext Center .
Other Web Sites on Japanese Literature
On-line Newspapers & Journals
AsianDOC Electronic Newsletter : A quaterly newsletter on the WWW. Its purpose is to support scholars, librarians, and researchers world-wide who are developing text or image databases in the various fields of Asian/EurAsian Studies or who are incorporating materials in Asian languages into larger databases, and to promote better communication among them.
Japan Encho: A bimonthly presenting translations of selected articles from the Japanese media on a wide range of topics including politics, the economy, social affairs, culture.
Academic Programs and Associations
The Fairback Center for East Asian Research
Association for Asian Studies(AAS)
Book News
Japanese Book News A publication from the Japan Foundation. This quarterly provides information on recent trends of publication in Japan and reviews of new titles.
Nichigai Book : from the Nichigai Association. Books published in Japan since 1986. Searchable, text in Japanese.
Search Japanese Books in Print This index is created by the Japanese Book Publishers Association. In Japanese.
Kodansha In Japanese.
Other Resources
Japanese Studies Resources WHERE to find : Comprehensive guide from Duke for Japanese studies. Please look up VIRGO for UVa holding of titles listed in the bibliography.
JGuide : Standford Guide to Japan Information Resources.
East Asian Libraries Cooperative World-Wide Web: The project's goal is to support research on East Asia by creating electronic resources and developing web-based information services through cooperation among librarians, scholars and researchers, and by mirroring resources developed elsewhere to facilitate access.
Japan Documentation Center at the Library of Congress Asian Division The Japan Documentation Center (JDC) is a project that specializes in Japanese public policy information. It provides current source materials in fields such as economics, commerce and industry, law, politics, the environment, and social conditions.
National Center for Science and Information
System(NACSIS) : In addition to other functions by subscription it provides
a Free union catalog WEBCAT
of books and serials held in university libraries in Japan and some major Japanese
collection overseas. .
NACSIS-IR (WebFront) retrieves bibliographic information
from databases in the fields of Humanities,Social Sciences, including doctoral dissertations submitted
to the universities in Japan, Indexes to Japanese newspapers. .
Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan National Diet
Library of Japan. On-line catalog, Full-text of records of the Japanese Diet since
1947 to the present.
Japan National Bibiliography Nihon Zenkoku Shoshi (weekly list), 2002-. check Virgo for UVA holding.
Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Japanese Periodical Index from 1994- . check Virgo for UVA holding.
H-Net Online: This site provides information and resources for all those interested in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and serves as a central information storehouse for H-Net's extensive network of e-mail lists. One of the networks is the Asia-Pacific Network.
University Libraries OPAC from Japan
WWW Virtual Library arranged by Subjects
Government Information Locator Service System Index to publications from ministries and other organizations, retrieve in Full-text . Including annual reports,statistics,white papers, minutes of Shingikai,etc.
fax: 434.924.1431