Japan Program

Where is the Japan Program located?

135 B.B. Comer Hall

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0254

Call us at 205-348-5312 or Fax us at 205-348-5298

What is the Japan Program all about? Click here to find out.

Welcome New International Students! We at the Japan Program welcome our new international students and welcome back last years Internationals who are returning for another year at The University of Alabama.

Research

Sakura Festival

Japan Culture and Information Center

Japanese Language and Literature

Japan Related Courses

Taiko (drum)

Scholarships

JAPAN LINKS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE

Disclaimer

Although the authors of this Web site have made every reasonable effort to be factually accurate, no responsibility is assumed for editorial or clerical errors or error occasioned by honest mistake. All information contained on this Web site is subject to change by the appropriate officials of The University of Alabama without prior notice. Material on this Web site does not serve as a contract between The University of Alabama and any other party.

More information may be obtained by contacting the Capstone International Center, 205-348-5256

Links to Information on Japan The Japan Society, an American institution with individual and corporate members, promotes understanding and enlightened relations between the United States and Japan. It is a private, non-profit, nonpolitical organization devoted to cultural, educational and public affairs and to discussions, exchanges and research in areas of vital interest to the people of both cultures.

JAPAN SOCIETY

333 East 47th Street

New York, NY 10017

http://www.jpnsoc.org/

US-JAPAN LINKS - a collaborative media project of the 35+ members of the National Association of Japan-America societies (NAJAS) administered by the Japan-America Society of the state of Washington. A national WWW site with links to the homepages of each society.

US-JAPAN LINKS

C/o Japan-America Society of the state of Washington

1800 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1550

Seattle, WA 98101-1322
http://www.us-japan.org/

GOVERNMENT/POLITICS

Network Democracy from FNETD
http://www.niftyserve.com

Network Democracy Forum, whose members fashion themselves "Netizens" (network citizens) started this site with the aim of creating a database for political participation in Japan. The site is home to many discussion groups and to a seiji (government) database, which includes a directory of memberships to Diet committees.

POST WAR FARMATION OF JAPAN DATABASE
http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

This website provides full texts of every keynote address by a Japanese Prime Minister since 1885 and policy speeches in the postwar period (by the ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs and by the heads of the Economic Planning Agency). This site also provides telnet access to a postwar chronology.

Shingikai reports
http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/index.html

Minutes of Diet sessions

Lower House http://www.shugiin.go.jp/top/hon.htm

Upper House http://www.sangiin.go.jp/honkaigi.htm

Information on Japan's forthcoming Big Bang
http://www.mof.go.jp/big-bang/

Prime Minister's Office
http://www.kantei.go.jp/index-e.html

Links to Government Agencies' Homepages
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/server-e/html

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
http://www.nttls.co.jp/infomofa/

Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
http://www.miti.go.jp/index-e.html

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO USA)
http://www.jetro.org/

Ministry of Finance
http://www.mof.go.jp/english/

Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture
http://www.monbu.go.jp/emindex.html

Ministry of Health and Welfare
http://www.mhw.go.jp/english/index.html

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery
http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html

Ministry of Transport
http://www.motnet.go.jp/index.htm

Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
http://www.mpt.go.jp/index-e.html

Ministry of Construction
http://www.moc.go.jp/eng/eng/index.htm

Ministry of Home Affairs
http://www.mha.go.jp/eng/

Management and Coordination Agency
http://www.somucho.go.jp/soumu/index

Economic Planning Agency
http://www.epa.go.jp/e-e/menu.html

Science and Technology Agency
http://www.sta.go.jp/welcome-en.html

Environment Agency
http://www.mx.eic.or.jp/eanet/index-e.html

Japan Economic Foundation
http://www.jef.or.jp/index.html

LAW/LEGAL

LEC Cyber Station of Law
http://lec-jp.com/law-station/law_station_index.html

This department store of Japanese legal resources provides access under the following categories: statutes, including recent amendments(http://www.lec-jp.com/law-station/hourei), precedents and analysis, legal papers, books on law, forms of legal documents, and legal professionals' homepages.

A Guide to Japanese Law
http://home.highway.or.jp/JAPANLAW/

Volunteer lawyers collecting all legal information available in English, including statutes and regulations.

SOCIAL POLICIES

Ohara Institute for Social Research
http://oohara.mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp/index-j.htm

The Ohara Institute specializes in labor issues, and indexes 260,000 records. Site includes links to all Japanese labor unions.

National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
http://www.ipss.go.jp/

This resource went online in February 1997, and has the potential to be a primary resource for social scientists with an interest in demographic changes and their impact on the social security system.

MEDIA

Japanese Media Directory
http://www.pressnet.or.jp/

Directory of every newspaper, broadcaster and news agency in Japan, including links to their websites.

LIBRARY RESOURCES
Union Catalog of Japanese University and College Libraries
http://www.webcat.nacsis.ac.jp/
Provides the best and largest bibliographic record for Japan on the web.

ACADEMIA

NACSIS Career Information Service
http://nacwww.nacsis.ac.jp/index-e.htm

Japanese equivalent of the job listings in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Japan Information Network
http://www.jinjapan.org/

Kids Web Japan
http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/

Association of International Education Japan (AIEJ) Information Center
http://www.aiej.or.jp/

TOURISM

Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO)
http://ww.jnto/go.jp/

The Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go at

http://thejapanfaq.cjb.net

which has a lot of important info form anyone visiting or relocation to Japan.

Japanese Manners & Etiquette
http://www.geocities.com/japanfaq/FAQ-Manners.html

Price Check Tokyo!
http://www.pricechecktokoyo.com
The Japan Rail Fare Calculator