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East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
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Japanese Language
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General Language Instruction & Learning Dictionaries
  Japanese Word Processing & Computing  
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General
Bilingualism & Japanology Intersection "Entryway to an online library of selected publications by Japanologist/EFL Professor Steve McCarty"
Japanese Language An about.com guide with netlinks & articles on Japanese language & culture
Content-Rich Jim Breen's Japanese Page "provid[ing] information about a number of [Jim Breen's] projects in the area of Japanese computing and dictionaries, [&] links to some of the resources available on the WWW on Japanese matters"
Linguistics Web Sites in Japan Gotoo Hitosi's extensive list in English & Japanese
Mojikyo Net A new system for handling Chinese characters in ancient & modern sources available for download: the complete Mojikyo font set, including over 80,000 kanji, & with a fast retrieval system
Nihongo de Onamae Generate your name in Japanese
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Language Instruction & Learning
Asian Language Study Programs: Japanese Compiled by UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
The Association of Teachers of Japanese "an international, non-profit, non-political organization of scholars, teachers, & students of Japanese language, literature, & linguistics"
A Fan in Japan A BBC Languages game "to explore the exciting world of futtubo-ru, football, in Japan and pick up a bit of the lingo"
Friends of NAKAMA For users of the textbook NAKAMA 1 & NAKAMA 2: additional teaching materials, communicative activities, teaching plans, etc."
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Sample pages from Genki; self-study pages; instructional resources; links
The Japan Foundation Los Angeles Office & Language Center: Japanese Language Teaching Worshops & resources for teachers of Japanese language, & information on Japanese language programs in the U.S.
Japanese Language Instruction in a Multicultural Context: Promoting Citizenship and Interculturality Yuko Ramzan on "the possibility of using the Japanese language education as one of the tools to promote citizenship, and development of students interculturality in Australian primary schools" (Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia in Canberra, 2004; PDF format)
Japanese Language Sites for Teachers LearningLanguages.Net's annotated list of resources useful to Japanese language teachers
JapaneseTeaching.org " the site for information on teaching & learning the Japanese language & on professional organizations involved in Japanese language education"
Japanese-Online "Multimedia ... Japanese lessons including cultural points"; "Story Problems Translated from Japan's Jr. High Math Tests"; online dictionary; discussion board; links
Joyo 96 - Understanding Written Japanese A resource for the learning of kana & kanji
Kanji Study Guide Based on James Heisig's Remembering the Kanji I: information on individual kanji from level 1 to 10; random kanji & phrases; book reviews, etc.
Content-Rich Keiko Schneider's Bookmarks A former Japanese instructor's extensive collection of bookmarks: Japanese language learning tools, resources for teachers of Japanese, & more
Minna No Kyoozai Japan Foundations "multi support system for teachers of Japanese language that consists of the contents of Kyookasho O Tsukuroo and Photo Panel Collection" (Registration required)
NihongoWeb "copyright free/safe downloadable materials for Japanese language teachers [&] information about Japanese language teaching in general"
Purdue Japanese Projects Web resources for Japanese instruction; freeware, computing projects, & electronic picture resources related to language teaching; articles
The Quick & Dirty Guide to Japanese "to pack the most *useful information* necessary to achieve the *goal of using Japanese* in the *shortest possible space*": particles & verb conjugations
Sites Useful for Learning & Teaching Japanese Language & cultural sites for students & teachers of Japanese, compiled by the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching (MERLOT)
Content-Rich Super Japanese Web Sites Jim Becker's listing "of sites that can be helpful for you for learning more about Japan and the Japanese language and culture": Japanese Grammar, Lessons & Drills; Quizzes for Japanese; Writing Japanese; The History of Japan; Dictionaries & Translators; many other cultural categories
Teaching Japanese Culture and Language Shun Ikeda on how to "maximise the effectiveness of teaching Japanese culture in the classroom situation at tertiary institutions outside of Japan" (Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia in Canberra, 2004; PDF format)
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Dictionaries
Japanese-English Dictionary Server Jeffrey Friedl's searchable Japanese-English dictionaries of words, names, legal terms, & life science terms
Content-Rich Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary Server Translation of words in Japanese text; word search by keyword in multiple languages or Japanese in Romaji; Kanji lookup; mutlti-radical Kanji selection; thorough documentation including instructions for browsing & using the site
Content-Rich Sanseido Web Dictionary Biggest dictionary Web site in Japan with 1.2 million terms from 16 dictionaries
Yahoo! Japan Dictionaries (in Japanese) Searchable Japanese, English-Japanese & Japanese-English dictionaries
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Japanese Word Processing & Computing
Computing in Japanese (in Japanese & English) Yasuhiro Omoto's guide to making Windows & Mac computers Japanese capable, with other useful tips & links
Dr. Berlin's Foreign Font Archive - Japanese Downloadable fonts for hiragana, katagana & kanji
Electronic Dictionary of Japanese Emoticons (in Japanese) Categorized list & history of emoticons
GMAN: Windows XP Japanese Input Detailed instructions with screen shots on setting up Japanese under Windows XP Pro, including handwritten kanji recognition
Japanese Emoticons (in Japanese) History, list, & links
Japanese Emoticons (in Japanese) An overview
Japanese for Your Mac Comprehensive information on "using Japanese on an American Macintosh," compiled by C. Bolton
Content-Rich Japanese in the Age of Technology: English; Japanese Kida Jun'ichiro's multimedia survey of the application of technology to the Japanese language since the 19th century: I. Japanese Type: The Passing of the Woodblock Tradition; II. Gariban: Desktop Publishing a Hundred Years Ago; III. Doing Away with Chinese Characters: Recognizing the Japanese Language for Machines; IV. Furigana: The Phonetic System of the Japanese Language; V. WaPro: The Interface between the Japanese Language & the Computer; VI. The Encyclopedia: How Technology Has Transformed the Organization of Knowledge
Luc Devroye's Page on Japanese Fonts A compilation of Web links
Japanese International Support Macintosh User Group (JISMUG) (in Japanese & English) "help [for] people who would like to use Japanese with non-Japanese versions of MAC OS," including earlier versions from 7.1
Sakura Sakura World (in Japanese) All about emoticons
Using Windows 2000 to Run Japanese Windows Programs By Rob Britt of the University of Washington
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