Association of Haiku Poets and Museum of Haiku Literature / 社団法人俳人協会 ・俳句文学館
(http://www2.famille.ne.jp/%7Ehaiku/main-e.html)
The Museum of Haiku Literature has the world's only library devoted exclusively to collecting and preserving haiku works for future generations. The collection covers the period of all modern haiku since Masaoka Shiki, and includes a wide selection of magazines and anthologies, reference works, seasonal word dictionaries, and many other publications. The Museum offers programs ranging from introductory lectures on haiku to exhibitions.
ALA-LC Romanization Tables (http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html)
Click on Japanese for the scanned text of the 1997 edition of the ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts, approved by the Library of Congress and the American Library Association.
Ainu language (http://ramat.ram.ne.jp/ainu/)
For Ainu Language learning and links to areas where the Ainu language is spoken.
AltaVista Babel Fish Translations (http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/translate.dyn)
Presents an online translation form for use with Web sites or plain text. Allows users to translate items from English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian into other languages.
Aozora Bunko / 青空文庫 (http://www.aozora.gr.jp/)
Internet publishing project to make freely available electronic versions of Japanese literary works whose copyright has expired (50 years after the death of the author) or for which the project has otherwise obtained copyright permission. The site includes listings of works included by author and by title, as well as a searchable index. Information about the status of the project is also available.
The Association for Japanese Literary Studies (AJLS) (http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/AJLS/)
The Association for Japanese Literary Studies has an annual meeting that is published online.
Association for Japanese-Language Teaching / 社団法人国際日本語普及協会 (http://www.ajalt.org/e/index%5Fe.htm)
AJALT serves as a clearinghouse for information and resources on Japanese language education. Publications include: AJALT Magazine and the Japanese for Busy People textbook series.
The Association of Teachers of Japanese (http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/)
This site offers a searchable database of Japanese college and university programs, information on job openings for Japanese language teachers, and standards for Japanese language learning. Of special interest is the Bridging Project, which provides a Q & A section regarding exchange programs, scholarchips, and financial aid.
Excite / エキサイト翻訳 (http://www.excite.co.jp/world/)
This site allows for translation of documents with Microsoft as well as of websites from English to Japanese and from Japanese to English.
Humanities Web Sites in Japan / 国内人文系研究機関 (http://www.sal.tohoku.ac.jp/%7Egothit/zinbun-en.html)
This is a very comprehensive listing of academic societies, research institutes, and journals, compiled and maintained by Prof. Goto Hiroshi of the Dept. of Linguistics, Tohoku University. The English version lists sites that have pages written in English as well as French, German, Spanish, or some other European language. The Japanese version is much more extensive.
Information on Japanese-Language Software (http://www.jsnet.org/jls.html)
From the Japanese Studies Network Forum website, these pages include detailed information on Japanese language software for PCs and MACs and an article by Dr. Earl H. Kinmonth on alternatives for using Japanese on computer hardware available in the U.S. and U.K.
Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa / 国際交流基金 日本語国際センター (http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/urawa/index.html)
The Center is dedicated to enhancing Japanese language learning and produces manuals and bibliographies that are very useful for Japanese language teachers. Some special features include: How to Establish a Japanese-Language Course; Basic Resources for Secondary-level Japanese; and List of Japanese-Language Teaching Materials.
Japanese Text Initiative (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/index.html)
The University of Virginia and the University of Pittsburgh have put together this collection of classical Japanese literature on the WWW. Includes such online texts as Manyoshu, Ise monogatari, Kagero nikki, Genji monogatari, Heike monogatari and more. It also includes online texts of modern Japanese literature including works by such authors as Mori Ogai, Natsume Soseki, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, and Hayashi Fumiko.
Jeffrey's Kanji Lookup (http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/kanji?SASE=/cgi-bin/j-e/dict)
Jeffrey's Kanji Lookup is an online Japanese character dictionary. It provides access to information on over 6300 different kanji. The data comes from kanjidic, compiled by Jim Breen.
Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary Server (http://etext.virginia.edu/wwwjdic/)
Jim Breen's Japanese-English Dictionary Server (University of Virginia Mirror) translates words in Japanese text, enables you to search for words in the dictionary, find Kanji in the database, and more.
Joyo 96 - Understanding Written Japanese (http://www.joyo96.org/)
Joyo 96 lists Kanji reference book, primers, and other useful tools for learning the Japanese language.
Mishima Yukio Cyber Museum / 三島由紀夫文学館 (http://www.vill.yamanakako.yamanashi.jp/bungaku/mishima/index-e.html)
This site offers information about the museum, a bibliography of translations of Mishima's works, and a history of his life.
The National Institute of Japanese Literature / 国文学研究資料館 (http://www.nijl.ac.jp)
This archive collects, sorts, and preserves Japanese literature with a focus on recent times (since the Meiji period, 1868-1912) for the purpose of assisting researchers with their study of Japanese literature. The site includes several databases, including one for classical Japanese literature (Nihon koten bungaku), Japanese books (kokusho), modern literature since Meiji (kindai bunken), OPAC and others. Includes information on Web sites of Japanese scholarly societies.
Rikai / 理解 (http://www.rikai.com/)
For Japanese language assistance when reading Japanese web pages, Rikai enables you to translate words from Japanese websites into English.
Study Abroad Asia WWW Virtual Library (http://inic.utexas.edu/asnic/stdyabrd/StdyabrdAsia.html)
Established in 1998, the Study Abroad Asia WWW VL is a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library Project and of the South Asia WWW Virtual Library. This site provides a listing of and links to academic programs and resources for studying abroad in Asia, categorized by country, as well as links to information about Asian languages taught in US colleges and universities.
Translations From Classical Japanese (http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/%7Epmjs/trans/trans%5F0.html)
Translations from classical Japanese offers an alphabetical list of translations of classical Japanese works up to 1600, including works written in kanbun and Chinese, and items described as late Muromachi or early Kinsei. Separate bibliographies are maintained on this site for otogizoshi and Noh plays. The site is maintained by a professor at Meiji Gakuin University.
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