Useful
mostly non-commercial links.
For people in
Japan or interested in Japan.
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Mostly I don't care about most of
the info that can be found from the links below, but this page is great
for those times when I do need info. There is something here for
everybody and a little extra for US Citizens who care about the coming
elections (bottom of page).
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Japanese
National Holidays (too busy, not updated, but
the below are good)
Japan
holidays Japan bank
holidays
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Calendar - USA
with one click you can change to Japan or dozens of other countries.
Here is one we really like and its fun.
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Time - New
York gives the temperature too, or change to other
city; for example London
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| International
Schools in
Japan: Preschool - High School |
Japanese
Universities
& Colleges
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Language
Schools - offering Japanese language and others
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Japan
Population
Projections - rapidly aging Click
on small moving
graph.
Also see population and density of all
countries
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Japan's Environmental Performance
- or other country from this worldwide study
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Japan's Prefectures and
major Cities - with links for book and information searches
Links
to
Prefectures and Towns around Japan - with link to local government
and similar websites |
Japan Update basic info
in many languages
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Bookstores
in Japan (and the world)
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Museums in Japan
(most links to Japanese sites)
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| Tokyo
Subway |
| Gaijin
Help |
| Travel
alternatives from Tokyo |
| Travel
Miscellany |
Hotels in Tokyo
area Hostels worldwide
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| Mapion -
all of Japan maps (but
Japanese only) |
| Weather News
- Tokyo (Japanese
only from Yahoo) |
Japanese
Postal Code Search - (from Japan Post, Japanese mostly)
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APO and FPO Postal Zipcode
Info
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Currency
Conversion: OANDA
also Yahoo
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| Search
Links
and other useful Links |
Time
and Date around the world - current, accurate to the second
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Pacific
Islands -- nations and territories
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| Underdeveloped
Asia/Pacific Countries (from 1999 UN list) |
| Find out
who owns any domain name |
| Tokyo
immigration office |
Get
the best world news and information .... free!
TV New from Asia and beyond.
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| Computer things (mostly USA) |
List
of foreign embassies in Tokyo
Maybe useful, but our list is better. |
| JPGS - Japan Publications
Guide
Service |
The
World Factbook
basic info on every country in this world courtesy of the CIA - the
link goes to the Japan start page
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Telephone Number Search
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World
Time and Date (and more)
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lots of info here on japan.com
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Electronic
Mail Internet Country Codes
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and our own list of Country Codes
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TheFreeDictionary (this
is a real gem)
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A
miscellany of Japan & Asia website - fun and useful
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For U.S.A. Citizens Only
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This space is mainly for U.S. citizens
outside of the USA and especially for those living and working in
Japan. Do you you have suggestions
for links that should interest Americans? Tell us.
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The U.S. Congress
- Votes Database
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Retirement Living - USA
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Baseball - Major League
Standings
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English Newspapers
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| Delivered to you anywhere in
Japan, your English daily
newspaper. Daily Yomiuri |
| SCMP - Subscribe
to South
China Morning Post Online Edition |
