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January 20, 1998: This page is still under construction, but has all the important sites in place. All links are valid as of date of posting. Completed links page will be up very soon.
Job Ads & Offers
Ohayo Sensei
: Published twice a month, excellent source of high-level job ads.
Japan Job Connections
: Excellent list of jobs, mostly teaching positions.
Safe Jobs in Japan
: Good, long listings of up-to-date job ads; mostly conversation schools.
TEFL Professional Network
: A few good job ads here for Japan, updated once in a while.
Tokyo Classifieds Listings
: Fairly good listings; probably for applicants within Japan.
Kyushu Classifieds
: Good listing of jobs, mostly teaching.
JET Program
: Home page on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs site. Comprehensive info.
AEONet
: Home page of AEON school chain; application via site available.
NOVA
: Describes job, lists office addresses in Japan, Boston, Toronto. Caveat emptor.
Ota English School
: Private school with web site, hires a few teachers a year.
Interac
: Private school, average-sounding work, on-line application.
Alles
: Kansai school; lots of on-line information, application available.
Earlham College
: On-line application for Japanese high school assistant teacher. It sounds like JET...
Japanese Jobs
: Free resume submission service. Unclear on what kind of jobs involved.
Overseas Jobs
: Very few teaching jobs, especially in Japan. Lots of other listings, though.
Asia-Net
: No teaching jobs, but lots of other job listings for Japan.
Mennonite?
Want to teach for the church, expenses paid? Sounds like a wild time!
Trust Recruiting
: On-line application; they claim to set you up with job, even homestay.
Japan Teaching Guides
Teaching English in
Japan
: Susan Crowell's excellent site on finding jobs in Japan.
Teaching
English in Japan
: by Kenji Kitao and S. Kathleen Kitao; good source.
Teaching English
in Japan
: John St. Paul's page; good info, tips on teaching.
Rob's Japan FAQ
: Know Before You Go. Good info & advice on working and living in Japan.
Working with Japan
: A Guide for Americans. More good advice and info.
Teaching
in Japan
: Single-page advisory by Peter R. Payne
Teaching EFL in Japan
: Chris Meechan's site; frames, heavy on graphics; text version available.
Japan: A Country on Planet Earth
: Interesting info, a little bit on jobs.
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Japan Living Guides
Issho Kikaku
: Excellent news, information and essays on Japan.
Dave Aldwinckle's Home Page
: Excellent page with many essays on life in Japan. A must-see.
JAPAN
: Lots of links to sites on life in Japan.
Navigating Life in Japan
: A good guide on living in Japan.
Living in Japan
: A long list of links to sites on life in Japan.
Price Check Tokyo
: Unofficial list of prices of some basic food items in Tokyo.
Children and Education
: NTT's living guide for foreigners with children. Main menu is here.
Living in Japan
: Good resource on life in Japan.
Tokyo Urban Life
: Great site with essays on urban life, with pictures. Tons of great info.
Japan Guide
: Good resource for information on Japan.
Japan Information Network
: Information on Japan living.
Japan Ease
: Washington Post article on living in Japan.
January in Japan
: Pretty site on one person's Japan. Graphics-heavy. Some links.
Ogasawara-Ryu
: Guide to Japanese etiquette. Graphics-heavy site.
Climbing Mt. Fuji
: My own page on Climbing Fuji. Narrative, graphics-heavy.
Living in Japan
: Fujiyoshida City's guide for residents; some useful information.
Tokyo Daze
: Chronicles on living in Japan, of questionable taste.
Foreigner's Accomodation
: List of some gaijin houses; a little hard to read, info not confirmed.
Tokyo Off Time
: 5-part serialization on a book on life in Japan.
Japanese Culture -- a Primer
: Some notes on Japanese culture.
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EFL Teaching Resources
Dave's EFL Cafe
: Huge, comprehensive, excellent site on all aspects of EFL.
Frizzy University Network
: Karla Frizler's fantastic funland for TESOL. Great site.
Linguistic Funland
: Information, links to TESOL resources.
The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus: Great on-line English dictionary; tell your students.
The Internet TESL Journal
: Lots of good resources, great links.
JALT
: Japan Association of Language Teachers.
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Information on Japan
Tokyo Classifieds
: Great site; ads for anything and everything. A must-visit.
Japan Information Network
: Collection of sites with interesting information on Japan.
Japan Information Resource Center
: Lots of good information on all aspects of Japan.
KIMI Information
: KIMI has a great information service in Tokyo; the web site is OK.
Japan Window
: NTT's ubiquitous and general guide to all sorts of topics on Japan.
Bridge to Japan
: Links to information on all aspects to Japan.
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
: Many useful connections.
Guide to Japanese Visas
: MoFA's page on visas; official wording, so terms may not match regular use.
Japan Open Yellow Pages
: Listing of home pages on Japan by topic.
Japan Information Access Project
: Research center on Japanese sci-tech, industry, policy, etc.
NTT's Japanese Information Page
: General information for a general audience.
Japan Links
: Links to all sorts of information in Japan.
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Discussion on Japan
Lonely Planet Guide Letters
: Letters from people who have been throughout Japan.
Myths About Modern Japan
: Writings on myths about Japan.
soc.culture.japan.moderated
: Newsgroup on Japan. Use link only if you have access to Usenet.
soc.culture.japan
: Free-for-all newsgroup on Japan. Use link only if you have access to Usenet.
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Japan Media Resources
Daily Yomiuri
: On-line version of English-language newspaper in Japan.
Asahi News
: On-line version of English-language newspaper in Japan.
The Japan Times
: On-line version of English-language newspaper in Japan.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
: "Nikkei Net," English-language site on Japanese Financial news.
Kyodo News Web
: Japanese news service's web site. Stories, photos, links.
Associated Press
: News articles concerning Japan; continuously refreshed, courtesy of Washington Post.
Washington Post
: Recent artciles on Japan.
Mainichi's "Jam-jam"
: Cut-down version of Mainichi English newspaper.
Tokyo Journal
: Tokyo area magazine on public issues and lifestyle. Last issue available: 6/97.
The Gaijin Gleaner
: Kyushu on-line netzine.
052 Japan
: Nagoya netzine on Japan. Seems a little incomplete as of 1/98.
Foreign Press Center
: Japanese-run resource page for foreign press; some news, essays.
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Search Engines
Yahoo
Yahoo Japan
: In Japanese.
Hotbot
: I use this one most. Not for beginners, but powerful.
Excite!
Alta Vista
Lycos Pro
Senrigan
: Japanese search engine. In English, Japanese available.
Okay Japanese
: Translates English keywords to Japanese, then searches. Links.
Odin
: In Japanese.
Easy Serach
: Japanese search engine. In English, Japanese available.
Sony WAVE Search
: In Japanese.
Japanese Search Engines
: Good list of Japanese search engines, links to Japanese/English versions.
Miscellaneous
Ken Coller's Sumo Now
: Great web page on Sumo.
YBS Fuji-Cam
: A web-cam trained on Mt. Fuji.
Web View/Livescope
: Download webcam operating device from Canon Japan.
Guide to Japanese Law
: Great English-language resource on Japanese law.
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