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- Old Photos of Japan and Thailand
- Ancient Japanese
- Japanese
- Japanese Culture (Liskowsky)
Provides a lesson on Japanese culture, a trip to Japan. 4-00
- Japanese Search Engine (MSN)
Provides Web searches in Japanese. 6-00
- Japanese-English Dictionary (Breen - Peterson)
Translates English words into Japanese and gives alternative contexts. Does not require Japanese fonts to be downloaded. 6-00
- Japanese Holidays - Obon and Matsuri (Owens)
Provides a description of these Japanese holidays, including their origins. Obon is celebrated in August. 8-00
- Suzuki, Ichiro (Famous Personages in Japan)
Provides a short biography of the famous baseball player. Last entry was in 1998. 6-01
- Japanese Resources (iLoveLanguages - Chambers)
Provides lessons, dictionaries, translation guides, news, and literature. 1-02
- Fastest Computer Now From Japan (International Herald Tribune - Markoff)
Describes a new computer for climate monitoring that was developed in Japan.
- Awesome Library in Japanese (Requires Japanese font.)
- Japanese Books Search (Amazon.co.jp)
Provides searches in Japanese. Requires the Japanese font. 6-02
- -See and Hear Web Pages in English, Japanese, or Other Languages (Awesome Library)
Awesome Talkster allows you to hear Web pages. You can, for example, set the voice to Japanese and start with www.awesomelibrary.org/Japanese.html to see and hear the Web in Japanese. By adding a voice to Web pages, children and teens can learn to pronounce words as they read them. Awesome Talkster includes an animated character, providing synchronized highlighting so that children can follow along even more easily. This multi-sensory approach is a powerful method for improving reading skills. Online books for children and teens to practice their reading skills are available in the Awesome Library. 1-03
- Japanese Encyclopedia (Wikipedia.org)
Provides over 10,000 articles in the language. 12-04
- -01-02-05 Japan Makes Largest Tsunami Donation (Bloomberg.com)
"Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pledged $500 million to international tsunami relief and reconstruction work, becoming the biggest donor nation." 01-05
- Ancient Japan - History (About.com)
Provides a history by period. 1-05
- -4-12-05 Tensions High Between China and Japan (CNN News)
"Protests are rare in China, with the government keeping a tight rein on any public gatherings and banning most demonstrations."
"But while China's government has urged protesters to remain calm, and avoid extremist behavior, it has been tolerant of these anti-Japanese demonstrations, urging Tokyo to take a 'responsible attitude' towards history."
"The protests saw tens of thousands of protesters call for a boycott of Japanese products, burning flags and shouting anti-Japanese slogans."
"Tokyo has demanded an apology and compensation from Beijing for the damage caused by protesters, and demanded that Chinese authorities protect Japanese in China."
"The tensions can be traced back to Japan's military campaigns in the last century. Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931, and occupied various parts of China until 1945." 4-05
- -4-16-05 Shanghai: Chinese Crowds Protest Against Japan (CBS News)
"About 20,000 anti-Japanese protesters rampaged in Shanghai on Saturday, stoning Japan's consulate and smashing cars and shops in a protest over Tokyo's wartime history and its bid for a permanent U.N. Security Council seat. Thousands of police watched but did little to restrain the crowd."
"Japan filed an official protest, complaining that Chinese authorities failed to stop the violence."
"The Shanghai government, however, blamed Japan for the protest, saying it was sparked by 'Japan's wrong attitudes and actions on a series of issues such as its history of agression,' the official Xinhua news agency quoted government spokeswoman Jiao Yang as saying late Saturday." 4-05
- -07-25-05 Japan Plans World's Fastest Computer (Fox News)
"The American Blue Gene/L system supercomputer developed by International Business Machine Corp. at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, currently holds the title of the world's fastest. That machine is capable of 136.8 teraflops, or 136.8 trillion calculations per second, according to Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology."
"Japan wants to develop a supercomputer that can operate at 10 petaflops, or 10 quadrillion calculations per second, which is 73 times faster than the Blue Gene, an official of the ministry said on condition of anonymity." 7-05
- -09-11-05 Koizumi Re-Elected as Prime Minister of Japan (BBC News)
"Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has won an overwhelming victory in lower house elections, according to results published by the media." 9-05
- -09-20-06 Shinzo Abe to Become Next Japanese Prime Minister (Bloomberg.com)
"Shinzo Abe was elected head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party today, ensuring he will succeed Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister next week." 09-06
- Ancient Acadians (Iraqi-Japan.com)
"*2340 BC, the great Acadian leader Sargon conquered Sumer and built the Acadian Empire stretching over most of the Sumerian city-states and extending as far away as Lebanon." 1-07
- -03-20-07 Japan Vows to Lead in Fight Against Global Warming (USA Today)
"Japan aims to play a leading role in the post-Kyoto battle on global warming and will seek the full engagement of the USA and China, the world's top two polluters, officials said Tuesday."
"Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will ask his cabinet ministers to develop a package of proposals to present to next year's Group of Eight summit of world leaders which Japan will host, they said." 03-07
- -09-01-08 Japanese Prime Minister Resigns (Time.com)
"Japan's unpopular prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, announced his resignation Monday after less than a year in office."
"Fukuda, in a hastily arranged news conference Monday evening, said he was stepping down to avoid a "political vacuum" at the head of the world's second-largest economy." 09-08
- -01-26-09 Japanese Workers Urged to Go Home Early (CNN News)
"In a country where 12-hour workdays are common, the electronics giant has taken to letting its employees leave early twice a week for a rather unusual reason: to encourage them to have more babies."
"Japan in the midst of an unprecedented recession, so corporations are being asked to work toward fixing another major problem: the country's low birthrate."
"At 1.34, the birthrate is well below the 2.0 needed to maintain Japan's population, according to the country's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare."
"Analysts say the world's second-largest economy faces its greatest threat from its own social problems, rather than outside forces. And the country desperately needs to make some fixes to its current social and work structures, sociologists say." 01-09
- Japanese Newspaper
- Japan (UC Regents)
- Japan Asahi (Newspaper)
- Japan Times
- Japanese Cabinet (Japan Times)
Provides brief profiles of key members of the Japanese Cabinet. 5-01
- National Curriculum Standards Reform (Japanese Curriculum Council)
Provides the direction and content for curriculum standards for Japan. 5-01
- Japan Worksheets (AbcTeach)
Provides dozens of worksheets to help children have a better understanding of this region of the world. 8-01
- Japan
- Japan (CountryReports.org)
Provides a profile by topic, including Economy, Defense, Geography, Government, People, National Anthem, Lyrics and Related Links. Provides a map and a flag. 6-02
- History of Sino-Japanese Conflict (Guardian Observer)
"August 1894: Start of the first Sino-Japanese War. This one-sided conflict was effectively ended when the Chinese northern fleet was destroyed off the mouth of the Yalu river. China was forced to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki in April 1895, when it ceded Taiwan and other territory to Japan and allowed Korea to become a Japanese protectorate." 4-05
- -07-26-07 Japanese Women and Icelandic Men Live Longest (MSNBC News)
"Japanese girls born last year can expect to live to an average age of 85.8 years, making them the longest-lived in the world, according to figures released by the government on Thursday."
"Their male compatriots fare less well, with a life expectancy of 79 years, second to Icelandic men at 79.4 years, the Health Ministry said."
"Japan’s women have topped the world’s longevity ranks for 22 years, something researchers have attributed to their healthy diet and tight social ties, among other factors." 07-07
- Japan Seeks Trim Waists (New York Times)
"Japan, a country not known for its overweight people, has undertaken one of the most ambitious campaigns ever by a nation to slim down its citizenry."
"Those exceeding government limits — 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women, which are identical to thresholds established in 2005 for Japan by the International Diabetes Federation as an easy guideline for identifying health risks — and having a weight-related ailment will be given dieting guidance if after three months they do not lose weight. If necessary, those people will be steered toward further re-education after six more months." 04-09
- Number 22: University of Tokyo, Japan (TopUniversities.com)
"U.S. News & World Report's World's Best Universities rankings, based on the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, identified these to be world's top universities in 2009." Tokyo was ranked number 22.
- Art and Architecture-Mainly Mediterranean
Provides Art and Architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin, Japan, India, and Cambodia. 09-09
- Crabs (Wikipedia.org)
Provides a description. Includes: Blue crab, Dungeness crab, Coconut crab, Fiddler crab, Ghost crab, Hermit crab, Japanese spider crab (largest crab alive), Jonah crab, Lady crab, Calico crab, Mangrove crab, Mole crab, Mud crab, Black fingered mud crab, White-tipped mud crab, Oyster crab, Rock crab, Pea crab, Purse crab, Spider crab, Stone crab, and Heike crab. 12-04
- By Country Recipes (Sally's Place)
Provides recipes from Austria, Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, and the United States. 3-01
- Deer - Sika (Oakland Zoo)
Provides facts and a picture. "These deer are easy to tame and thus they are popular game park animals in many places. Tame sika deer are kept in several temple regions of Japan, and people come to visit them and offer them rice cookies for food."
- Murasaki Shikibu (Women in World History Curriculum - Reese)
Provides a biography of an influential woman of the Heian Period of Japan.
- Anime - Definition (About.com - Schmall)
Provides a definition of Japanese animation or Japanamation. Provides a history, reviews, and an encyclopedia of links. 3-00
- Shikibu, Murasaki (Gale Group)
Provides a biography of the "world's first psychological novel and one of the longest and most distinguished masterpieces of Japanese literature." The article does not include a picture of her. 6-00
- Dogs - Toys Group (Planet-Pets.com)
Provides descriptions and pictures of the Affenpinscher, Brussels, Griffon, Chihuahua, English Toy Spaniel, Italian Greyhound, Japanese Chin, Maltese, Toy Manchester, Miniature Pinscher, Papillon, Pekingese, Pomeranian, Poodle, Pug, Shih Tzu, and Silky Terrier. Visitors may misspell words as Chiwawa, Peckinese or Pekinese, Sure Zu, or Pincher. 06-07
- Cats by Breed (Planet-Pets.com)
Provides information on cats by breed. Click on the name of the cat (on the left side of their Web page) for additional information on each breed. Includes Abyssinian, American Curl, American Shorthair, American Wirehair, Balinese, Bengal, Birman, Bombay, British Shorthair, Burmese, Burmilla, Chartreux, Colorpoint Shorthair, Cornish Rex, Cymric, Devon Rex, Egyptian Mau, Exotic Shorthair, Foreign Burmese, Havanna Brown, Himalayan, Japanese Bobtail, Javanese, Kashmir, Korat, Maine Coon, Manx, Norwegian Forest Cat, Ocicat, Oriental Longhair, Oriental Shorthair, Persian, Peke-faced Persian, Ragdoll, Russian Blue, Scottish Fold, Siamese, Siberian, Singapura, Somali, Sphynx, Tonkinese, Turkish Angora, and Turkish Van. 8-00
- Rulers by Country - J-O (Schulz)
Provides a list of leaders by country and date. Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kasakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Democratic People´s Republic), Korea (Republic), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maledives, Mali, Malta, Marshal Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, and Oman. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00
- Translator (Alta Vista)
Provides word translations between English and eight other languages, without the use of language fonts. Included are French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. educacion 4-01
- Koizumi, Junichiro (BBC)
Provides a political profile of the new Prime Minister of Japan. He replaces Yoshiro Mori. leaders and rulers. 5-01
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