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1. Japanese Data Archive
   Includes an online, question-level database of Japanese public opinioin and a Japanese data library, which is made up of thousands of Japanese survey research studies.
   02-26-2008 : japan, public opinion
2. Look for Flying Carp on Boy's Day by the Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon
   Introduction to this Japanese holiday celebrated on May 5, known as Kodomo no Hi (Children's Day). Includes a description about how this day is celebrated, such as the hoisting of large paper koi (carp) with one koi for each son in the family.
   02-15-2008 : golden week, holidays, japan, koi nobori
3. East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
   An annotated directory to East Asia, Southeast Asia, with general sites on Asia and Asian Americans, including Current Hot Topics. Browse by country and region.
   02-14-2008 : asia, asian americans, asian studies, brunei, burma, cambodia, china, current hot topics, directories, east asia, east timor, hong kong, indonesia, japan, korea, laos, macau, malaysia, mongolia, myanmar, philippines, singapore, southeastern, study and teaching, taiwan, thailand, timor-leste, vietnam
4. Asian Studies Network Information Center: Countries of Asia
   Covers education, history, information resources, travel, organizations, sociopolitical and economic data by US and international agencies, and more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   02-11-2007 : afghanistan, asian studies, bangladesh, cambodia, china, country studies, india, indonesia, japan, laos, malaysia, mongolia, myanmar, nepal, pakistan, philippines, singapore, south korea, sri lanka, taiwan, thailand, tibet, vietnam
5. Country Studies
   Links with no descriptions.
   01-19-2007 : afghanistan, albania, algeria, angola, armenia, austria, azerbaijan, bangladesh, belarus, belize, bhutan, bolivia, brazil, bulgaria, cambodia, caribbean islands, chad, chile, china, colombia, comoros, country studies, cyprus, czech republic, dominican republic, ecuador, egypt, el salvador, estonia, ethiopia, finland, georgia, germany, ghana, guyana, haiti, honduras, hungary, india, indonesia, iran, iraq, israel, ivory coast, japan, jordan, kazakstan, kyrgyzstan, laos, latvia, lebanon, libya, lithuania, madagascar, maldives, mauritania, mauritius, mexico, moldova, mongolia, nepal, nicaragua, nigeria, north korea, pakistan, panama, paraguay, persian gulf states, peru, philippines, poland, portugal, romania, russia, saudi arabia, seychelles, singapore, somalia, south africa, south korea, spain, sri lanka, sudan, syria, tajikistan, thailand, turkey, turkmenistan, uganda, uruguay, uzbekistan, venezuela, vietnam
6. University of California Press: Public Only Subject List
   Free online books available to the public, listed by subjects.
   01-16-2007 : aboriginal peoples, africa, african american studies, african history, aging, agriculture, american literature, american studies, ancient history, anthropology, archaeology, architectural history, architecture, art, art criticism, art history, art theory, arts, asian history, asian literature, asian studies, autobiographies, autobiography, biographies, biology, bisexual studies, botany, buddhism, business, california and the west, central america, central american history, chicano studies, china, christianity, cinema, classical history, classical literature, classical philosophy, classical politics, classical religions, classics, comparative literature, composers, computer science, contemporary music, cooking, criminology, cultural anthropology, dance, demographics, east asia, eastern european studies, ecology, economics, education, english literature, environmental studies, ethics, ethnic groups, ethnic studies, ethnomusicology, european history, european literature, european studies, fiction, film, folklore, food, french studies, gay studies, gender studies, geography, geology, german studies, hinduism, history, history and philosophy of science, indigenous peoples, indigenous religions, intellectual history, islam, japan, jewish studies, judaism, labor studies, languages, latin america, law, lesbian studies, letters, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, literature, literature in translation, marine and freshwater sciences, mathematics, media studies, medical anthropology, medicine, medieval studies, men and masculinity, middle ages, middle eastern history, middle eastern studies, military history, music, musicology, mythology, native american studies, opera, pacific rim studies, performing arts, philosophy, physical sciences, physics, poetry, political theory, politics, popular culture, postcolonial studies, print media, psychiatry, psychology, public policy, religions, renaissance history, renaissance literature, rhetoric, russian studies, science, social and political thought, social problems, social science, social theory, sociology, south america, south asia, southeast asia, technology and society, theater, tibet, travel, tribes, twain, united states history, urban studies, victorian history, water, western history, wine, women's studies
7. Wason Collection on East Asia
   An introduction to Cornell's books and artifacts pertaining to China, Japan, Korea and Tibet. Links to other East Asian collections. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-12-2007 : artifacts: east asia, asian studies, china, chinese opium wars, chinese philosopher hu shi, east asia, east asia: civilization, east asian libraries, hu shi, japan, north korea, philosophers: chinese, south korea, tibet
8. Teaching Comparative Religion Through Art and Architecture: Sacred Spaces in Shinto
   Gives the background of Shintoism (including the influence of Buddhism), explains the shrine complex, and has photos and description of the Ise and Izumo shrines.
   01-12-2007 : architecture, arts, comparative religions: teaching through art and architecture, ise shrine, izumo shrine, japan, sacred spaces in shinto, shintoism
9. Japan-Guide.com: Shinto
   An introduction to Shintoism, its history, and links to Shinto shrines and various aspects of Japanese culture.
   01-12-2007 : japan, japanese culture, shintoism
10. Internet Sacred Text Archive: Shinto and Japanese Religions
    Covers Shinto scripture, Japanese spirituality and folklore, and Ainu texts.
    01-12-2007 : japan, japanese religions, shintoism
11. Ancient Japan: Shinto
    A brief article on Shintoism but links to more history of Japan
    01-12-2007 : ancient japan: shintoism, japan, japan: history: shintoism, shintoism
12. WWW Virtual Library: Women's History
    Organized by countries, plus other information.
    01-11-2007 : africa, argentina, asia, australia, austria, belarus, belgium, canada, central america, croatia, czechia, denmark, england, estonia, europe, france, germany, great britain, iceland, ireland, italy, japan, latin america, middle east, netherlands, new zealand, norway, poland, romania, russia, south america, spain, sweden, switzerland, united kingdom, united states, virtual libraries, women's history, women's studies
13. Zoom School
    An 'on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities.' Includes craft projects and several illustrated dictionaries in English, French, Spanish, German or Portuguese (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-11-2007 : 1-8 education, aardvarks, africa, alligators, antarctica, apes, astronomy, australia, beavers, biology, birds, butterflies, canada, craft projects, dictionaries: children, dinosaurs, early childhood, early childhood activities, education, elementary grades, geography, great wall of china, ice age mammals, japan, k-12 education, ladybug, language arts, lesson plans, mammals, manatees, pandas, rainforests, saber toothed cats tigers, science, sharks, teaching resources, united states, whales
14. One World - Nations Online
    'Made to improve cross-cultural understanding and global awareness through information.... a portal of gateways to the countries, cultures and nations in this world, a reference directory ...' and more.
    01-11-2007 : afghanistan, akrotiri, albania, algeria, american samoa, andorra angola, anguilla, antarctica, antigua and barbuda, arctic ocean, argentina, armenia, aruba, ash and cartier islands, atlantic ocean, australia, austria, azerbaijan, bahamas, baker island, bangladesh, barbados, bassas da india, belarus, belgium, belize, benin, bermuda, bhutan, bolivia, bosnia and herzegovina, botswana, bouvet island, brazil, british indian ocean territory, british virgin islands, brunei, bulgaria, burkina faso, burma, burundi, cambodia, cameroon, canada, cape verde, cayman islands, central african republic, chad, chile, china, christmas island, clipperton island, cocos islands, colombia, comoros, congo, congo (brazzaville), congo (kinshasa), cook islands, coral sea islands, costa rica, cote d'ivoire, country studies, croatia, cuba, cyprus, czech republic, denmark, dhekelia, djibouti, dominica, dominican republic, east timor, ecuador, egypt, el salvador, england, equatorial guinea, eritrea, estonia, ethiopia, europa island, european union, falkland islands, faroe islands, federated states of, fiji, finland, france, french guiana, french metropolitan, french polynesia, french southern and antarctic territories lands, gabon, gambia, gaza strip, georgia, germany, ghana, gibraltar, great britain, greece, greenland, grenada, guadeloupe, guam, guatemala, guernsey, guinea, guinea-bissau, guyana, haiti, heard and mcdonald islands, holy see, honduras, hong kong, howland island, hungary, iceland, india, indian ocean, indonesia, iran, iraq, ireland, islas malvinas, isle of, israel, italy, ivory coast, ivory coast - cote d'ivoire, jamaica, jan mayen, japan, jarvis island, jersey, johnston atoll, jordan, juan de nova island, kazakhstan, keeling islands, kenya, kingman reef, kiribati, kuwait, kyrgyzstan, laos, latvia, lebanon, lesotho, liberia, libya, liechtenstein, lithuania, luxembourg, macau, macedonia, madagascar, malawi, malaysia, maldives, mali, malta, man, marshall islands, martinique, mauritania, mauritius, mayotte, mexico, micronesia, midway islands, moldova, monaco, mongolia, montserrat, morocco, mozambique, myanmar, namibia, nauru, navassa island, nepal, netherlands, netherlands antilles, new caledonia, new zealand, nicaragua, niger, nigeria, niue, norfolk island, north korea, northern mariana islands, norway, oman, pacific ocean, pakistan, palau, palmyra atoll, panama, papua new guinea, paracel islands, paraguay, peru, philippines, pitcairn islands, poland, portugal, puerto rico, qatar, reunion, romania, russian federation, rwanda, samoa, san marino, sao tome and principe, saudi arabia, senegal, serbia and montenegro, seychelles, sierra leone, singapore, slovakia, slovenia, solomon islands, somalia, south africa, south georgia and south sandwich islands, south korea, southern ocean, spain, spratly islands, sri lanka, st. helena, st. kitts and nevis, st. lucia, st. pierre and miquelon, st. vincent and the grenadines, sudan, suriname, svalbard and jan mayen islands, swaziland, sweden, switzerland, syria, taiwan, tajikistan, tanzania, thailand, timor-leste, togo, tokelau, tonga, trinidad and tobago, tromelin island, tunisia, turkey, turkmenistan, turks and caicos islands, tuvalu, uganda, ukraine, united arab emirates, united kingdom, united states of america, united states pacific island wildlife refuges, uruguay, uzbekistan, vanuatu, vatican city, vatican city state, venezuela, viet nam, virgin islands (british), virgin islands (u.s.), wake island, wallis and futuna, west bank, western sahara, yemen, yugoslavia, zambia, zimbabwe,
15. OMF United Kingdom
    Has a quality collection of information on East Asian people groups, religions and more. Information provided is different from OMF USA.
    01-04-2007 : cambodia, china, east asian people groups, hong kong, indonesia, japan, macau, malaysia, mongolia, myanmar, philippines, singapore, south korea, taiwan, thailand, vietnam
16. World Factbook: Japan
    Covers geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
    12-15-2006 : japan
17. East Asia Library
    Has research guides and East Asian collections.
    12-15-2006 : china, east asia, japan, korea
18. Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
    Presents research on 'pressing issues - the war on terrorism, developments in the Middle East, nuclear proliferation in South Asia, relations with China, Russia, and Japan - and long-term questions, such as the roles of religion and ethnicity in international politics.' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-30-2006 : china, current issues, developments in the middle east, ethnicity, foreign policy, international politics, japan, nuclear proliferation, religion, research institutes: pennsylvania: philadelphia, russia, south asia, united states: foreign relations, war on terrorism, world politics
19. BBC Country Profile: Japan
    An overview of the country's political history, statistics, leader profiles, and more. Click on the Timeline link on the right side of the page for a chronology of events.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-29-2006 : chronologies, japan, leader profiles, political history, statistics, timeline
20. Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
    '... serves as the annual report of the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture.... It also serves as a short academic journal in its own right, with articles of general interest and timely features on themes of current importance on the Japanese religious scene.' A free online journal.
    11-11-2006 : japan, japanases religions

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