The following websites have been useful for us and perhaps can be of help to you too. We add new links at the bottom of the page as we search and stumble. Not comprehensive. We simply point in some interesting and useful directions.
| Category |
Source |
Link |
Keyword |
| Internet Security |
Road Runner Security -
blocks
spam/junk email IPs |
http://postmaster.rr.com/mail_blocks.htm#directspam | Spam |
| Vision |
EverydayHealth - Eyes
-Vision |
http://www.everydayhealth.com/vision-center/the-healthy-eye/how-the-eye-works.aspx?ga=0&xid=myp_eye |
Health |
| Software |
Beginners Guide to Python |
http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers |
Python |
| FIRE |
Fire & Disaster
Management Agency (JP) |
http://www.fdma.go.jp/en/ |
FDMA |
| Books |
Independent Online
Booksellers Assn. |
http://www.ioba.org |
IOBA |
| Library |
National Library of China |
http://www.nlc.gov.cn/en/indexen.htm |
NLC |
| Bookfair |
Bologna Children's Book
Fair |
http://www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it/en/ |
Italy |
| Library |
National Diet Library (JP) |
http://ndl.go.jp/en/index.html |
NDL |
| News/culture |
The Mie Times (JP) |
http://www.mietimes.jp/culture/sengu/book.html | Ise |
| Research |
Urban Connections |
http://www.urbanconnections.jp/en/ | Information |
| Contact |
Directory - business
addresses (JP) |
http://www.yellowpage-jp.com/modules/mxdirectory/viewcat.php?cid=422 |
|
| Computers |
Japan: English PCs |
http://pctokyo.com/ |
Windows |
| Software |
The Iron Spider |
http://www.ironspider.ca/ (lots of useful honest website building advice) | HTML XHTML CSS |
| Software |
XHTML reference |
http://www.xhtml.com/en/xhtml/reference/
(learn
XHTML,
CSS
and
more) |
XHTML CSS |
| Magazines |
Back issues |
http://periodicals.com/index.html (USA & Germany) | Academic etc |
| website |
Asian in USA - culture |
http://asianamericanmedia.org/ |
USA Asia |
| Language |
.......pedia |
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/AFK |
Internet |
| Magazines |
Information services/sales |
http://www.hintoninfo.com/ | Asia sales |
| Books |
Japan info |
http://klarbooks.com/ gaijin
teacher JET Niigata |
|
| Magazines |
Back issues |
http://www.zinio.com/ |
|
| Magazines | Back issues | http://www.iluvmags.com/
general interest |
|
| Data |
Japan-USA opinion |
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/jpoll/JPDL.html |
Roper Poll |
| Internet |
SEO tools, IP address etc |
http://www.selfseo.com/find_ip_address_of_a_website.php |
easily check |
| Kids |
Japan - Tokyo |
http://www.tokyowithkids.com/links.html |
|
| Activist |
USA - Asian |
http://apaforprogress.org progressive Asian American group | APAP |
| Collaboration |
Academic/Research |
http://www.glocol.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/index.html |
Osaka Univ |
| Travel |
Security - all countries |
http://www.osac.gov/
NEWS:
civil
unrest,
wars, etc. around the world (from USA govt.) |
OSAC |
| News |
Newspaper - UK |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ |
|
| HTML | How to Code: Mailto |
http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol5/html_no17.htm | |
| eBooks |
Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Garland | http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/home~db=all |
Informa |
| Writing |
Literature, Author,
Translator, etc |
http://asiawrites.blogspot.com/ |
blog |
| Software |
Internet Multimedia |
http://www.xiph.org/
- Vorbis Theora Icecast Speex Celt Flac Xspf |
Open Source |
| HTML |
How to guide |
http://www.w3schools.com/ - excellent source |
FREE |
| WEB safety |
Block parasites etc |
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm |
free |
| Women |
Business links for gaijin women in Japan |
specialized but helpful |
|
| Highest Ranking |
Universities, Newspapers & Media, Careers & Jobs |
http://www.4imn.com/top200/ - find and check the ranking |
free |
| Ping, DNS |
website help |
http://network-tools.com/ |
very useful |
| trade contact |
Publishers Marketplace |
https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/search.html |
interesting |
| travel guide |
good for travel planning |
http://www.virtualtourist.com/ - an ocean of travel experiences | free |
| learning |
LANGUAGE |
http://languageguide.org/eng/about.html - English, French, Japanese, etc |
free & more |
Useful links here for gaijin in Japan: http://imcbook.net/useful/useful.htm
 The guide for families coming to live in Tokyo |
 Authoritative list and data on K12 schools for international students in Japan |
 The book that has guided tens of thousands of women studying, living, working and cavorting in Tokyo and throughout Japan. The same old book but from the new 2009 printing. |
 The book that will assist newcomers coming to Japan to study, work, do business, buy a house, and survive in this complex society. Bi-lingual. Addresses social problems, discrimination, unfamiliar customs, legal obstacles. |
 Tokyo English Lifeline. The TELL directory focuses on organizations that help when help is needed. |
| Delivered to you anywhere in
Japan, your English daily newspaper Daily Yomiuri |
| Japan books in our Amazon
Store. Selected from tens of thousands of Japan related books
that are available from Amazon sellers. Click here to see these books. |