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Japanese sites for learners

Below is a selection of some useful websites for language teachers and students of Japanese

Directories

http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/webjapan/links.html

http://web-japan.org/links/index.html

Search engines

www.yahoo.co.jp

http://www.excite.co.jp/

http://goo.ne.jp/

Japan - general

http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/(Embassy of Japan, UK)

http://www.jpf.org.uk/(Japan Foundation, London Office/Language Centre)

http://www.jasso.go.jp/index_e.html (Japan Student Services Organization)

http://web-japan.org/index.html (Trend, Fashion, online-magazine にっぽにあ)

http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/ (Japan National Tourist Organization)

http://www.aozora.gr.jp/ (downloadable Japanese novels which copy right has expired)

Language learning

http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/english/index.html (Japanese lesson with 50 audio clips)

http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self_en (Hiragana/Katakana stroke order)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/japanese/ (BBC Japanese language)

http://japanese-phrases.sakura.ne.jp/ (Japanese Phrases for Travellers)
http://language.tiu.ac.jp/index_e.html (Japanese Language Reading Tutorial System)

http://www.yomoyomo.jp/ (automatic display of Kanji pronunciation)

http://www.japanesepod101.com/ (Online Japanese lesson)

http://www.jlpt.jp/e/index.html (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Official Site)

https://momo.jpf.go.jp/sushi/tomainJsp.action?request_locale=en_US (Online Japanese language test)

Major newspapers:

www.asahi.com (Japanese) / http://www.asahi.com/english/ (English)
www.mainichi.jp (Japanese) / http://mainichi.jp/english/ (English)
www.nikkei.com (Japanese) / http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/freetop.aspx (English)

TV and Radio:

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/program/index.html (radio programme in English)

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/ (links to Japanese TV news)

Exchange partner universities in Japan

http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/index-e.html (Hitotsubashi University 一橋大学, Tokyo)

http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/index-e.htm (Kansai University 関西大学, Osaka)

http://www.keio.ac.jp/index-en.html (Keio University 慶応義塾大学, Tokyo)

http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/ (Kobe University 神戸大学, Hyogo)

http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en (Kyoto University 京都大学, Kyoto)

http://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/ (Sophia University 上智大学, Tokyo)

http://www.waseda.jp/top/index-e.html (Waseda University 早稲田大学, Tokyo)

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