Japanese Resources

Japanese garden

Getting Started
Japanese Language Resources
Japanese Studies Resources
Literature, Arts, and Culture
Japanese Media
Travel, Work, Study Abroad in Japan

The following sites outside The University of Iowa are useful to students of Japanese language and culture:

Getting Started

University of Washington: Guide to Japanese Computing
Purdue University: Japanese Projects (Japanese e-mail and Japanese instructional software projects)
University of Virginia Library: Accessing Japanese Character Text on the Web (Various links to Japanese multimedia, text processing, e-mails, etc.)

Japanese search engines:

Online Japanese dictionaries:

Jim Breen's Japanese Page (EDICT Project)
Jisho
Goo jisho
Yahoo! Japan dictionaries
ALC Eijiro on the Web
Genki online
Rikai
Pop Jisyo
Midori App (iOS app)
Kodansha Kanji Leaner’s Dictionary (iOS app)
Rikaigu
Rikaikun
Rikaichan

University of Iowa Resources:

Japanese Program Study Abroad
Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (DWLLC)
International Programs
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies (CAPS)
Language Media Center (LMC)
University of Iowa Libraries Guides: Japanese Studies
University of Iowa Japanese Program Facebook page
Browse Student Organizations at Center for Student Involvement and Leadership

Japanese Language Resources

Nihongo Forum: Webchat place in Japanese
Japan Reference
MIT Japanese Materials
NHK World Easy Japanese
The Japan Foundation Los Angeles: Resources for language learners and for parents

Kanji:

KanjiAlive
Yoshida Institute (hiragana, katakana, kanji for JLPT)
Yojijukugo

Self Study:

Japanese Pronunciation for Communication (MOOC offered by Waseda University)
エリンが挑戦！にほんごできます
Japanese in Anime & Manga
敬語変換
VoiceText (text-to-speech tool)
AJALT
NHK World
memrise
renshuu
Crystalize (Japanese learning game)
Mondly

Proficiency Tests:

Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
National Japanese Exam (NJE)
J-CAT Japanese Language Test (Free online adaptive test, based on JLPT levels)
Business Japanese Proficiency Test (BJT)
Kanji Kentei (A kanji test taken mostly by native speakers)
STAMP Test by Avant Assessment
AP Japanese Language and Culture Exam

Smartphone Apps

imiwa? (apple)
HiNative (android and apple)
Obenkyo (android)
Kanji Recognizer (android)
Japanese (android)
Kotoba - Advanced Japanese (android)
漢字力診断 (Kanji ryoku shindan Kanji Skill Check) (android and apple)

Japanese Studies Resources

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Education, & Culture Exchange information
The Japan-United States Educational Commission (Fulbright program)
University of Texas at Austin: Japan home page
Duke University Library: Japanese Studies Resources
Council on East Asian Libraries
Japanese Text Initiative
University of Sheffield: Databases for East Asian Studies
Duke University Libraries:

Literature, Arts, and Culture

Washington State University Libraries
Duke University Libraries:

Cleveland State University: Traditional Japanese architecture
Begin Japanology
NHK World
NHK Cool Japan
Tofugu
Life Where I’m from

Japanese Media

朝日新聞
 毎日新聞
 読売新聞
 中日新聞
 西日本新聞
 東京新聞
 ジャパンタイムズ
 Nikkei-X (weekly newspaper)
NHK 日本テレビ
 TBS
テレビ朝日
 テレビ東京
 A Guide to Japan's Journalism
Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS): Radio news
NHK News Web Easy
ヨミダス歴史館 (via UI Library website)

Bookstores:

Travel, Work, Study Abroad in Japan

Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go (what to do before going to Japan)
Japanese Manners & Etiquette
Japan National Tourist Organization
NTT's Japanese Information
NTT's Goods and Services
Keiko Schneider's Bookmark

Travel:

Jobs:

Scholarships: *Note: You should never have to pay money to apply for a scholarship