Internet Resources

Japanese-English Dictionary
http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/dict

More Japanese Culture Links
http://japaneseculture.about.com/culture/japaneseculture/msublit.htm
This includes literature sites.

Country Study
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/jptoc.html
Japan: A Country Study.  Prepared by the Library of Congress

Japanese search engines and directories

http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/cejapan.htm

Columbia University, C.V. Starr East Asian Library

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/

Yale University, East Asia Library

http://www.library.yale.edu/eastasian/eac.htm

The University of Kansas

http://www2.lib.ku.edu/eastasia/

Yahoo! Japan
http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/info/bridge.html
tailor-made for Japanese users.  You will find lots of Japanese sites. You need to be able to view Japanese characters through your web browser.

Useful sites
www.lang.nagoya-uac.jp/bugai/kokugen/nichigen/Nihongolnfo.html
FAQ jp.  Net materials sorted by MIT Japanese Language program.