| A Practical Guide to Working as a Scientist in Japan Focusing on working for a science-related firm or teachers of sciences. http://mac122.icu.ac.jp/ridge_html_book/jc0.html |
| Bytes of Japan Information about teaching English in Japan, observations and photos of festivals, sights and people in Japan. http://farstrider.net/ |
| Frugal Japan Learning to live economically in one of the world's most expensive countries. http://www.frugaljapan.com/ |
| GaijinGals Japan Geared towards understanding a foreigner's experiences in Japan from a woman's perspective. http://www.freewebs.com/gaijingal/ |
| Hirokim House Introduction of Japan and Japanese culture for Filipinos living in Japan. http://www.hirokim.ph/ |
| Japan Traveler English information magazine with travel stories and tips, pub and restaurant guide, news, classifieds, personals, events, and job listings. http://www.japantraveler.com/ |
| Japan Window Guide for living in or moving to Japan with Tokyo-Yokohama information and pictures. http://www.globalcompassion.com/japan.htm |
| Japanable.com A communication site about Japan with a forum to bring people together to talk about common issues on life in Japan. http://www.japanable.com/ |
| Japaneazy.com Brief articles on happenings in Japan, work, and classifieds. http://www.japaneazy.com |
| JapanNewbie An informational community site for those interested in Japan, and the Japanese language. http://www.japannewbie.com/ |
| Living in Japan Provides some basic pointers for recently arrived foreigners to Japan. http://www.caringkiwi.com/japan/ |
| Mama-san's Babies An Englishwoman's experience of being a bar hostess in Japan. http://akasenkuiki.homestead.com/files/babies.html |
| San Francisco Chronicle - Japan gets tough on visa violators Article on Japan's crackdown on illegal visa overstays, with just a 1-day overstay resulting in jail time and then a 5-year banishment. (May 10, 2004) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/05/10/MNGT16IQK81.DTL |
| The Otaru Lawsuit Info Site Regularly updated site on a suit against the Otaru City government and Hokkaido hot spring owners banning foreigners. http://www.debito.org/otarulawsuit.html |
| Wanderlust - Crooning the Expat Blues Article by author Karl Taro Greenfeld on visiting the land of his birth and self-identity. http://www.salon.com/wlust/feature/1997/10/00expat.html |