Japan America Society of Georgia        Click here for  Donation form

Obirin Gakuen Foundation of America 

ABC News - Japan Earthquake: before and after
 

http://www.goo.ne.jp   (Dictionary)  and    http://www.hiragana.jp/ (Help on how to read kanji)
Click here to learn how to use it.  (Click here to learn how ton use the above two sites)

http://www.alc.co.jp/ is the host site of the above dictionary.

http://www.suteki.nu/translator  (Another dictionaryu as a backup but not as good as the above)

Rikai: Pop up dictionary   http://www.rikai.com/

You can also use Google Translate.  Go to Google and click on "More" to see a drop down menu and choose "Translate."

Choose "Japanese" to translate into English.  Copy and paste (or type) the word or phrases you want to translate.  If you want to listen to how to pronounce a ward, click on the icon on the lower right.  The other icon on the lower right tells you the phonetics.
 

http://kanjidamage.com/.  This is a very helpful kanji site that will show kanji, pronounciation, and little tricks to remember how to read it.  The only thing it will not show is stroke order.

http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan/.  this is a plug in for Firefox, but i think there is an IE version as well.  It gives readings of kanji when the curser of the mouse is over it.

To see how to write kanji:

http://www.saiga-jp.com/cgi-bin/dic.cgi?f=0&start=1&sid=1266384642_82980
This site is a kanji dictionary with stroke orders and vocabularies. 

This site is a calligraphy site.  You can see a stroke orders.
    1. Go to the calligraphy page at  http://www.nisk.jp/search/
    2. Find the kanji search box (the left bottom box).  Do a search by typing the reading of kanji in hiragana, katakana, or even in Romaji and click the blue （実行）button right next to it. 
    3.  You will see the selections of kanji which reads as you type in the search.  Select the kanji you want to see how to write.
 

A lot of cultural information: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e691.html

Good site for grammar and Hiragana, etc.:  
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/index.html#contents
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/hiragana.html

Grammar site.
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar

Good summary of Japanese grammar with images   http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/

(Japan Foundation)

You can check out Japanese video, audio, books for pleasure and learning from this organization and its Nihongo Libraray http://www.jflalc.org/?act=tpt&id=292
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http://www.nihongo-ok.com/method/011113_winxp1.htm  (This site will show you step by step.)  or also you can view the following text below for instructions.

How to install a program  (free) to be able to type in Japanese using Microsoft XP  
Or go to the Microsoft site for instructions. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/recommended/ime/default.mspx

Here is a free site where you can type in Japanese without installing anything into our computer.
http://ajaxime.chasen.org/

Click here for the key sequences for some letters.

UNCW has an exchange program with Nagoya Gakuin University in Nagoya, Japan for you to study one or two semesters in Japan but if you want to find scholarships to go to Japan and a Study Abroad programs in Japan, you can also find different programs at:
http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/abroad.html

http://www.studyjapan.go.jp  This is an comprehensive guide for study abroad in Japan.

http://www.japantravelinfo.com  This organization will send you travel tip guidebook, maps, etc if you say that you are going to visit Japan.  http://www.jnto.go.jp

Click here for technology check to be ready for JPN201 and/or JPN202

http://people.uncw.edu/kanoy/jpn202/project/

The UNCW students enrolled in the fourth semester Japanese created a web site about Wilmington and clothing fashion comparison between U.S. and Japan.

If you are interested in teaching English in Japan after you graduate, look at this site.  This one is to teach as an assistant teacher.  http://www.jetprogramme.org/
If you want to teach independently (In JET program, you become an assistant teacher, which may be nice if your main teachers are good; otherwise, it may not be so fun and they send you remote/rural locations), you can also look into private English schools called AEON, ECC, Geos, etc. to have an experience of living in Japan by teaching English in Japan.  Their schools are located in cities.  You can do a search on Google for those private schools. Although, JET program does pay better, you need to think about what you want to do in Japan.

Also, you can find English teaching job and more in Japan as well as in the world at a web site such as:
Dave's ESL Cafe    http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Jobs/Asia/Japan/index.html
Japan Career site     http://www.japan-career.jp

Metric: http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm