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    The U.S.
• American Center
• U.S. Government Links
• State Department, Japan Desk
• Japan Economic Institute of America
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• Japan

Economy

• Bank of Japan
• Export-Import Bank of Japan
• Japan Development Bank
• Japan External Trade Organization
• Keidanren
• Tokyo Stock Exchange

 Government

• Cabinet Find names and party affiliations of Japanese cabinet members.
• Constitution of Japan (English language)
• Defense Agency
• Economic Planning Agency
• Environment Agency
• House of Councillors
• House of Representatives
• Management and Coordination Agency
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
• Ministry of Construction
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Finance (MOF)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
• Ministry of Health and Welfare
• Ministry of Home Affairs
• Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
• Ministry of Justice
• Ministry of Labor
• Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
• Ministry of Transport
• National Diet Library
• National Land Agency
• National Police Agency
• Prime Minister's Residence
• Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
• Tokyo Metropolitan Government

 
 News Sources

• AERA
• Asahi Shimbun (English language)
• Asahi Shimbun (Japanese language)
• Daily Yomuri
• Japan Digest
• Japan Echo  Translations from the Japanese media on politics, economics, business, and society.
• Japan Times
• Kyodo News Service (gopher menu for stories arranged by date)
• Look Japan
• Mainichi Shimbun (English language)
• Mainichi Shimbun (Japanese language)
• Nikkei (English language)
• Nikkei  (Japanese language)

Political Parties

• Democratic League
• Democratic Party of Japan
• Japan Communist Party
• Komeito
• Liberal Democratic Party
• Liberal Party
• Social Democratic Party of Japan

Other

• Asahi's 1996 Election Special  (Japanese language)
• Asahi's Politics Special  (Japanese language)
• Behind the Screen: Roundup of Japanese Politics
• Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
• Dead Fukuzawa Society
• Election Data  Data from the Lijphart Election Archive.
• Election Data  Graph data from the Lijphart Election Archive.
• Humanities Web Sites in Japan
• Institute of Social Science, Tokyo University
• Japan Documentation Center, Library of Congress Excellent source of government documents, journals, etc.
• Japan Guide This is an excellent link page for Japan information.
• Japan Information Network Access to Japanese census and statistical data.
• Japan Policy Research Institute
• Japan-US Friendship Commission Home Page
• Japan Window Government Information  Information on government organizations.
• Japan WWW Virtual Library/Stanford J Guide  Great site full of information.
• Japanese Politics Resources, Duke University Library
• Kono Taro's Homepage This site belongs to a recently elected Diet member.
• Michael Donnelly's Japan Resources
• Nikko Research Center US-Japan Policy Resources, including documents on hearings, testimony, and legislation, USTR reports, White House press releases, and Congressional Reseach Service reports.
• Research and Policy Documents
• Seiji Koho Center
• Social Science Japan - Data Archive
• Social Science Japan Forum (SSJ-Forum), Tokyo University (choose the link under "networks")