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(updated 03/17/2005)

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NEWS and CURRENT EVENTS

NewsOnJapan.com

http://www.newsonjapan.com/

A portal site that collects English-language Japanese news, featuring Economic, Business, Stock Market, Politics, Society, Sports, Education, Science and Technology, Internet, and Electronics topics.

Asia Times – English Version

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan.html

Japanese Institute of Global Communications

http://www.glocom.org/

The Intelligence Network (Asia / Pacific Division)

http://www.intellnet.org/news/index.html?type=region&value=Asia- Pacific

World Tribune

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/

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THINK TANKS

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: China Program

http://www.ceip.org/files/programs/china-home.ASP

The China Program provides research and strategic policy recommendations on the pressing issues surrounding China's evolution, focusing on political and legal reform, and military/security issues. Research recognizes the connections between domestic reforms and foreign security policy, and aims to integrate them into a broad framework. The Program cooperates with China's policy community through partnerships with Beijing's Central Party School and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

Japan Policy Research Institute

http://www.jpri.org/

Heritage Foundation: Asian Studies Center

http://www.asianstudies.org/

Brookings Center for North East Asian Policy Studies

http://www.brookings.org/fp/cnaps/center_hp.htm

The Brookings Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) is a locus for research, analysis, and outreach designed to enhance policy development and understanding on the pressing political, economic, and security issues facing Northeast Asia.

National Bureau of Asian Research

http://www.nbr.org/

The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution that conducts advanced research on policy-relevant issues in Asia. It also serves as the global clearinghouse for Asia research conducted by specialists and institutions worldwide. Through these activities NBR is uniquely positioned to promote informed and effective U.S. policy toward the region.

Pacific Forum Program-Center for Strategic & International Studies

http://www.csis.org/pacfor/

Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Pacific Forum CSIS is a non-profit, private, foreign policy research institute that operates as the Asia Pacific arm of the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1975, the thrust of the Forum's work is to help stimulate cooperative policies in the Asia Pacific region through debate and analyses undertaken with the region's leaders in the academic, government, and corporate arenas

Japan Information Access Project

http://www.jiaponline.org/index0.html

The Japan Information Access Project is a Washington, DC-based, independent, nonprofit research center to strengthen international understanding of Japanese and Northeast Asia science, technology, industry, security, and policy.

Foreign Policy Research Institute

http://www.fpri.org/

Asia-Pacific Initiative of the American Foreign Policy Council

http://www.afpc.org/api.shtml

The Asia-Pacific Initiative of the American Foreign Policy Council is dedicated to developing comprehensive, strategic policy solutions and innovative model programs integrating civil society development as key components of Asia-Pacific regional security. In addition, the Initiative publishes weekly Monitors that focus on strategic developments in China and emerging security threats throughout the greater Asia region.

Center for Security Policy (East Asia / Pacific)

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?topic=eapac&section=featured

Council on Foreign Relations (Asia section)

http://www.cfr.org/reg_index.php?id=3|||1

THE NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE: U.S. - JAPAN PROJECT

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/japan/usjhmpg..htm

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Cultural Foundations

The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership

http://www.cgp.org/

The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) was established in 1991 to pursue the following objectives:

	To promote collaboration between Japan and the United States with the goal of fulfilling shared global responsibilities and contributing to improvements in the world’s welfare
	To enhance dialogue and interchange between Japanese and US citizens on a wide range of issues, thereby improving bilateral relations.

To realize these primary objectives, CGP focuses on the promotion of intellectual exchange to encourage global partnership between Japan, the United States, and other nations of the world and on the promotion of mutual understanding at the regional and grassroots levels.

US-Japan LINKS

http://www.us-japan.org/

This website is designed to provide a wide range of information on Japan through links to other Japan-related web sites on business, public affairs, culture and education.
The National Association of Japan-America Societies maintains this site on behalf of its 38 member organizations.

United States-Japan Foundation

http://www.us-jf.org/

The United States-Japan Foundation is committed to promoting stronger ties between Americans and Japanese by supporting projects that foster mutual knowledge and education, deepen understanding, create effective channels of communication, and address common concerns in an increasingly interdependent world.

Japan Center for International Exchange

www.jcie.or.jp

Founded in 1970, the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan organization dedicated to strengthening Japan's role in international networks of policy dialogue and cooperation.

Japan Foundation

http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/index.html

The Japan Foundation, that was established in 1972 as a special legal entity to undertake international cultural exchange, became an independent administrative institution on October 1, 2003. As part of the changes being initiated, a new organizational structure was adopted in May this year that consists of the following four categories in order to aim toward the even more comprehensive and effective development of its international cultural exchange programs.
•	Promotion of cultural and arts exchange
•	Promotion of overseas Japanese-language education and intellectual exchange
•	Promotion of overseas Japanese studies and intellectual exchange
•	Support of collection and provision of international exchange
information and international cultural exchange standard bearers.

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DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES

US State Department Office of Japan Affairs: U.S. and Japan

http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eap/japan/index.html

A permanent collection of documents released prior to January 20, 2001. The Office for Japanese Affairs of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State coordinates U.S. relations with Japan. Staffed by ten Foreign Service officers, the Office provides policy advice on Japanese economic and political issues to the Secretary of State and other senior U.S. administration officials.

Japan Information Resources in the World

http://jin.jcic.or.jp/navi/category_12.html

A collection of Japanese-related cultural organizations

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