Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Web Japan: Japan Atlas
Learn about Japan's historic sites, natural beauty, culture and contemporary society. Search by topic or by region in Japan. You can watch slide shows about major Japanese cities or take virtual tours of historic sites like the Shurijo...
Globe Tracks
Travel for Kids: Fun Things to Do in Japan
"Kids already know a little about Japan if they collect Pokemon cards or buy Hello Kitty. Japan may seem very "modern," but it has a long history of tradition deeply embedded in everyday life." This site explores the geography and...
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Web Japan: Japan Fact Sheet
This site actually provides a number of "fact sheets" on a range of topics related to Japan's geography, government, economy, culture, society, and sports. Read online or download handy PDF documents for classroom use. The site has...
Other
National Diet Library, Japan: Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures
Portrait photographs of nearly two hundred Japanese statesmen, government officials, military officers, businesspeople, artists, and others who had an impact on the history of modern Japanese society. Each portrait is accompanied by a...
Other
Famous Personages in Japan
This site includes information about a number of famous people in Japan. Designed by a Japanese college to help people learn about modern Japan.
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Famous Personages in Japan
This site includes information about a number of famous people in Japan. Designed by a Japanese college to help people learn about modern Japan.
Ohio State University
The Early Modern Warrior: Three Explorations of Samurai Life [Pdf]
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first shogun to unite and bring peace to Japan. His early life and rise to power is documented in this essay. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1968
This website from The Nobel Foundation gives the 1968 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature -- Yasunari Kawabata -- is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Swedish Nobel Stamps,"...
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Web Japan: Nipponia
Nipponia is an online magazine, published quarterly, that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world. Browse articles on life and culture, travel and history, science and technology, art and entertainment, nature and geography,...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Japan: Images of a People
Young scholars learn to view Japanese paintings, they make a screen, and they learn about the culture of Japan. There are three lesson plans and all allow all needed materials to be downloaded.
Other
Kantei: Constitution and Government of Japan
This site from Kantei gives you the fundamental structure of the government of Japan. It also has a chart of the organization of the government. There is page where you can read the constitution of Japan.
Other
Mishima Yukio Cyber Museum
This "cyber museum" of material about Mishima's life and writings accompanies the building of a new museum dedicated to Mishima in Yamanakako. This site has a detailed timeline which combines events in Mishima's life with events in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Utagawa Kunisada I, Visiting Komachi
"Visiting Komachi" by Utagawa Kunisada I is one of the images in the series "Modern Beauties as the Seven Komachi". Each scene in Kunisada's "Seven Komachi" series relates a story or anecdote associated with Komachi's life. View pictures...
Curated OER
Portion of a Modern Wood Block in the Ukiyo E Style
An exhibition review on the Japanese art form Ukiyo-e. Very nice images and history of this art form with an interpretation of an historical link of Japan and the Western world.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Marquis Ito
(1841-1909) Japanese statesman who was a prominent figure in the modernization of Japan or the Meiji period