Japanese
Yahoo Japan
Google Japan
Kids Goo
(There is an option to put ruby for Kanji automatically.)
NEWS MEDIA
Newspapers in Japanese
Asahi Newspaper
Yomiuri Newspaper
Mainichi Newspaper
Newspapers in English
Nikkei Newspaper
TV and Radio
NHK Radio News
(Reader chooses the speed with which articles are read.)
NHK Online
Yomiuri Online Eizou News
ONLINE DICTIONARY
E/J, J/E, J dictionaries
Sanseido Web Dictionary
Lycos Dictionaries
USEFUL SITES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING
Keiko Schneider's Bookmarks
(Keiko Schneider-sensei's website. Contains useful links for learners of Japanese.)
Friends of Nakama
(Includes supplemental exercises for Nakama 1 and 2.)
Kanji Furigana for Japanese Learners
(This site automatically puts ruby for kanji on your favorite websites.)
RIKAI
(You can read your favorite websites with mouse-on word-by-word translations.)
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet
JAPANESE CULTURE
Bento.com: Japanese cuisine
(Japanese Recipe Collection: Step-by-step pictorial guides to Japanese cooking.)
Japan National Tourist Information