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Life in Japan
Accessible Japan
Travel guide for wheelchair users.

Center for Multicultural Info. & Assistance
Telephone counseling, medical assistance, support to the foreign media, support for migrant children, language exchange, seminars and fieldwork.

Second Harvest Japan
"Sharing a common vision of creating a viable food banking network in Japan."

Homeschooling in Japan

Info-Nara
Information about Nara Prefecture

Japan Automobile Federation - JAF
Rules of the road in several languages, info about obtaining a Japanese license.

The Japan Helpline
A non-profit, non-governmental services dedicated to the international community.

Japan Post
Official post office site

Japan Weather Association
Hourly weather forecast and satellite photos

Japan with Kids
Interactive on-line community for English speaking families in Tokyo and all of Japan.

Japanese Ministry of Justice
Links to their section on dual nationality

National Consumer Affairs Center

Postal Savings (Yucho)

Postal Life Insurance Service(Kampo)

Tokyo Business Entry Point
Provides free business and daily life counseling services, including how to set-up a business and find new office locations, recommendations for lawyers/accountants/tax officers, information about hospitals which offer services in foreign languages, etc. Sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Tokyo English Life Line - TELL

Tokyo Notice Board

Tottori International Exchange Foundation

Town Page
Searchable phone directory

Internet Groups & Communities
"The Community" in Japan
Concerned with treatment of non-Japanese in Japan.

Departure Lounge International Book Group
For those who enjoy "armchair travel".

Expat Multilingual Families
For those Expats whose children speak two or more languages.

Frugal Japan
Discussions about frugal tips, saving money, budgeting, and achieving a simpler lifestyle while in Japan.

Husband's mailing group
For Japanese husbands of foreign women.

Low Carb in Japan
For those who are "low carbing" in Japan (Atkins diet, Protein Power, etc.).

J-O-S
For women dealing with cultural adjustment and reentry shock after living in Japan, etc.

Tell and Sell, Japan
The place to sell, give, exchange and buy new or gently-used clothes and other personal items.

TranslatingWomen
Giving women translators a place to share their unique concerns and issues.

Links to sites above should not be construed as an endorsement by AFWJ of the views contained therein. Please utilize the information provided carefully.

AFWJ sponsors a number of e-groups exclusively for our members. Their subjects range from general discussion to parenting to diet and health issues, to name just a few. There are also regional groups and groups in languages other than English. For a complete list, see our Events and Activities page.

If you are a current AFWJ member and would like to join one or more of these groups, please visit the "Membership Services" section in the exclusive Member's Section. If you are not a member, but wish to be, please visit the "How to Join" section of the site.

Women's Groups in Japan
Being a Broad in Japan
For all foreign women in Japan

CAWW
The Center for the Advancement of Working Women

CWAJ
College Women's Association of Japan

DigitalEve Japan
Promoting women's digital lifestyles

FEW
Foreign Executive Women

Field of Mugi
On online group for present, future and past working mothers and other women willing to support working mothers.

Women's Online Media
A non-profit, independent organization made up of women from diverse backgrounds.

Other Japan-related Organizations
Children's Rights Council Japan
Our Mission is to restore the rights of children subject to parental separation in Japan.

Issho Kikaku
Monitoring issues related to human diversity, language, culture and coexistence worldwide.

JAT
Japan Association of Translators

JALT
Japan Association for Language Teaching

S.W.E.T. Japan
Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators

UMJ
United for a Multicultural Japan

Junihitoe
Japanese-language based website for multicultural families and people

Asia Expat Forum
An expatriate community forum providing, lifestyle, work, Asian culture, business and entertainment information to aid foreigners living in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Children's Rights Network of Japan
The CRN Japan website has a large collection of English language information on Japanese Family Law.

Japan Market Expansion Competition
An organization sponsored by several foreign Chambers of Commerce that gives English-speaking individuals the opportuninty to build their business skills through a business-plan writing competition.

Jobs
FindaTeacher.Net
Gaijinpot
Jobs in Japan
121sensei.com
Orangutan English

Newspapers and Magazines
Asahi - International Herald Tribune
Daily Yomiuri On-line
Japan Times Online
Japanese Institute of Global Communications
Kyoto Journal
Mainichi Daily News
NewsOnJapan.com
Tokyo Metropolis Magazine

Other Links
Hospitals and Clinics
Educational Institutions
Government Offices