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• Overseas Institutions Related to Japanese Studies 2000
  International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 2001. 177 pp.
  This directory is based on the questionnaire surveys conducted by the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) in 1993, 1995, and 1998. Covers 385 academic institutions, 46 libraries, and 57 museums outside of Japan. Includes the name of institution, contact information, name of director, year of establishment, publications, and names of research personnel. For latest information on each institution, see:
  Database of Overseas Institutions for Japanese Studies
  
  
• Overseas Japanese Studies Institutions
  The Fukuoka UNESCO Association, 1999. 322 pp.
  This directory covers academic institutions in 38 countries worldwide, with data from the surveys results of 1989 and 1997-98. Includes the name of institution, contact information, year of establishment, name of director, objective of institution, number of research personnel, research fields, publications, number of library holdings, and names of research personnel. Some of the entries are written in Japanese.

[International Organizations]

• Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
  
• Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)
  
• Society for East Asian Anthropology (SEAA)
  
• Association for Japanese Literary Studies(AJLS)
• Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS)
  
• Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ)
  

[China]

• Directory of Japan Specialists and Japanese Studies Institutions in the People’s Republic of China. (Japanese Studies Series, No. 31)
  The Japan Foundation, 1999. 646 pp.
  This is the Japanese translation of the survey report compiled by the Chinese Association for Japanese Studies and The Beijing Center for Japanese Studies in 1997 (Japanese Studies Series No. 29). Includes articles on the history of Japanese studies in China, directories of institutions, associations, and specialists, and bibliographies of theses, books, and journals on Japanese studies.
  
  
• Japanology of China
  Institute of Japanese Culture Studies, Zhejiang University
  Information on the state of Japanese studies in China.

[Korea]

• The Association of Japanology in East Asia
  
• The Japanese Culture Association of Korea (JCAK)
  
• The Japanese Language Association of Korea (JLAK)
  
• The Japanese Language and Literature Association of Korea
  
• Korea Association of Japanology (KAJA)
  
• The Korea Association of Japanese Education (KAJE)

[South & Southeast Asia]

• Japanese Studies in South and Southeast Asia. (Japanese Studies Series, No. 30)
  The Japan Foundation, 1997. 2 vols.
  This directory, based on a survey conducted by the Japan Foundation from 1995 to 1996, consists of two volumes. The first volume lists a total of 414 specialists from 15 countries and 98 institutions from 14 countries in South and Southeast Asia. The second volume is a collection of analyses and essays on the state of Japanese studies in each country.
  
  
• Japanese Studies Association in Southeast Asia (JSA-ASEAN)
  Department of Japanese Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
  
  

[Europe]

• Japanese Studies in Europe. (Japanese Studies Series, No. 32)
  The Japan Foundation, 1999. 2 vols.
  This directory is the result of the survey conducted by the Japan Foundation in 1995-1996 with the cooperation of the European Association for Japanese Studies. The survey includes European countries, the Middle Asian countries of the former U.S.S.R., Israel, and Turkey. The first volume provides data of 1,914 specialists (350 from Germany, 241 from the U.K., 203 from France, 175 from Russia, 133 from Italy), with indexes by country, alphabetical order, and discipline. The second volume includes a total of 447 institutions in 28 countries (144 universities and research institutions, 22 academic societies, 196 libraries, and 85 museums), with indexes by country, alphabetical order, and type of institition
  
  
• Guide to Asian Studies in Europe.
  Curzon/International Institute for Asian Studies, 1998. 335 pp.
  This guide, produced on behalf of the European Science Foundation Asia Commitee, contains four directories: Asianists in Europe listed in alphabetical order; Asianists by region and country of interest and discipline (of which 10 pages are devoted to Japan); universities, institutes, organisations, and museums; and newsletters on Asia in Europe. Approximately 5,000 Asianists are included in the guide.

• European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
• European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS)
• Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe (AJE)

[Austria]

• Akademischer Arbeitskreis Japan (AAJ)
  Austrian Japan-Society for Science and Art

[Belgium]

• Belgium-Japan Association and Chamber of Commerce (BJA)
• Belgian Association of Japanese Language Teachers (BNK)

[Finland]

• Finnish National University Network for East and Southeast Asian Studies

[France]

• Société Française des Etudes Japonaises (SFEJ)

[Germany]

• Gesellschaft für Japanforschung e.V. (GJF)
  German Association for Japanese Studies (GAJS)
• Deutch Japanische Juristenvereinigung e.V. (DJJV)
  German-Japanese Association of Jurists
• Deutsch-Japanische Gesellschaft für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
  German-Japanese Society for Social Sciences
• Vereinigung für Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung e.V. (VSJF)
  German Association for Social Science Research on Japan

[Greece]

• Greek-Japanese Association

[Italy]

• Associazione Italiana per gli Studi Giapponesi (AISTUGIA)
  Italian Association for Japanese Studies

[Netherlands]

• Nederlands Genootschaap voor Japanse Studiën (NGJS)
  Netherlands Association for Japanese Studies (NAJS)

[United Kingdom]

• British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS)

[Nordic Countries]

• Nordic Association for Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS)
• Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society (NAJS)
  
  

[North America]

• Directory of Japan Specialists and Japanese Studies Institutions in the United States and Canada. (Japanese Studies Series, No. 24)
  The Japan Foundation, 1995. 3 vols.
  This three-volume directory provides data from a survey initiated by The Japan Foundation in 1992 with the cooperation of the Association for Asian Studies. Volume one includes 1,858 Japan specialists, with an additional list of recently completed doctorates and doctoral canditates. Volume two includes 313 institutions with Japanese studies programs. Volume three provides comprehensive indexes of Japan specialists categorized by their disciplines, occupations, languages, etc. Also includes indexes of Japanese studies programs, library collections, and museum collections.

• East Asian Studies Departments and Programmes at American and Canadian Universities
  University of Prince Edward Island
  Links to some 30 websites of departments and programs related to East Asian studies in American and Canadian universities.

[U.S.A.]

• Studies Association (JSA)

[Canada]

• Japanese Studies in Canada: The 1990s. (Japanese Studies Series, No. 25)
  The Japan Foundation, 1995. 57+211 pp.
  This book is also based on the survey results initiated in 1992 by The Japan Foundation. Part one includes an overview essay and survey results. Part two is a directory of Japan specialists, doctoral canditates, academic instititions with Japanese studies programs, library collections, and other institutions related to Japanese studies. Part three includes indexes of specialists by names, disciplines, occupations, etc.

• Canadian Asian Studies Association (CASA)
• Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC)
  
  

[Central & South America]

• Directorio de Esudios Sobre Japón en Hispanoamérica. (Estudios Sobre Japon Serie, 34)
  [Directory of Japanese Studies in Latin America. (Japanese Studies Series, No. 34)]
  The Japan Foundation and the Colegio de Mexico, 2005. 286 pp.
  This Spanish directory, compiled by The Japan Foundation in cooperation with the Colegio de Mexico, covers all Latin American countries except Brazil. Includes detailed information on Japanese studies specialists and universities with programs related to Japan.



• Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios de Asia y África (ALADAA)
  Latin American Association for Asian and African Studies
  
  

[Australia and New Zealand]

• Japanese Studies in Australia and New Zealand
  The Japan Foundation in association with The Australia-Japan Research Centre at the Australian National University
  Detailed up-to-date information on 45 institutions conducting Japan-related teaching and research, as well as details of over 280 specialists involved in Japanese studies across Australia and New Zealand. The Directory also contains essays, data and analysis on the current climate of Japanese studies in Australia and New Zealand. Files are available in PDF format (no print version is available at present).
  This Directory is the outcome of the 2003 survey and is intended to update the previous edition published in 1997.

[Australia]

• Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)
• Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA)

[New Zealand]

• New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA)
• University Departments & Professional Associations
  Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  Links to universities in New Zealand with Japanese-language or Japanese-studies programs.

• ASIALIB
  The ASIALIB electronic discussion list was established in 1993, intended as a vehicle for communication on a wide range of Asia-related library matters of interest to Australians, but open to subscribers from anywhere in the world.
  
  
• EALRGA
  This is the electronic forum of the East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia (EALRGA). All interested people are welcome to join and to contribute to discussion relating to East Asian library and information services.



• EASTLIB
  EASTLIB is the listserv (e-mail discussion group) for East Asia libraries in North America.
  
  
• H-Asia
  The primary purpose of H-ASIA is to enable historians and other Asia scholars to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to test new ideas and share comments and tips on teaching. H-Asia is especially committed to discussing region wide, comparative and professional issues important to scholars of Asia.
  
  
• H-Japan
  H-Japan is an international, nonpartisan electronic discussion group sponsored by H-Net, Humanities-On-Line and the Kansai Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (KIAPS) of Osaka University of Foreign Studies. It provides scholars, graduate students and professionals a free daily forum to discuss Japanese history, culture, religion, and society, including contemporary political, diplomatic, security, and economic issues.



• H-US-Japan
  H-US-Japan is an edited, international, nonpartisan list that provides scholars, graduate students, politicians, journalists, policy-makers, researchers, professionals, and others a free daily forum to discuss US-Japan relations in the context of economic, security, political, and diplomatic issues.
  
  
• JAHF (Japan Art History Forum)
  The purpose of the JAHF is to promote the study and understanding of Japanese art history and material culture by coordinating structured and informal opportunities for interchange and dialogue among members at special exhibitions and symposia of Japanese art and at other scholarly conferences in North America, and by encouraging research and dissemination of research through discussions on our email network.
  The JAHF email listserv functions as an active forum for substantive art-historical discussions, recent research, bibliographical material, and for organizing panels for professional meetings.
  Annual dues: $10 individual; $100 supporting.
  To join, please contact Frank L. Chance at flchance@hotmail.com
  
  
• The Japanlaw List
  Japanlaw list is an electronic discussion group devoted to issues of Japanese law. All persons with an interest in Japanese law—business people, law professors, lawyers, students, and anyone else—are welcome to subscribe.
  
  
• JOHO
  Subscribe JOHO to: listproc@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
  
  
• JSAC (Japanese Studies Association of Canada)
  Japanese Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) has been running an E-mail discussion list called jsac to encourage people in Japanese Studies to communicate with each other more efficiently. It is run by a mailing list manager (listserv) program called majordomo on the momiji server, the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University.
  
  
• KineJapan
  KineJapan is a discussion list for Japanese film and image studies. Anyone interested in Japanese moving image media, from scholars to film fans, is welcome to join KineJapan and participate in our talks. Anything related to Japanese image media is open to discussion: feature film, television, magic lanterns, anime, documentary, experimental film and video, as well as the social, economic, and historical factors that are deeply intertwined with these media.
  
  
• NEAsianStudies
  This group is devoted to the scholarly discussion of anthropology, archaeology, history and linguistics of Northeast Asia. Northeast Asia is broadly defined as Mongolia, northern China, the Russian Far East, Japan, and Korea. Economics and modern political issues are also welcome, but this forum is not intended as a platform for any given political view.



• NIHONGO: Japanese Language Discussion Group
  NIHONGO is a moderated forum devoted to discussions of the Japanese language, computers and Japanese, and Japanese culture as it relates to language. Announcements for Japanese programs, summer intensives, teaching positions, conferences, and commercial postings that might be of interest to those teaching or learning Japanese are welcome.
  


• PMJS
  PMJS is an interdisciplinary forum for those doing research into earlier periods of Japanese art, culture, history, religion and literature. Founded in Sept. 1999 as the “premodern Japanese studies mailing list,” it is now known by its acronym. As of July 2002, there are almost 400 members worldwide. The lingua franca of the list is English. For more information, see the FAQ page of the pmjs website.
  
  
• SenseiOnline
  SenseiOnline is a listserv for teachers of Japanese who potenitally and currently use on-line materials in teaching. The list hopes to serve as an online community of those who are concerened with Japanese language/culture education. It will help networking, sharing ideas and supporting each other. Those who have non-educational domain will be asked to verify the interest/involvement in Japanese education, but it is solely for the purpose of eliminating the chance of spam activity. If you are interested, please write to Keiko Schnieder at kschnei@sabotenweb.com or send a blank message to senseionline-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
  
  
• SSJ Forum
  SSJ-Forum is a moderated electronic discussion list for social scientists researching Japan, maintained by the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. The list enables scholars to: communicate current research interests; discuss new books, papers, approaches, and articles; test new ideas; share comments and tips on teaching courses on Japan. SSJ-Forum also carries: announcements of new books and journals; book reviews; news of conferences; calls for papers; information on fellowships and jobs.

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