News
- Google News Japan [automated collection of news from various sources in Japanese]
- Sankei [conservative daily newspaper in Japanese] (list of feeds)
- Yomiuri [conservative daily newspaper in Japanese]
- Japan Times [daily newspaper in English] (list of feeds)
- Akita Sakigake [local daily newspaper of Akita]
- Kobe [local daily newspaper of Kobe]
- AccuWeather: Akita [weather forecast of Akita]
- AccuWeather: Kobe [weather forecast of Kobe]
- NHK Radio [broadcast in Japanese]
- NHK World [broadcast in Japanese and other languages]
- Japan on the Globe [email news magazine in Japanese]
Publishers
- Japan Book Publishers Association
- Bungei Shunju
- Chikuma Shobo
- Chuo Koron
- Fusosha
- Gakken
- Heibonsha
- Kadokawa Shoten
- Kenkyusha
- Kodansha
- Mikasa Shobo
- PHP
- Sankei Books
- Sanseido
- Shinchosha
- Shobunsha
- Shogakukan
- Shueisha
- Soshisha
- Taishukan Shoten
- Tendensha
- Tokuma Shoten
Book Reviews
Bookstores
- Amazon.co.jp [Japanese affiliate of Amazon.com]
- Kinokuniya e-Alert [customizable monthly announcement of new academic books in Japanese and major European languages]
- Kinokuniya [bookstore in Tokyo and other major cities]
- Maruzen [bookstore in Tokyo and other major cities]
- Sanseido [bookstore in Tokyo and other major cities]
- Junkudo [bookstore in Kobe and other major cities]
- Nauka Japan [Russian bookstore in Tokyo]
Companies
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation [one of the mega banks]
- SMBC Card [credit card; affiliated with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation]
- Marukome [miso]
- Yamasa [shoyu]
- Riken [wakame]
- Itoen [ryokucha]
- Kobayashi [pharmaceuticals]
- L. L. Bean [clothing and equipments]
- Ikea Japan [furniture]
- Mujirushi Ryohin [clothing and furniture]
- Tokyu Hands [household commodities]
- Loft [household commodities]
- Asics [sports shoes and wears]
- Club Japan [mail order of Japanese products from abroad]
- JapanTown [mail order of Japanese products from abroad]
Foods
Municipalities
- Yurihonjo [my home town; formerly Honjo; merged with seven neighboring towns of Yuri on 22 March 2005]
- Kobe [my second home town] (list of feeds)
Travel
- Hyperdia
- JR Timetable
- Onsen Network [directory of spas in Japan]
- Nyuto Onsen [spa in Akita]
- Kusatsu Onsen [spa in Gunma]
- Arima Onsen [spa in Hyogo]
- Kinosaki Onsen [spa in Hyogo]
- Dogo Onsen [spa in Ehime]
- Beppu Onsen [spa in Oita]
- Yufuin Onsen [spa in Oita]
- Kurokawa Onsen [spa in Kumamoto]
- Sanuki Udon Henro [database of sanuki udon restaurants in Kagawa]
Miscellaneous
- Mag2 [directory of ezines]
- Melma [directory of ezines]
- Weather Forecast
- Mapion [online atlas of Japan]
- Zipcode Search
- Townpage Net
- Calendar Converter [online tool that converts between Japanese imperial calendar and Gregorian calendar years]
Internal Enemies
Asahi[anti-Japanese leftist daily newspaper with fanciful idealism and hypocritical double standard; still believed erroneously and/or blindly as a quality paper by millions of naive or brainwashed readers]Iwanami Shoten[twin brother of Asahi; anti-Japanese leftist nature disguised in an intellectually looking garb]