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Listservs

EMJNET (Early Modern Japan)
Send "subscribe emjnet name Student xxx University" to listproc@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu. Useful for substantive discussions of current topics in the early modern field.

PMJS (Pre-modern Japanese Studies)
A closed, unmoderated list for faculty and graduate students working on pre-Meiji topics.

H-Japan
Includes the usual range of H-net topics: conference and job postings, book reviews, discussion of current topics, research questions.

Institute of Oriental Culture http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
東洋文化研究所, University of Tokyo

Internet East Asian History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html
Sourcebooks are collections of texts in the public domain that are available for copying for educational purposes. Compiled by Paul Halsall at Fordham.

Japan Focus http://japanfocus.org/
A useful resource particularly for modern history, World War II, postwar, and contemporary history.

Je Kaleidoscope: Views of Japan from Myriad Angles http://www.je-kaleidoscope.jp/index.html
カレイドスコープ　：　日本理解のための情報発信ページ
Multilingual translations of history textbooks used in Japan's middle schools.

Shiryō hensanjo http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
東京大学史料編纂所
The historiographical institute at the University of Tokyo