Databases and Websites

• The JAPAN NGO DIRECTORY
  This directory provides a starting point for those wishing to contact someof the more active NGOs in Japan. The directory is divided into categories.
• NPO Hiroba 
  Provides statistics about the number and field of activity of NPOs in Japan. Can be searched by year, type, region. Lists 36,869 current NPOs.
• Japan NPO Center
  Library links to many relevant internet sites organized by focus (international cooperation, corporate philanthropy, art, gender equality, environment, welfare and citizen activities, social education, community design, labor, consumer problems).  Also links to NPO Hiroba.
• JANIC (Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation)
  Includes a directory of 289 NGOs involved in international cooperation
• Japan NPO Research Association
• NPO Homepage, sponsored by the Cabinet
• Japan Web links for NGOs and Volunteer groups