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• G-8 leaders face demands on climate, oil
Leaders from the Group of Eight — the United States, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Canada, Italy and Russia — began gathering in the northern Japanese resort village of Toyako on Sunday for three days of meetings among themselves and with ...
• Hodgepodge of activists protest G-8
This year's summit is being attended by 22 leaders, which the Japanese hosts say is the largest ever. The core member countries — the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and Russia — account for nearly 60 percent of the ...
• Khan: Pakistan knew of N. Korea nuclear deal
Khan's allegations, reported earlier Friday by the Japanese news agency, Kyodo, are his most controversial yet and could prove deeply embarrassing for both the army and Musharraf, a key ally in the U.S.-led war on terror.
• Japanese automakers score with minicars
Known as "kei," or light, cars in Japanese, minis are limited to an engine size of up to 660 cubic centimeters — less than half the size of a Honda Civic — and restricted by law to being no bigger than 11.2 feet long and 5 feet wide. TOKYO ...
• Toyota to temporarily halt production in Japan
TOKYO - Japanese automakers, including No. 1 Toyota Motor Corp., called production halts Wednesday at factories in Japan because of quake damage at a major parts supplier. The temporary closure of auto parts maker Riken Corp.’s plant at Kashiwazaki ...

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• Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Japanese: Dialects  (7)
• Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Sign Languages: Japanese Sign Language  (4)

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» All the Japanese Slang You Can Stand - Dictionary of slang terms, with an introductory page offering general advice and book recommendations to people interested in learning Japanese.
» Classical Japanese Language and Literature - This site teaches classical Japanese through poems and extracts from literary classics. Grammatical points are explained.
» Discovery Information's Kanji Lessons - Free online kanji lessons and links to Japanese-related sites.
» Gender Distinction in Japanese - Essay on "Manifestations of Gender Distinction in the Japanese Language".
» The Japanese Language - Gives a linguistic look at Japanese, its classification, and its changes from adoption of Chinese characters and development of its own syllabaries.
» Japanese wa, mo, ga, wo, na, no - Scholarly study of the syntax of the six most common post-nominal particles in Japanese, by Frederik Kortlandt.
» The Kanji Master Program - Site devoted to the study of kanji in the light of their history and place within Chinese and Japanese civilization.
» Kanji Names Project - Descriptions of Japanese names in English with kanji image files, and information on kanji books.
» Kanji.com - Writings on the kanji character system.
» Keiichiro's Home Page - Features lengthy list of "Janglish" words used in contemporary Japanese, including their pronunciation and meaning, as well as brief articles on features of English confusing to a speaker of Japanese and examples of Japanese brand names.
» My Furusato - Features eight basic Japanese lessons, stories, Japanese proverbs related to smiling, and miscellaneous personal features.
» Nihongo: Japanese Language - Articles reflecting on miscellaneous aspects of the language, thorough resources for Japanese numbers and counters, and lengthy list of summaries of books for learning Japanese.
» The Origins of Kanji in Japan - The history of kanji and how it came to be used in Japanese writing.
» Origins of the Japanese Language - Presents a theory on the origin of the Japanese language, addressing issues of whether it is an isolate and its relationship to surrounding languages.
» Osaka Shoin Women's College - The Japanese Language Research Center.
» Otake Japanese Calligraphy - Pictures of kanji characters and their meanings in several categories. Also features a list of many common English names transliterated into kana characters.
» Reading Tutor Homepage - Designed to help JFL/JSL learners improve their reading skills in Japanese. Has bilingual dictionary; vocabulary and kanji level checkers.
» The World Slang Database - Japanese - A collaborative dictionary of Japanese slang and its origins. Definitions in English and Japanese.
» Your Name In Japanese - Translates any name phonetically into Japanese kanji.