A non-profit membership organization dedicated to the promotion of understanding of Japan's political economic behavior and growing significance in world affairs. www.nmjc.org/jpri
Working to promote the welfare and legal rights of non-Japanese with Japanese spouses and other long-term or permanent residents of Japan. www.tabunka.org
Concerned individuals creating a viable food banking network in Japan through soup kitchens and helping relief agencies, the homeless, women in crisis, migrant workers, the elderly, and the handicapped. www.foodbankjapan.org
Online community for foreign women in relationships with Japanese men. Local area friendship, with over 250 women all over Japan. Membership is free. www.marriedinjapan.homestead.com/MIJ.html
An independent think tank focusing on comparative social, economical, political, and technological policy issues concerning Japan, the U.S., and China. cpri.tripod.com
Archived messages for the Shakai Mailing List, a group of scholars, academics, and businesspeople discussing socio-political and economic affairs on Japan. groups.yahoo.com/group/shakai-archive
Provides over 500 members with friendship, support, mutual help in adapting to Japanese society, and opportunities for social, emotional, educational and professional growth. www.afwj.org
A philanthropy-focused organization focusing on a variety of movements, including basic human needs, global society, maritime affairs, and social resources. www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/eng/what/index.html
An organization comprised of about 2,000 scholars and students to promote ethnological, sociocu1tural, and anthropological research in Japan. Sponsors meetings, seminars, and journals. wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jse/index-e.html
Aims to promote investigations on historical themes and spreading knowledge of history, as well as organizes discussions, annual and scholarly meetings, seminars, and symposiums. wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/rekiken/english
Society with a membership of more than 1,600 people devoted to the advancement of human geography in Japan. With journal, links, and regular conferences. wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/hgeog
A non-governmental scholarly organization to promote Asian studies in Japan, contribute to the cultural development of Asian countries through scholarship, and encourage communincation with other Asian counterparts. www.tohogakkai.com/englishver.htm