• Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley , University of California, Berkeley
  The Center focuses not only on the People's Republic of China but on the Chinese societies of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia as well. As the Chinese faculty community at Berkeley grew during the 1960's, the mission of the Center expanded to support scholarly activities in the full range of China's historical experience. Faculty and emeritus faculty in Chinese studies are present in more than fifteen departments on the Berkeley campus, ranging from Anthropology to Sociology. This site includes events, faculty, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, Wuliu Society, awards, programs, libraries, publications, links, and a mailing list.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/ccs/ - October 2, 2004

• Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan , Center for Chinese Studies
  The Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan was founded in 1961 and has maintained its leading position among centers nationwide for more than 40 years. The Center’s thirty-plus faculty forms an intellectual community fostering collaboration among humanists, professionals, and social scientists, in an environment appreciative of the interdependency of past and present. Situated within the International Institute, the mission of the Center is to provide students, specialists and the public at large with expert resources and a deeper understanding of issues ranging from today’s headlines to time-honored questions of value and meaning. CCS collaborative projects, outreach initiatives, and the M.A. Program all make full use of the multiple disciplines and analytical perspectives promoted by the Center.
  www.umich.edu/~iinet/ccs/ - October 29, 2004

• China Studies Program , University of Washington
  The China Studies Program at the University of Washington provides a broad understanding of the Chinese people and their culture, historical development, and contemporary issues. Language learning and facility are a core element of the program of study. The more than 20 faculty members in the China Studies Program provide extensive course offerings in the social sciences and humanities, and in some of the professional schools at the University of Washington. The breadth of offerings allows students to select courses to meet career goals in business, government, teaching, and other professions. Three historians focus on the premodern, late imperial, and modern eras of Chinese history, providing background and perspective for all students of China. Political science courses are provided by two specialists examining contemporary Chinese domestic and foreign policy and US-China relations. Two sociologists offer courses on China's population and social organization.
  jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/easc/ChinaStudiesProgram.html - February 15, 2005

• Chinese Department , Augustana College
  Augustana is one of the very few colleges in the country that offers four years of Chinese. The Chinese courses are designed and taught to prepareÊthe students to excel in listening, speaking, reading and writing (both complicated and simplified versions). Augustana\'s Chinese curriculum also offers students the opportunity to travel to Asia inÊan overseas term program. This program gives students who choose to join the Asian Term the basic knowledge and skills necessary for their study abroad.
  www.augustana.edu/academ/chinese/ - February 17, 2005

• Institute of Taiwan Studies , Institute of Taiwan Studies
  The Institute of Taiwan Studies researches Taiwan's politics, economy, society, history, culture, and cross strait relations.
  www.cass.net.cn/webnew/chinese/y_03/y_03_50twyjs.html - October 7, 2004

• National Security Archieve , George Washington University
  The National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions in one non governmental, non-profit institution. The Archive is simultaneously a research institute on international affairs, a library and archive of declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, a public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information through the FOIA, and an indexer and publisher of the documents in books, microfiche, and electronic formats. Many of the organization\'s projects are focusing on the issues of bi-lateral relations between the United States and China, Japan, and Russia. There is also a large number of materials on nuclear security and energy.
  www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ - March 23, 2005

• Regional Chinese Language Center , Far Eastern National University
  The Chinese Language Center was established in 2000 with the assistance of the Ministry of Education of the Chinese People's Republic. It is the basis for training Sinologists in the Russian Far East, for holding scientific and methodical seminars and conferences, regional Chinese language contests for the students of Russian Far East, and other activities related to the Chinese Studies. The Center houses a library containing textbooks and scientific literature, audio- and videotapes, multi-media materials on China. The library is formed with the help of the Chinese Language Department teaching under Ministry of Education of the Chinese People's Republic. Starting in 2000, the Center annually administers Chinese Proficiency Test for Russian university students.
  www.fenu.ru/?a=page&id=401 - October 4, 2004

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• Center for Japanese Legal Studies , Columbia University
  The Center for Japanese Legal Studies, directed by Professor Curtis J. Milhaupt (CLS ’89), was established in 1980 with financial support from the Fuyo Group (a group of leading Japanese companies) and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. The Center administers a range of research-oriented, programmatic, and informal programs designed to enhance understanding of the Japanese legal system. It also maintains extensive ties with Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business. Currently, the Center is expanding its activities to reflect the dynamic process of legal reform underway in Japan—reforms which touch upon virtually every aspect of Japanese society. The website includes research and teaching, academic exchanges, conferences and speakers, affiliated researchers, upcoming events, Japanese alumni, and friends of the center.
  www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/japanese_legal - January 18, 2005

• Center for Japanese Studies, Keio University , Keio University
  This Center has provided students from around the world with the opportunity to learn not only the Japanese language, but also the particular customs and culture of Japan. In addition to a one-year language program, a summer intensive program is also offered. For regular undergraduate and graduate students who are not native speakers of Japanese, a Japanese as a Foreign Language program is available. In order to continue and improve upon the teaching of Japanese, the program for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language helps cultivate the next generation of Japanese language teachers.
  www.keio.ac.jp/05/09.html - November 11, 2004

• Center for Japanese Studies, University of California, Berkeley , University of California, Berkeley
  Founded in 1958, the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) supports the teaching and research mission of the University in all areas of Japanese studies. This mission is sustained by approximately 20 faculty members, and it annually serves over 2,000 undergraduate and 100 graduate students in the fields of Anthropology, Architecture, Art History, Buddhist Studies, Business Administration, East Asian Languages, History, Journalism, Law, Linguistics, Music, Political Science, and Sociology. This site includes events, faculty bios, student groups, Maruyama lectures, publications, visiting scholars, student support, resources, Japan-related links, and a mailing list.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/cjs/ - October 2, 2004

• Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  This webpage provides photos, e-mail addresses, and biographical information for the faculty and specialists of the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
  www.hawaii.edu/cjs/faculty.html - October 4, 2004

• Center on Japanese Economy and Business , Columbia University
  Columbia University established the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at the Graduate School of Business in April 1986 under the direction of Professor Hugh Patrick. The central mission of the Center has been to enhance understanding of the Japanese and Asia Pacific economies and their business, financial and managerial systems. An important focus is on Japan's international economic and business relationships in bilateral, Asia Pacific regional and global contexts. The website contains director and staff biographies, events, sponsorships, publications, resources, annual report, faculty in print, and alternative investments.
  www-1.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - January 18, 2005

• Cole, Robert , Cole, Robert
  Member of the East Asian faculty. Professor Cole's research interests include: Japanese work organization, quality, organizational learning, knowledge management, organizational transformation.
  www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/cole.html - February 22, 2005

• Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture , Columbia University
  The Center is dedicated to advancing the understanding of Japan and its culture in the United States through university instruction, research, and public education. In addition, the Center seeks to encourage study of the interrelationships among the cultures of Japan, other Asian countries, Europe, and  the United States. The website contains an events calander, fellowships, lectures, translation prizes, visiting fellows, supporters and friends, and a mailing list.
  www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/dkc/ - January 18, 2005

• Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies , Harvard University
  The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University supports research on Japan and provides a forum for  related academic activities and the exchange of ideas. It seeks to stimulate scholarly and public interest in Japan and Japanese studies at Harvard and around the world.  This site includes a Japan forum and events, fellowships and grants, postdoctoral fellowships, a newsletter, links, global Japanese studies events calendar, and the Documentation Center on Contemporary Japan.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/ - January 20, 2005

• Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies , Keio University
  Founded in 1983 as a commemorative project for the 125th anniversary of Keio University, the Center houses and maintains a considerable collection of documents and historical materials related to founder Yukichi Fukuzawa and Keio University. Other objectives are to conduct research on the activities and achievements of Keio alumni who were disciples of Fukuzawa, as well as to further the study of modern Japanese culture and Keio University's role in the formation of Japan in the modern era.
  www.keio.ac.jp/05/01.html - November 11, 2004

• Hitotsubashi University , Hitotsubashi University
  The home page of Hitotsubashi University. It covers basic information about the history of the institution, academic programs, research centers and faculty. The page will be useful for students considering undergraduate and graduate studies in Japan.
  www.hit-u.ac.jp/EnglishVersion/2001/ - September 30, 2004

• Information Center for Social Science Research on Japan , University of Tokyo
  The page covers basic facts about on the Information Center for Social Science Research on Japan at the Department for Social Studies of the University of Tokyo. The Center works on creation and maintaining of a comprehensive database of social science data conserning Japan; conducts research of the social issues in Japan; and facilitates builing of a worldwide network of academic research on Japan. The site contains valuable information on the recent social research projects, publications and organizations focusing on Japan studies. It is a very useful resource for researchers, educators and students interested in various aspects of Japanese society.
  www.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Center/ - September 28, 2004

• Institute for Media and Comnunacations Research , Keio University
  The Institute was founded in 1946, right after World War II, to conduct research into the role of the media and other forms of mass communication in the social, political, economic and cultural life of Japan. The Institute also sponsors various educational programs for undergraduate students, and offers a special diploma course which trains some 150 students intending to become specialists in mass media.
  www.mediacom.keio.ac.jp/english/about.html - November 11, 2004

• Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies , Columbia University
  The Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, founded in 1968, is an international liaison and research center designed primarily to serve European and American scholars whose main area of study focuses on medieval Japan. The overall purpose of the Institute is to encourage research on all aspects of premodern Japanese civilization, especially the medieval period (primarily, but not exclusively, the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, 1185-1600), centuries which, until the 1970s, had been relatively neglected among Japanese and Western scholars alike. The website contains past events, grants, publications, IMJS reports, and a Columbia Japanese Support Network
  www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/imjs/ - January 18, 2005

• Institute of Japanese Studies , Institute of Japanese Studies
  The Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, founded in 1981, is a comprehensive academic research organization with 60 fixed number of members. At present it has 46 members including 33 research fellows and 8 research assistants. Among them there are 9 research professors and 12 associate research professors. 18 research fellows have Ph.D degree and 9 have M.A degree. The institute sticks to the principle of laying equal stress on basic theory and policy studies. It is mainly engaged in the researches of Japanese politics, economy, society & culture and foreign relations. It is also engaged in educating graduate students.
  www.cass.net.cn/chinese/s30_rbs/english/english.htm - October 7, 2004

• Institute of Okinawan Studies , Hosei University
  The page of the Institute of Okinawan Studies at Hosei University. The Institute was established in l972 to do comparative research on the culture, history and linguistics of not only the Ryukyu islands, centered on Okinawa, but also surrounding areas such as China, Southeast Asia and Korea. Now that the Okinawan studies has expanded into a world-wide concern, the Institute is playing a central role in providing and exchanging information among the researchers within and outside Japan. The site will be very useful for researchers and students interested in Okinawan Culture. However, apart from introduction, all other information related to the Center's activities is in Japanese.
  www.hosei.ac.jp/english/research.htm - September 30, 2004

• International Center, Keio University , Keio University
  The International Center is a hub for international cross-cultural activities. In addition to providing academic and pastoral support for foreign exchange students at Keio, the Center also assists Japanese students wishing to study abroad. The Center offers Foreign Studies and Japanese Studies courses, given in English, that cover culture, history, politics and economics. There are also summer school programs in both Great Britain and the United States.
  www.ic.keio.ac.jp - November 11, 2004

• Japan Statistics Research Institute , Hosei University
  The page of Japan Statistics Research Institute at Hosei University. Founded in 1946, the Institute is known as a unique research institution in Japan with outstanding achievements in many fields. Its main task is research on statistical systems and policies of foreign and domestic governments and organizations, on the theory of statistics, and on regional statistics. Research is carried out mainly by the academic staff of Hosei University in cooperation with specialists from outside including the governmental staff. The library collection -statistical materials and reference books- is open not only to University staff but to outside users interested in statistical works. The site can be a very useful resourse for students, educators and researchers.
  www.hosei.ac.jp/english/research.htm - September 30, 2004

• Japan Studies Program, Teikyo Loretto Heights University , Teikyo Loretto Heights University
  The Japan Studies Program is designed to meet the needs of Japanese and non-Japanese students alike in better understanding the rich complexity, tradition, language, history, and societal characteristics of Japan. Through this knowledge, graduates will gain the cultural insights necessary to effectively work in a setting in which a sophisticated understanding of the nuances of Japanese culture is required. This site includes a course listing, news, contacts, and a public access catalog.
  www.tlhu.edu/academic/JPS2.phtm - February 24, 2005

• Japan Studies, University of Kentucky , University of Kentucky
  The Japan Studies Program supports a community of Japan area specialists who teach and pursue research in the University\'s various departments (geography, history, English, political science, Russian and Eastern Studies, sociology) and professional schools (architecture and communications). In addition to teaching and research responsibilities the faculty lecture to outside groups, write extensively for both scholarly journals and popular media, author books on Japan, participate in national professional associations. The Program responds to and fosters growing American interest (particularly in Kentucky) in Japan.  This site includes a course schedule, academic programs, publications, faculty bios, and related links.
  www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/RAE/Japan/jpnstudy.htm - February 24, 2005

• Japan Studies, University of Pittsburgh , University of Pittsburgh
  Japan Studies at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is committed to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge about the history, society, culture, political economy, and arts of Japan. With eighteen Japan specialists on the faculty, Pitt provides training in Japanese language and area studies through a variety of course and degree offerings. It encourages multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research through student scholarships and faculty grants; and itfacilitates the exchange of ideas and information through seminars, conferences, and outreach activities for members of both the academic and local communities. These activities are administered by the Asian Studies Center, which is part of Pittsburgh University Center for International Studies. This site includes sections for students, faculty, academics, educational outreach, what's new, and more.
  www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/japan_studies.html - January 20, 2005

• Japanese Department , Augustana College
  The Augustana Japanese Program offers two years of language instruction. The instructor is a native Japanese speaker who specializes in language pedagogy, so students are assured of top quality instruction. ÊÊÊÊÊThe program focuses on the basic and most important skills needed to communicate and function in Japanese. Classes are full of fun activities with chances for every student to enjoy listening to and speaking Japanese. All types of instructional technology are incorporated into classrooms to accelerate students\' learning: a language lab, computer programs, word processing, as well as audio and video tapes. The program is designed to provide students with the language skills that can be utilized in real communication.
  www.augustana.edu/academ/japanese/ - February 17, 2005

• Keio Frontier Research & Education Collaborative Square (K-FRECS) , Keio University
  Innovation is essential to society, and to promote new approaches K-FRECS was established in 2001 at three Keio locations: the Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus of Keio, the Tsuruoka Town Campus of Keio (TTCK) in Yamagata Prefecture, and at the Nowton Court Campus of Keio (NCK) in the United Kingdom. It is at these locations where the various faculties of Keio University can come into direct contact with the local community. Under the auspices of both local industry and government, Keio University\'s superior academic and human resources are applied to leading-edge research activities in the form of collaboration that transcends the traditional barriers that surround academia.
  www.keio.ac.jp/05/07.html - November 11, 2004

• Meiji University , Meiji University
  The home page of Meiji University. It contains information on various activities of the University, its research centers and graduate and undergraduate schools. The page will be partucularly useful for the students considering studies in Japan.
  www.meiji.ac.jp/cip/english/ - September 30, 2004

• National Association of Japan-America Societies , National Association of Japan-America Societies
  NAJAS's operations are threefold: to assist member societies centers with their administration, publicity and program implementation; to provide cultural, educational and business programs; to host an annual conference for its member organizations; and to pursue national programs on behalf of its members. This site contains an event calender, centers, sponsors, US-Japan links, FAQs, and a job bank.
  www.us-japan.org/# - November 8, 2004

• Nichibunken-International Research Center for Japanese Studies , Inter-University Research Institute Corporation-National Institutes for the Humanities
  This International Research Center for Japanese Studies site includes outreach programs and events, research activities, databases, general information, library, employment and study,sitemap, and related links.
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/welcome_e.htm - February 24, 2005

• Sasakawa Peace Foundation , Sasakawa Peace Foundation
  The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), endowed by the Nippon Foundation (formerly the Sasakawa Foundation) and the Japanese motorboat racing industry, was established in September 1986. A private nonprofit organization (NPO) that conducts international activities in the realm of the public interest from a global perspective, SPF aims to contribute to the welfare of humankind and to the development of a sound international community in order to foster world peace. This web site includes news, projects, grant opportunities, publications, and related links.
  www.spf.org/e/index.html - October 27, 2004

• The Historiographical Institute , University of Tokyo
  The site of the Historiographical Institute at the University of Tokyo. The Institute has as its primary objective, rather than historiography in general, analysis, compilation, and publication of historical source materials concerning Japan. The Institute has become a major center of Japanese historical research, and makes historical sources available through its library, publications, and recently, databases. The site contains informations about the center, its organization and activities. It will be of a particular interest to researchers specializing in Japan studies.
  www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html - September 28, 2004

• The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan , The Institute of Energy economics
  The aim of its establishment is to carry on research activities specialized in the area of energy from the viewpoint of the national economy as a whole in a bid to contribute to sound development of the Japanese energy-supplying and energy-consuming industries and to the improvement of people's life in the country by objectively analyzing energy problems and providing basic data, information and reports necessary for the formulation of policies. This site contains research papers, outlooks/forecasts, statistics, newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, publications, forum on research works, seminars and symposiums, and a library.
  eneken.ieej.or.jp/en/index.html - October 2, 2004

• United States-Japan Foundation , Sasakawa, Ryoichi
  The United States-Japan Foundation, incorporated under United States law in 1980, was founded with a grant of $44.8 million from the Japan Shipbuilding Industry Foundation (now known as the Nippon Foundation). Mr. Ryoichi Sasakawa (1899-1995), Chairman of the Japan Shipbuilding Industry Foundation, had the foresight to understand the great importance of the relationship between the United States and Japan to the two countries themselves and to the rest of the world. He thus established the Foundation to improve understanding between the two countries. The United States-Japan Foundation is the only private independent American grantmaking foundation dedicated to the mutual interests of the American and Japanese people.
  www.us-jf.org/ - January 27, 2005

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• Arms Control Association , Arms Control Association
  The Arms Control Association (ACA), founded in 1971, is a national nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies. Through its public education and media programs and its magazine, Arms Control Today (ACT), ACA provides policy-makers, the press and the interested public with authoritative information, analysis and commentary on arms control proposals, negotiations and agreements, and related national security issues. In addition to the regular press briefings ACA holds on major arms control developments, the Association\'s staff provides commentary and analysis on a broad spectrum of issues for journalists and scholars both in the United States and abroad. The site contains a lot of valuable information on security issues particularly related to North Korea.
  www.armscontrol.org/act/2004_07-08/NKtalks.asp - March 23, 2005

• Asia Program , Center for International Policy
  This website contains a substantial amount of information on political and economic developments of the Korean Peninsula.
  www.ciponline.org/asia/index.htm - February 24, 2005

• Center for Korean Studies , Far Eastern National University
  The FENU Center for Korean Studies was established in 1999 with the support of Korea Foundation to organize research dealing with the issues of Russian - Korean relations in the Far East. The Center incorporates the leading specialists of the University in history, economics, political science, philology, and archaeology.
  www.fenu.ru/?a=page&id=397 - October 4, 2004

• Center for Korean Studies , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  The University of Hawai‘i Center for Korean Studies was established in 1972 to support and coordinate the activities of students and faculty with Korea-related teaching and research interests. Now with more than twenty faculty members offering academiccourses and conducting research related to Korea in fields such as Asian studies, dance, economics, history, language, linguistics, literature, music, political science, and sociology, the Center is home to the oldest and largest Korean studies program outside of Korea. The Center for Korean Studies Online also hosts several important resources for Koreanists and others interested in Korea.
  www.hawaii.edu/korea/ - February 15, 2005

• Center for Korean Studies , University of California, Berkeley
  The Center for Korean Studies (CKS) is a unit of the Institute of East Asian Studies within International and Area Studies at UC Berkeley. The Center is one of the nation\'s most active academic centers for the study of Korean humanities and social sciences. Our goal is to use the academic resources of the University of California to promote international cultural, economic, and political understanding.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/ - February 17, 2005

• Center for Korean Studies, University of California, Berkeley , UC Berkeley Center for Korean Studies
  The Center is one of the nation\'s most active academic centers for the study of Korean humanities and social sciences. Our goal is to use the academic resources of the University of California to promote international cultural, economic, and political understanding. This site includes events, faculty bios, courses, visiting scholars, K-12 teaching project, library, publications, Korea links, and a mailing list.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/cks - October 2, 2004

• Federation of American Scientists , Federation of American Scientists
  The Federation of American Scientists is a nonprofit organization founded in 1945 as the Federation of Atomic Scientists. Its founders were members of the Manhattan Project, creators of the atom bomb and deeply concerned about the implications of its use for the future of humankind. FAS is the oldest organization dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose. Many of the FAS\'s publications and briefs are dedicated to the issues of nuclear and energy security in North Korea.
  www.fas.org/main/home.jsp - March 23, 2005

• Intercultural Institute of California , Intercultural Institute of California
  The Intercultural Institute of California (IIC) is a private, independent, nonprofit organization, offering Korean studies programs for students. The IIC also hosts a special on-going lecture series and online discussions, promotes research, and publishes selected books and articles. The IIC community of scholars and students is committed to collaboratively engaging the culture, art, language, politics and historical legacy of Korea, examining its relevance to the present and envisioning its prospects for the future, to include issues of particular interest to Korean Americans.
  www.iic.edu/Main/frame_About.html - February 21, 2005

• Keimyung University , Keimyung University
  Keimyung University was founded in 1954 to provide Christian higher education for the southern part of Korea. Its immediate task was to nurture young minds for the reconstruction of a war-torn country. A sense of dedication  to excellence, whether in scholarship or service, has been the motivating force behind the founders and other dedicated people at Keimyung University. Today, Keimyung University proudly continues to cultivate the minds of future international leaders and experts who can contribute to the world peace and welfare. We constantly develop and renew academic partnerships with foreign institutions in order to enhance our international programs. The University offers unique courses to help foreign students capture the flavor of Korean culture, history, and society and gain practical knowledge of the Korean language, economy, and business.
  www.kmu.ac.kr/e_kmu/index.shtml - February 15, 2005

• Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) , Government of Korea
  The KEEI was established as a government-affiliated research institute in order to contribute to the national energy policy-making by collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information on the issues pertaining to energy security.
  www.keei.re.kr/keei/main_eng.html - February 9, 2005

• Korea Institute , Harvard University
  The Korea Institute is Harvard University's only non-departmental entity for the support and development of Korean Studies at Harvard. Originally established in 1981 as part of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, it became a completely autonomous organization in 1993.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/index.html - February 15, 2005

• Korea Studies Program , University of Washington
  The University of Washington maintains one of the oldest programs in the United States providing undergraduate and graduate training in Korean studies in a variety of disciplines. Courses are offered in Korean language, literature, history, social organization, and politics. The language program consists of three years of modern language and advanced reading. The history courses cover the full range of the Korean experience, from the origins of the Korean people in the archaeological record to contemporary times. Undergraduate and graduate courses on Korean history and society cover the period under Japanese colonial rule in the first half of the twentieth century, the liberation of Korea after 1945, the Korean War, and the political, economic, social, and cultural development of both South Korea and North Korea. Graduate seminars provide opportunities for research in Korean and other non-Western languages on a variety of topics in the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of the country. Regular course offerings are supplemented by visiting faculty from political science, economics and economic development, law, folklore, and literature. The objective of the program is to provide students at the BA and MA degree levels with a broad background for use in a variety of professions.
  jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/easc/KoreaStudiesProgram.html - February 15, 2005

• Korean Studies Institute , University of Southern California
  USC College¡¯s Korean Studies Institute, established in 1995, is quickly becoming one of the nation¡¯s premier Korean studies programs. Already, the Institute is among only a small number of elite academic institutions to have developed a major Korean studies program and the Institute¡¯s Korean Heritage Library is one of the nation¡¯s preeminent research collections in Korean language materials.
  www.usc.edu/schools/college/east_asian_studies/ksi/ - February 17, 2005

• Korean Studies Program , University of Michigan
  The Korean Studies Program (KSP) is a unit of the International Institute within the University of Michigan. As a program devoted to the study of Korea, our goal is to foster teaching and research across disciplines and to use the academic resources of the university to promote an economic, political, and cultural understanding of Korea. The KSP provides funding for public programs (art exhibitions, film festivals, lectures, and conferences), individual faculty research, development of new courses, and the expansion of the Asia Library’s Korea collection. It maintains an active colloquium series, bringing eminent Korean Studies scholars from around the world to lecture on a diverse set of issues. The program also sponsors Korean events on campus including undergraduate and graduate initiatives and cultural activities. Major financial support from the Korea Foundation helped establish a senior professorship in Korean Studies. These activities and programs have raised awareness and appreciation of Korean culture across U-M and in the surrounding community.
  www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/ksp/ - February 15, 2005

• Korean Studies Program , the University of Michigan
  The Korean Studies Program (KSP) is a unit of the International Institute within the University of Michigan. As a program devoted to the study of Korea, our goal is to foster teaching and research across disciplines and to use the academic resources of the university to promote an economic, political, and cultural understanding of Korea. The KSP provides funding for public programs (art exhibitions, film festivals, lectures, and conferences), individual faculty research, development of new courses, and the expansion of the Asia Library¡¯s Korea collection. It maintains an active colloquium series, bringing eminent Korean Studies scholars from around the world to lecture on a diverse set of issues. The program also sponsors Korean events on campus including undergraduate and graduate initiatives and cultural activities. Major financial support from the Korea Foundation helped establish a senior professorship in Korean Studies. These activities and programs have raised awareness and appreciation of Korean culture across U-M and in the surrounding community.
  www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/ksp/ - February 17, 2005

• Koreanists , Korea Foundation
  The Koreanists web site offers a free online database of Korean studies scholars and students. It has been constructed to provide users with easy access to up-to-date information about scholars of Korean studies around the world.
  www.koreanists.net/index.asp - February 21, 2005

• North Korea WWW Virtual Library , Han, M.Y.
  The site is the central clearing house of links to high quality online resources on the society, cultures, economy, politics, language, education, history, religion, demography, tourism and other Social Sciences subjects concerningÊNorth Korea.
  www.skas.org/ - February 9, 2005

• Republic of Korea National Education Center , Far Eastern National University
  The center was established in 1995 in accordance with the agreement on cultural cooperation between Republic of Korea and Russia. The center holds seminars and conferences for faculty and students, supplies 34 educational institutions offering courses in Korean with teaching materials. In 2000, for the first time in Russia, the center administered Korean Proficiency Test.
  www.fenu.ru/?a=page&id=398 - October 4, 2004

• South Korea WWW Virtual Library , Han, M.Y.
  The site isÊthe central clearing house of links to high quality online resources on society, culture, economy, politics, language, education, history, religion, demography, tourism and other Social Sciences subjects concerningÊSouth Korea.
  www.skas.org/ - February 9, 2005

• The Kyushu Univeristy Korean Studies Center , Kyushu University
  The Kyushu University Korean Studies Center is the product of a public-private partnership, and was opened in December 1999 as the first unique institution to study in direct connection with Korea.The fourÊdepartments of the CenterÊinclude Social Networks, Political-Economic Systems, Humans and the Environment, and Planning.
  rcks.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/e-rcks/gaiyo.html - February 17, 2005

• The People's Korea , DPRK government
  The People's Korea, a semimonthly on Korean affairs, is a Tokyo-based unofficial source of information on the DPRK Government's perspective. Since its inauguration on January 1, 1961, The People's Korea has been providing news and analyses from the DPRK perspective on international and domestic affairs as well as on Korea's national reunification, and information on Korean people's living, politics, economy, military, culture, history, customs, laws and regulations, festivals, sports, business, free trade zone, religions, tourism, etc. in its eight-page edition. The People's Korea, which has its branch office in downtown Pyongyang, has been committed to the cause of one Korea, enjoying an international readership in more than 120 countries and regions, including the United States and Tanzania. This PK web site (opened on July 20, 1997) is an abbreviated version of the original paper, and is updated weekly.
  210.145.168.243/pk/main.htm - February 21, 2005

• The Society of Korean-American Scholars , Duke University
  Society of Korean-American Scholars (SKAS) is a private, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization dedicated to engender intellectual exchanges in the global Korean community with a view to enlightening and empowering individual members of the community. It promotes scholarship and fellowship among its members and seeks to foster leadership among young Korean-Americans.
  www.skas.org/ - February 9, 2005

• UCLA Center for Korean Studies , University of California, Los Angeles
  The UCLA Center for Korean Studies was established in 1993 to coordinate development of UCLA's burgeoning programs in this field of research. Despite its short history, the Center now presides over the biggest Korean Studies program on the mainland of the United States, with the most specialists dedicated to Korea on its faculty and the largest number of students studying Korean subjects, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
  www.isop.ucla.edu/korea/ - February 15, 2005

• University of Hawaii Korea Collection , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Founded in 1943, the Korea Collection was the first in the United States. It supports the largest program of Korean Studies outside Korea. It has been developing collections in the arts, humanities, business, and social sciences. Since 1994, the collection has participated in the cooperative collection development program of the Korean Collections Consortium of North America funded by the Korea Foundation, Seoul, Korea. The University of Hawaii's responsibilities in this resource-sharing program are to build a comprehensive collection on Cheju-do, architecture, urban planning, urban studies, modern social conditions, and traditional music. Another responsibility as a part of this program is the acquisition of foreign language publications other than Chinese, English, and Japanese.
  www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/korea/korea.htm - February 21, 2005

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• Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads , Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads
  The web-site contains information on the activities, research projects, and opportunities offered by the Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads. The center is primarily concerned with research in archeology and ethnography.
  www.csen.org/FieldWork_Announcement%20/2005_Announcement_Page.html - February 8, 2005

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• Carnegie Moscow Center , Carnegie Moscow Center
  In spring 1993, the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace established the Carnegie Moscow Center. The Center accommodates foreign and Russian researchers collaborating with Washington staff on a variety of topical areas and policy-relevant projects. Carnegie Associates work independently on their own research in areas covering a broad range of contemporary policy issues - military, political, and economic. They are encouraged to write and speak freely on the subjects of their work. The Center has developed and continues to expand working relationships with Russian specialists and scholars, educational and research organizations, as well as governmental and non-governmental institutions in order to consider critical domestic and international problems. These relationships take a variety of forms, including workshops, study groups, conferences, visiting lecturers, mailing and publication projects.
  www.carnegie.ru/en/ - December 2, 2004

• Center for European and Russian Studies , Carleton University
  The site contains information on the research and academic activities, events and courses offerec by the Center for European and Russian Studies. 
  www.carleton.ca/eurus/ - February 8, 2005

• Center for Russian Studies , Center for Russian Studies
  Since its establishment in June 1984, the Center for Russian Studies has been concentrating on comprehensive research regarding the former Soviet Union, CIS countries and Eastern Europe by organizing research projects with the participation of researchers and scholars from universities and other research institutions both in Japan and overseas. Historic changes such as the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the reunification of East and West Germany, the establishment of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and the turmoil under the Yeltsin government in Russia have underlined the importance of the research activities carried out by the Center. Beginning in 1992, the Center has been inviting a small number of scholars and researchers each year from the former Soviet Union and countries in Central and Eastern Europe in order to enhance intellectual exchange with these countries.
  www.jiia.or.jp/index-en.html - November 23, 2004

• Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies , Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
  The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) at Stanford was established in 1969. Its mission is the promotion and support of interdisciplinary study of the nations and peoples of the former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. CREEES is designated one of 19 US Department of Education-sponsored National Resource Centers for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. As part of our commitment to graduate and undergraduate training, research, and public outreach, CREEES runs interdisciplinary MA and undergraduate minor programs; sponsors over one hundred public programs each year (including lecture series, seminars, conferences); hosts distinguished visitors and visiting scholars; organizes teacher education workshops and resources; provides research travel support for Stanford faculty and graduate student researchers; and coordinates teaching and research at Stanford relating to this part of the world.
  www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/index.html - November 30, 2004

• Economic Research Institute , Economic Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
  Web site of the Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, in Khabarovsk, Russia.
  www.ecrin.ru - October 5, 2004

• Eurasia Foundation Russia Far East Reagional Office , Eurasia Foundation
  Russia Far East Regional Office serves the Russian Far East, including Sakhalin, Buryatia, and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The Eurasia Foundation Vladivostok office supports local initiatives in the region extending from Russia\'s Pacific coast to Lake Baikal. The web-site contains useful information regarding the programs and grant opportunities in the Russian Far East.
  www.eurasia.org/russian-fareast.html - March 7, 2005

• Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation , Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation
  The Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation (FRAEC) is a non profit organization founded in 1989 to foster expanded economic ties between Russia and the United States, with a special focus on building bridges between the Russian Far East and U.S. West Coast. Originally focusing efforts to assist U.S. companies to conduct business in Russia, FRAEC has expanded its reach to a broad range of sectors, including economic development, civil society, and social services, among others.
  www.fraec.org/About.htm - March 7, 2005

• Graduate Program in Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies , Stanford University
  The one-year, internsive program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (AMREEES) program is designed to provide intensive study for serious students who have already built a strong background in Russian and East European Studies (CREEES). This one-year M.A. program offers advanced training in area studies through an interdisciplinary course of study. Program requirements combine language and area courses within social science and humanities disciplines. Students with sufficient background to meet admissions requirements find room for flexibility in their course of study. Students can tailor the one-year course program to fit individual needs and interests. AMREEES students include those seeking careers in government, journalism, NGO and relief organizations, and business; those who hope to pursue a Ph.D. but first want intensive area studies and language training; those who pursue this degree before or concurrently with professional degrees in law, business or public policy; and those who are not yet decided on a career but who want to deepen their understanding of Russia, the former Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe.
  www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/AcademicPrograms.html - November 30, 2004

• Institute for Law and Public Policy , Institute for Law and Public Policy
  The mission of the Institute for Law and Public Policy (ILPP) is to promote the universal liberal-democratic values and principles of the rule of law, the ideals and principles of pluralistic democracy and genuine equality of individuals. Main Goals and Purposes of the ILPP are: Facilitating the establishment, maintenance and development of scientific, social and political ties on the inter-regional and international levels; Promoting a liberal-democratic political and legal culture in society; Forming a new generation of specialists in the field of law and public policy; Strengthening the legal framework of public policy; Building up the information infrastructure in constitutional and legal development; Broader use of new information technologies in political and legal procedures; Facilitating Russia’s integration into the international legal space and the increasingly globalized world;    Promoting cross-fertilization of different legal systems and cultures.
  www.carleton.ca/eurus/ilpp/about_institute.html - February 8, 2005

• Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideaology, and Policy , Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideaology, and Policy
  Web-site contains various on-line publicationsÊanalyzing current Russian politics and security issues.
  www.bu.edu/iscip/index.html - March 7, 2005

• Russian Far East Advisory Group , Russian Far East Advisory Group
  ÊSince 1991, the Russian Far East Advisory Group has been providing authoritative business information on the Russian Far East, one of the most dynamic regions in Russia\'s changing economy. Between 1991 and 1999, The Advisory Group published a monthly report, the Russian Far East Update(including over 100 specialized maps), and four editions of The Russian Far East, A Business Reference Guide. In 1998, the Group introduced a new quarterly report, the Pacific Russia Oil and Gas Report now published by the Anchorage-based Pacific Russia Information Group. The Reference Guide, all maps, and all back issues of the Russian Far East Update through February 1999 are always available for purchase through the Advisory Group. For a list of our maps, please contact us at contact information below. Current activities of the Advisory Group include consulting and, in particular, expert witness work for litigants involved in commercial disputes between foreign and Russian partners.
  www.russianfareast.com/ - March 7, 2005

• Saint-Petersburg State University , Saint-Petersburg State University
  The web-site contains information on academic programs research projects of the institution. The russian part of the site can be a valuable reference for students looking for opportunities to study in Russia.
  www.spbu.ru/e/ - February 8, 2005

• Slavic Research Center , Hokkaido University
  The home page of the Slavic Research Center (SRC) at Hokkaido University. It is the only research institute in Japan for comprehensive Slavic-Eurasian studies. Thus it functions, being attached to Hokkaido University, as the national center to lead and coordinate academic activities in this research area. The web site contains information on the Center's activities, publications, reasech projects and fellowship/scholarship opportunities. The site will be extremely useful for researchers, educators and students interested in historical, political, economical, and security issues pertaing to Russia and the countries of the Former Soviet Union.
  src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/index-e.html - September 28, 2004

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• Asia for Educators , Columbia University
  This site contains a multitudeÊof information and primary sources on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean histories and cultures. The resources cover the period from pre-history to present.Ê
  afe.easia.columbia.edu/ - January 27, 2005

• Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies , The Brookings Institution
  CNAPS website provides information on the center's scholars, events, projects, employment and analysis and commentary on Northeast Asian issues.
  www.brookings.edu/fp/cnaps/center_hp.htm - August 6, 2004

• Center for Northeast Asian Studies , Jilin University
  nasc.jlu.edu.cn/han1/index.php - September 30, 2004

• Global Energy Network Institute , Global Energy Network Institute
  Global Energy Network Institute (GENI) is a nonprofit organization in the United States of America. It conducts research and educational activities related to the international and inter-regional transmission of electricity, with a specific emphasis on the interconnection of renewable energy resources.
  www.geni.org/errordocs/404page.html - March 23, 2005

• Human Flows Project , Center for East Asian Studieds
  Description of research project "Cross-border Human Flows in Northeast Asia: A Human Security Perspective" (2001-2004) at the Center for East Asian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, with downloadable research reports.
  www.miis.edu/rcenters-ceas-hmnflows.html - July 14, 2004

• Human Flows Project , Center for East Asia Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
  Research project at the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), at the Monterey Institute of International Studies: "Human Flows Project"- examining human migration in Northeast Asia.
  www.miis.edu/rcenters-ceas-hmnflows.html - July 17, 2004

• Institute for International Economics , Institute for International Economics
  The Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. Since 1981 the Institute has provided timely, objective analysis and concrete solutions to key international economic problems. The Institute attempts to anticipate emerging issues and to be ready with practical ideas to inform and shape public debate. Its audience includes government officials and legislators, business and labor leaders, management and staff at international organizations, university-based scholars and their students, other research institutions and nongovernmental organizations, the media, and the public at large. It addresses these groups both in the United States and around the world. In addition, the publications and research of the institute cover the issues related to the countries in Northeast Asia.
  www.iie.com/homepage.htm - March 24, 2005

• Institute for Science and International Security , Institute for Science and International Security
  ISIS is a non-profit, non-partisan institution dedicated to informing the public about science and policy issues affecting international security. Its efforts focus on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, bringing about greater transparency of nuclear activities worldwide, and achieving deep reductions in nuclear arsenals. ISIS\'s projects integrate technical, scientific, and policy research in order to build a sound foundation for a wide variety of efforts to reduce the threat posed by nuclear weapons to U.S. and international security.Since its inception in 1993, ISIS has produced internationally recognized technical assessments of proliferant-state efforts to get nuclear weapons. It has often been at the forefront of efforts to solve complex national and international security problems. It has worked regularly in the U.S. and abroad to unite government officials, independent experts, scientists, and the public in efforts to find credible strategies to solve U.S., regional, and global security problems. Throughout its history, ISIS has maintained a commitment to the wide dissemination of its major findings.A large section of publications produces by the Institute covers issues related to North Korea and other Northeast Asian countries.
  www.isis-online.org/ - March 23, 2005

• International Atomic Energy Agency , International Atomic Energy Agency
  The IAEA is the world\'s center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world\'s \"Atoms for Peace\" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.It is a valuabel resource for energy and atomic security issues in Northeast Asia.
  www.iaea.org/About/index.html - March 23, 2005

• International Energy Agency , Internationa Energy Agency
  An international forum for countries committed to advancing global energy security, policy and technology through co-operation. The organization places a signifficant accent on cooperation with non-OECD countries in Northeast Asia. The site contains a multitude of information sources on developments pertinent to energy sector in Northeast Asia.
  www.iea.org/Textbase/subjectqueries/nmc/northeastasia.asp - March 22, 2005

• Office of Fossil Energy , Office of Fossil Energy
  The Energy Department\'s Fossil Energy organization is made up of about 1000 scientists, engineers, technicians and administrative staff. Its headquarters offices are in downtown Washington, DC, and in Germantown, Maryland. The organization also has field offices in Morgantown, West Virginia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Tulsa, Oklahoma; New Orleans, Louisiana; Casper, Wyoming; and Albany, Oregon.The Office of Fossil Energy is responsible for several high-priority Presidential initiatives including implementation of the Administration\'s $2 billion, 10-year initiative to develop a new generation of environmentally sound clean coal technologies, the $1 billion FutureGen project to develop a pollution-free plant to co-produce electricity and hydrogen, and the nation\'s Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, both key emergency response tools available to the President to protect Americans from energy supply disruptions.ÊThe site contains a large amount of various studies and strategic assessments of the energy-related situation in the countries of Northeast Asia. Ê
  www.fe.doe.gov/aboutus/index.html - March 23, 2005

• Papers and Primary Sources , Indiana University
  An excellent resource for primary documents (e.g., treaties, communiques, etc.) pertaining to relations amongst the countries in Northeast Asia.
  www.indiana.edu/%7Eeasc/security_issues/index.html#papers - January 27, 2005

• The Center for Northeast Asian Studies , Tohoku University
  The home page of the Center for Northeast Asian Studies (CNEAS)at Tohoku University. The center works on development of new methodologies to implement regional Studeis on Japan, North Asia and East Asia; conducts academic studies to understand and clarify regional circumstances; and creates a database in order to share the research results with a wider community. The site contains information on research projects and conferences, publications and databases developed by the Center. It is a valuable resourse for researchers, academics and students.
  www.cneas.tohoku.ac.jp/index_e.html - September 28, 2004

• World Energy Council , World Energy Council
  The World Energy Council (WEC) is the foremost global multi-energy organisation in the world today. WEC has Member Committees in over 90 countries, including most of the largest energy-producing and energy consuming countries. The 81-year-old organisation covers all types of energy, including coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, and renewables, and is UN-accredited, non-governmental, non-commercial and non-aligned. The web page contains a large number of publications on the issues related to energy in the countries of Northeast Asia.
  www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/wec_info/about_wec/about_wec.asp - March 23, 2005

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• Center for East Asian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies , Center for East Asian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
  The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) sponsors research, lectures, and seminars on subjects relating to East Asia. Currently the Center is examining cross-border human flows in Northeast Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia; economic and environmental cooperation in the region; and the prospects for Northeast Asia's regionalism. The projects include research, conferences, and curriculum material development. In these projects the Center collaborates with researchers and research institutions in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, and the U.S. The Center also invites scholars, diplomats, government officials, and journalists to lecture on a wide range of East Asian topics. It also hosts visiting fellows who conduct research on topics of interest to the Center.
  www.miis.edu/rcenters-ceas.html - September 30, 2004

• East Asian Institute, Columbia University (EAI) , Columbia University
  Background/Scope: Since its establishment, the institute has been a center for training and research on the modern Asia-Pacific, covering China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and the countries of Southeast Asia. Its mission is to train new generations of Asian experts in the humanities, social sciences and the professions, and to enhance the understanding of Asia in the wider community. The US Department of Education has, since 1960, designated the institute as a National Resource Center in East Asian Studies. Areas of Research: Education, regional studies, foreign relations, political issues, security and defense.
  www.constanze.com/1269.htm - January 6, 2005

• East Asian Studies , Bryn Mawr College
  The Bi-College Department of East Asian Studies links rigorous language training to the the study of East Asian, and particularly Chinese and Japanese, culture and society. In addition to our intensive programs in Chinese and Japanese languages, departmental faculty offer courses in East Asian philosophy, linguistics, literature, religion, and social and intellectual history. The East Asian Studies program also incorporates courses on East Asia by affiliated Bi-College faculty on East Asian anthropology, cities, economics, philosophy, and sociology, as well as additional courses on East Asian culture and society by faculty at Swarthmore.
  www.brynmawr.edu/eastasian/ - February 17, 2005

• East Asian Studies at Brown University , Brown University
  This multidisciplinary concentration is designed to serve undergraduate students wishing to attain reasonable fluency in Chinese and Japanese and specialized familiarity with selected East Asian subjects. The concentration serves students with two different types of professional and academic interests: those who wish to pursue active professional careers related to the East Asian region; and those who will continue their education at the graduate level in the humanities or social sciences with special emphasis on China or Japan. The website contain information on Japanese, Chinese, and Korean studies, scholarship information, courses, faculty, and links.
  www.brown.edu/Departments/East_Asian_Studies/ - January 20, 2005

• East Asian Studies at Princeton , Princeton University
  The East Asian Studies at Princeton website contains departmental information, programs, languages, library information, overseas study and internships, career services, events and projects.
  www.princeton.edu/~eastasia/ - January 20, 2005

• East Asian Studies Center at Indiana University , Indiana University
  East Asian Studies Center website provides information on the center's events, workshops, fellowships, grants, resources and publications.
  www.indiana.edu/%7Eeasc/ - September 19, 2004

• Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley , UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies
  UC Berkeley is one of the premier institutions for the study of East Asia in the United States. The Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS) at UC Berkeley promotes teaching and research on East Asia in all disciplines and professional programs. This website contains events, resources, publications, a mailing list, and links to other related research centers.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/ - October 2, 2004

• McGill University Centre for East Asian Research , Centre for East Asian Research, McGill University
  The Centre for East Asian Research website with the following types of information: events, newsletters, administration, faculty, Department of East Asian Studies,Êthe journal "Orientations" and other resources.
  www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/eas/cear/ - August 4, 2004

• Stanford University Center for East Asian Studies Faculty , Stanford University
  This is a list of Stanford University Center for East Asian Studies Faculty (all fields).
  www.stanford.edu/dept/CEAS/ - October 2, 2004

• The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development
  Since its founding, ICSEAD has facilitated academic research on many issues in related to development in East Asia, thereby helping to improve the understanding of East Asia and contributing to Kitakyushu's economic ties with East Asia. ICSEAD's research staff conducts research on development in East Asia in the fields of business, economics, political science, and sociology, often collaborating with researchers from other universities and research institutions. This site contains public lectures and seminars, and information about the East Asian Economic Association (EAEA).
  www.icsead.or.jp/index_e.html - September 29, 2004

• USC East Asian Studies Center , University of Southern California
  This website describes the scope and diversity of the USC program by providing information about faculty resources, degree programs, courses of instruction, research activity and library collections, as well as the wide range of activities organized by the East Asian Studies Center and other organizations across the university. The interdisciplinary nature of our program is one key to its enduring and growing success.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/EASC/index.html - September 21, 2004

• Weatherhead East Asian Institute , Columbia University
  Since its establishment in 1949, Columbia University's East Asian Institute has been a major center for research, teaching, and publishing on modern and contemporary Asia Pacific activities, covering China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Korean peninsula, and the countries of Southeast Asia. The Institute is affiliated with Columbia\'s Schools of Business, Law, International and Public Affairs, and Arts and Sciences, bringing together over 50 full-time faculty, a diverse group of visiting scholars and professionals, and more than 250 students from the United States and abroad. The website contains institute initiatives, events, degree programs, faculty, student resources, alumni, visitor programs, publications, and East Asia at Columbia
  www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/index.html - January 18, 2005

• Wittenberg University , Wittenberg University
  Wittenberg University is a nationally recognized college for the liberal arts and sciences affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Wittenberg is distinguished by its strong interdisciplinary programs such as East Asian Studies and Russian Area Studies. Although Wittenberg’s traditional strengths have been in the liberal arts, recently the sciences, management and education have also developed into popular majors for students. Eight thriving pre-professional programs contribute to the educational experience of Wittenberg students, 70 percent of whom eventually pursue graduate studies.
  www4.wittenberg.edu/about/ - February 15, 2005

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• APEC Study Center, Columbia University , APEC Study Center, Columbia University
  Columbia University established the APEC Study Center in 1994 at the request of the U.S. Department of State in response to the APEC Leaders' Education Initiative introduced by President Clinton and endorsed by the leaders of the other APEC member nations at their historic meetings on Blake Island and in Seattle in November 1993. This Initiative calls on institutions of higher education in the United States and throughout the Asia Pacific to collaborate on Asia Pacific policy research, and through exchanges, joint research, conferences and other contacts, to help establish an emerging region-wide network of personal and institutional relationships for all member economies. Columbia University has long been a leading center for the study of China and Japan, with one of the oldest and most highly regarded programs of study in these areas, including one of the nation's largest concentrations of specialists in East Asian affairs. Over the years, the University has built upon its global reputation for academic excellence and policy relevance in these areas, adding the study of Korea, Southeast Asia, and U.S. relations with the countries of East Asia to its core expertise in China and Japan studies.
  www.columbia.edu/cu/business/apec/first.htm - December 2, 2004

• Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies , Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
  The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) officially opened September 4, 1995, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The APCSS is a regional study, conference, and research center with a non-warfighting mission to enhance Asia-Pacific cooperation through programs of executive education, professional exchange, and policy relevant research. The Center provides a focal point where national officials, decision makers, and policy makers can gather to exchange ideas, explore pressing issues, and achieve a greater understanding of the challenges that shape the security environment of the Asia-Pacific region. Its focus is on the increasingly complex interrelationships of the military, economic, political, and diplomatic policies relevant to regional security issues. The Asia-Pacific Center has three academic components: The College of Security Studies, and the Conference and Research Divisions.
  apcss.org/ - October 8, 2004

• Asia-Pacific Research Center Stanford Institute for International Studies , Asia-Pacific Research Center
  APARC website provides information on center's news, events, people, research, publications, courses, fellowships, scholarships, programs and forums.
  aparc.stanford.edu/ - September 21, 2004

• Asian Centre for Energy , Asian Centre for Energy
  ACE is an intergovernmental organization established by Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. It is guided by Governing Council composed of the Senior Officials on energy of the ASEAN countries and a representative from the ASEAN Secretariat. Core funding is provided by an Energy Endowment Fund established from equal contributions of the ten member countries and managed by a private fund manager. As host country, Indonesia provides Headquarter facilities and other amenities at the ACE building in the compound of the Directorate-General for Electricity and Energy Development of the Indonesia Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. The Centre is envisioned to be a catalyst for the economic growth and development of the ASEAN region by initiating, coordinating and facilitating regional as well as joint and collective activities on energy. To realize this vision, the Centre will accelerate the integration of energy strategies within ASEAN by providing relevant information state-of-the-art technology and expertise to ensure that over the long term, necessary energy development policies and programmes are in harmony with the economic growth and the environmental sustainability of the region.
  www.aseanenergy.org/ - February 15, 2005

• Asian Development Bank Institute , Asian Development Bank Institute
  The Asian Development Bank Institute was established in 1997 in Tokyo, Japan, to help build capacity, skills, and knowledge related to poverty reduction and other areas that support long-term growth and competitiveness in developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. Their work covers applied research ,policy seminars to disseminate thinking about best practices, and a range of capacity building and training initiatives . This site contains FAQ's, key documents, employment, members, staff profiles, advisory council, and a library.
  www.adbi.org - October 2, 2004

• Center for Asia-Pacific Initiative , University of Victoria
  Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives website provides information on centre's events, programs and publications.
  www.capi.uvic.ca/ - August 6, 2004

• Center for Asia-Pacific Studies , Center for Asia-Pacific Studies
  Many of the countries in the Asia-Pacific region have been undergoing democratization as well as rapid economic growth in the past decade. Further, the region as a whole has been experimenting with new security arrangements and regional cooperation at various levels of regional activities. To respond to the changing context in the region, the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies was established in June 1987 in order to strengthen the research activities on the Asia-Pacific region, deemed extremely important to Japan. The projects organized and carried out by the Center are the result of close consultations between in-house research fellows and other researchers in Japan and overseas counterpart institutions. They also reflect the changes and emerging trends and issues in the region, such as Japan-Russia relations and China's emergence as a potential superpower.
  www.jiia.or.jp/index-en.html - November 23, 2004

• Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) , Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
  CSIS website with information on experts, programs, issues, publications, employment, internships, press and events.
  www.csis.org/about/index.htm - August 4, 2004

• FENU Interregional Institute of Social Studies (IISS) , Far Eastern National University
  The theme of FENU IISS is: "Russia and the Asia Pacific Region: comprehensive security, conflicts and cooperation in the 21st century."
  www.fenu.ru/?a=page&id=330 - September 30, 2004

• FENU Research and Education Center for Basic Marine Biota Research , FENU Research and Education Center for Basic Marine Biota Research
  The work of the REC is closely tied to the unique geographical position of Vladivostok, which is the most important Russian outpost in the Asian-Pacific Region. Vladivostok is a city with a long history of academic scholarship and has a well-developed scientific infrastructure. There are a great number of research institutes, including the Institute of Marine Biology and the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, which are closely related to marine life research.
  marbio-www.dvgu.ru/index_frames.en.asp - September 30, 2004

• Institute for International Policy Studies
  The Institute for International Policy Studies is a non-profit, independent research institute based in Tokyo that examines security, economic, political, environmental, and other concerns in the world with an emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region. This site includes research projects, people, publications, events, and maps. This site will be useful for researchers and students interested in Japanese international policy, especially concerning the Asia-Pacific region.
  www.iips.org - September 29, 2004

• Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies , Waseda University
  The page of the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (WIAPS) of Waseda University. The Institute was established in July 1997 to serve as a new entity for coordinating the joint efforts of the Institute for Systems Science Research (dedicated to delivering quality business education for adults) and the Institute for Social Science Research, which has a long history of producing cutting-edge social sciences research concerning modern Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. WIAPS is the centerpiece of the university's deep commitment to building an educational network for the region and serving as an international focal point for the advancement of learning about the Asia-Pacific region. The web page covers history of establishment, goals;and the major activities of the center. It would be particularly interesting for the students considering studies in Japan.
  www.waseda.jp/eng/research/asia_pacific.html - September 28, 2004

• Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies , Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
  This link leads you to the Institute's homepage.Ê From here you can read the references for periodicals in Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies and South Asian Studies from 1996 to 2002, find links to academic associations and centers, and be linked to departments and faculty at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
  www.cass.net.cn/chinese/s28_yts/english/english.htm - October 7, 2004

• Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College , Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College
  A non-profit California corporation founded a quarter century ago, PBI is dedicated to expanding and enhancing comity and shared knowledge among the nations and cultures that face on the great ocean. Since moving to Claremont in 1997, PBI has become a valued study, media production and research center for this distinguished liberal arts college, while retaining its 501(c)3independent status for a variety of out-reach projects. Since the turn of the past century Pomona College has been a leader in Asian Studies among American universities. PBI’s arrival on campus has greatly extended their scope. Besides its participation in student and faculty projects on campus, PBI also offers books, films and lecture programs to a general as well as academic audience. This site contains academic programs, projects, archives, outreach, and publications.
  www.pomona.edu/pbi/home.shtml - November 8, 2004

• Pacific Forum- Center for Strategic and International Studies , Pacific Forum Program
  The Pacific Forum CSIS is a non-profit, private, foreign policy research institute that operates as the Asia Pacific arm of the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1975, the thrust of the Forum's work is to help stimulate cooperative policies in the Asia Pacific region through debate and analyses undertaken with the region's leaders in the academic, government, and corporate arenas. The Forum's programs encompass current and emerging political, security, economic/business, and ocean policy issues. This site includes a database of experts, publications, programs, internships, and related links.
  www.csis.org/pacfor/ - October 27, 2004

• RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy Staff , RAND Corporation
  This site contains a comprehensive list of RAND's Asia Research Staff.
  www.rand.org/nsrd/capp/about/staff.html - January 7, 2005

• Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies , Ritsumeikan University
  The home page of the Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies (RCAPS) at Risumeikan University. The aim of the Center is to promote advanced studies in the Asia Pacific Area. The web site contains information on the Center's activities, events, publications, and grant opportunities. The site will be a valuable resource for researchers and educators working in the field of the Asia Pacific Studies.
  www.apu.ac.jp/rcaps/modules/news/ - September 30, 2004

• Taiwan Security Research , National Taiwan University
  Taiwan Security Research website with information on Taiwan, PRC, US policy, Japan policy, Asia-Pacific, papers, comments, archives, and media.
  www.taiwansecurity.org/ - August 4, 2004

• The University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim , Center for the Pacific Rim
  The USF Center for the Pacific Rim promotes the San Francisco Bay Area as the pre-eminent American gateway to the Pacific through academic degree programs, public events, publications, research, and scholarly exchange. The Center includes the Ricci Institute for Chinese Western Cultural History, the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability and offers a Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies as an evening graduate program focusing on China, Japan and Korea. A Certificate program is also available.
  www.pacificrim.usfca.edu/ - October 8, 2004

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• American University Center for Asian Studies , American University
  For over twenty years, the Center for Asian Studies has supported the field of Asian Studies at American University by increasing the number of Asia-related courses on campus, sponsoring numerous conferences on Asian issues, and attracting students from throughout Asia. The Center for Asian Studies is committed to promoting understanding of Asia through its multi disciplinary programs, student and faculty exchange programs, conferences and public dialogue, research, and publications.
  www.easonassociates.com/au/index2.html - October 5, 2004

• American University- Center for Asian Studies- Faculty L-Z , American University
  For over twenty years, the Center for Asian Studies has supported the field of Asian Studies at American University by increasing the number of Asia-related courses on campus, sponsoring numerous conferences on Asian issues, and attracting students from throughout Asia. The Center for Asian Studies is committed to promoting understanding of Asia through its multi disciplinary programs, student and faculty exchange programs, conferences and public dialogue, research, and publications. Faculty: L-Z
  www.easonassociates.com/au/faculty%20l_z.html - October 5, 2004

• Asia Foundation , Asia Foundation
  The Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, and open Asia-Pacific region. The Foundation supports programs in Asia that help improve governance and law, economic reform and development, women\'s participation, and international relations. Drawing on 50 years of experience in Asia, the Foundation collaborates with private and public partners to support leadership and institutional development, exchanges, and policy research. With a network of 17 offices throughout Asia, an office in Washington, D.C., and its headquarters in San Francisco, the Foundation addresses these issues on both a country and regional level. In 2004, the Foundation provided more than $72 million in program support and distributed almost 800,000 books and educational materials valued at $28 million throughout Asia.
  www.asiafoundation.org/About/overview.html - November 30, 2004

• Asia Pacific Research Online , Ciolek, Matthew T.
  This site, established 8 May 1997, specialises in networked scholarly information related to online research, teaching and publishing about Asia and related regions and topics.
  www.ciolek.com/ - February 9, 2005

• Asia Research Centre , Asia Research Centre
  The Asia Research Centre has established itself over more than a decade as an international leader in the study of East and Southeast Asia, undertaking fundamental interdisciplinary and disciplinary research into a wide range of social, political and economic dynamics within the region. The thematic focus, however, is on the analysis of forces within the region that mediate the form and impact of globalisation Its objectives are to: produce high quality academic research publications for international and domestic audiences; foster the development of high quality research graduates; and to constructively contribute to public policy debate and public understanding on issues concerning contemporary Asia. The Asia Research Centre was first established in 1988. Through a nationally competitive process, it became a Special Research Centre of the Australian Research Council in 1991 to provide analysis of social, political and economic change in contemporary East and Southeast Asia. Since the natural conclusion of the Special Research Centre funding of nine years, Murdoch University has continued to support the Centre. In 2000, Contemporary Asia was also officially recognised as an area of the university's key research strengths.
  wwwarc.murdoch.edu.au/about.shtml - November 30, 2004

• Asia Society , Asia Society
  The Asia Society is America's leading institution dedicated to fostering understanding of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific. A national nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization, the Society provides a forum for building awareness of the more than thirty countries broadly defined as the Asia-Pacific region - the area from Japan to Iran, and from Central Asia to New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
  www.asiasociety.org - November 30, 2004

• Asian Institute at University of Toronto , Asian Institute at University of Toronto
  Asian Institute at University of Tronto website with information on public lectures, workshops, conferences, seminars, events, institute programs, faculty, visiting scholars, graduate students, research, bookstore and student bulletin board.
  www.utoronto.ca/ai/ - August 4, 2004

• Asian Institute at University of Toronto , University of Toronto
  The Asian Institute helps link and promote diversified academic programs on Asia at the University of Toronto. Faculty and researchers affiliated with the Institute, spanning the humanities, social sciences and professional schools, are distinguished especially by their interdisciplinary and cross-cultural focus in teaching and research. In addition to undergraduate and graduate teaching programs on Asia, the Institute sponsors individual and collaborative research projects, public lectures, workshops, conferences and seminars. The Institute is located at the Munk Centre for International Studies.
  www.utoronto.ca/ai/ - October 29, 2004

• Asian Studies , Augustana College
  The Augustana Asian Studies program has a two-fold mission. First, it desires to enrich the background of all Augustana students from a full range of majors, giving them a sense of a very important part of the world. Secondly, it provides an opportunity for those students with special interests in Asia to pursue studies in an area of choice. With many different courses and experiences available, students focus on both modern and traditional Asian cultures and societies, contemporary Asian politics, economic links between the U.S. and other Pacific Rim nations, and global environmental issues. The Asian Studies program offers a major and a minor, both of which include a capstone senior research project to be done during a student\\\'s senior year. To strengthen and complement their Asian studies experience, some students combine their major or minor with courses in either Chinese or Japanese language, courses in the Business Administration department, or the Augustana academic overseas term in East Asia. Graduates majoring or minoring in Asian Studies pursue many diverse careers, such as international business, government service, education, and research.
  www.augustana.edu/academ/asian/ - February 17, 2005

• Asian Studies Center , University of Manitoba
  The University of Manitoba's Asian Studies Centre website contains programs, timetables, events, online forms, links to related websites, student help, and information concerning the JET Program.
  umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/asian_studies/program.html - September 22, 2004

• Asian Studies Institute , Victoria University of Wellington
  The Asian Studies Institute acts as the central agency in Victoria University of Wellington for all the University\'s Asia-related activities. These include research, teaching and outreach into the wider community.
  www.vuw.ac.nz/saelc/research-centres/asi/asian-studies-institute.aspx - February 16, 2005

• Asian Studies Program , Hamilton College
  Hamilton has an unusually large faculty for a liberal arts college of this size: there are thirteen professors in the humanities, historical studies, social sciences, and languages whose expertise includes China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Tibet. The teaching and research areas of the Asian Studies faculty include Chinese politics; gender and nationalism in India; Confucian thought and ritual; social networks and business practices in Tibet; Japanese politics; painting and calligraphy in China; modern Japanese literature; Indonesian theatre; Buddhism; Chinese and Japanese languages. The Asian Studies program at Hamilton offers a well-rounded, interdisciplinary approach to the study of Asia in the best tradition of liberal learning. This course of study stresses the importance of Asia's cultural traditions and its modern social and political transformations. Language study also plays a key role in the Asian Studies concentration because mastery of a language enables one to grasp ideas of another culture through the very words in which they were originally expressed. Asian Studies concentrators are strongly encouraged to continue their study of Asia in programs abroad.
  www.hamilton.edu/academics/Asian/default.html - November 4, 2004

• Asian Studies Program , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  The Asian Studies Program offers students an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Asia at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. While offering courses of its own, the program draws from the rich resources afforded by the various departments on campus, enabling each student to design a program of study tailored to his or her particular interest. Students may elect approved courses from the following disciplines: American Studies, anthropology, apparel design, production & management, art, business, economics, geography, philosophy, history, linguistics, literature, political science, music, religion, sociology, theater and dance, women's studies and others. Other departments in the University, including Indo-Pacific Languages, East Asian Languages and Literature, and Linguistics, additionally, provide a wide repertoire for students to fashion their own program with the assistance of advisers and faculty.
  www.hawaii.edu/shaps/asia/ - February 15, 2005

• Asian Studies Program , Baylor University
  The Asian Studies program provides opportunities for study and research of the diverse societies that inhabit the Asian continent, from the Ural Mountains to Southeast Asia. The program takes as its geographical focus the regions of Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific. Interdisciplinary in approach, the program spans the fields of economics, foreign languages, history, political science, sociology, and religion, and is dedicated to providing opportunities for foreign study and field experiences.Through its major, minor, and concentration curricula, the Asian Studies program is designed to provide students with a solid foundation to pursue careers in government service, business, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as for further study.
  www3.baylor.edu/Asian_Studies/ - February 17, 2005

• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library , Victoria University of Wellington
  The digital library is a valuable resource for professionals, academics, and students in the field of Asian Studies. The collection contains  numerous digital publications pertaining to culture, history, politics, security, public health, energy and other issues in regions of Asia. It also contains data for individual countries.
  coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html - February 8, 2005

• Center for Asian Studies , University of Georgia
  Center for Asian Studies website provides information on center's mission, programs, activities, courses, faculty, Asian Studies student association, special events, links to Asia.
  uga.edu/cas/ - August 19, 2004

• Center of Excellence-Contemporary Asian Studies (COE-CAS) , Waseda University
  This is the website for the Center of Excellence-Contemporary Asian Studies (COE-CAS). The program's primary goal is to develop a new paradigm for contemporary Asian studies, a comprehensive and accurate view of an Asia brimming with vitality and diversity, which represents the first and foremost priority of Japan. At the same time, they aim to establish Waseda University as a pivotal center for research and studies in this field in Japan. This website provides a program summary, organization information, Young Researchers Support Program, International Networking Program, Cooperative Research Program, Publications, a database, and links.
  www.waseda-coe-cas.jp/e/ - October 12, 2004

• Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong , The University of Hong Kong
  CAS website provides information on centre's staff, fellows, visitors, research projects, seminars, conferences, publications programme, and CAS library.
  www.hku.hk/cas/sem_ne_asian.html - August 6, 2004

• Certificate Programs in Asian Studies , Arizona State University
  The Center offers one of the most comprehensive and rigorous undergraduate and certificate programs at ASU. Requiring language skills in Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, Lao, Thai, or Vietnamese, the Asian Studies Certificate program also encourages students to gain area-specific knowledge of Asia by taking courses in anthropology, art, geography, history, humanities, literature, politics, and religion. During the 2002-03 academic year, students could choose from a total of 181 Asian-emphasis course offerings. More than 10 percent of ASU\'s undergraduate students take at least one such course. Beginning in the fall of 2003, the Center has offered a Graduate Certificate in Asian Studies. The Center and the Program for Southeast Asian Studies each have an Asian Studies advisor to assist certificate students.
  www.asu.edu/clas/asian/certificate.html - February 17, 2005

• Graduate School of Asian and African Studies , Kyoto University
  A web site of the Graduate School of Asian dna African Studies at Kyoto University. The school was established in April 1998 in order to respond to changing social demands on academia, particularly regarding the cultural, social, historical and political issues of Asia and Africa. Based on the five-year doctoral program, the School emphasizes in its curricula long-term fieldwork and holistic understanding of Asian and African ecology, society and culture and their interrelations which have shaped what Asia and Africa are today. The page contains basic information on the school's organization, divisions and courses offered. It will be a useful resourse for students considering graduate studies in Japan and educators in the field of Asian Studies.
  www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/econtent.html - September 30, 2004

• Heritage Foundation Asian Studies Center , Heritage Foundation
  Led by its Director, Peter Brookes, the ASC endeavors to meet the growing demand for a more comprehensive and coherent American Asia policy. Among the key priorities of the ASC is to foster the development of freedom and democracy, and strong U.S. security ties in Asia. Dana Dillon, senior policy analyst, contributes a great deal to formulating realistic policies that protect American security and promote freedom in South and Southeast Asia. Balbina Hwang, policy analyst, analyzes events in Japan and on the Korean peninsula. China\'s rise as a regional power, its economic transition and slow political evolution is covered by Heritage\'s Research Fellow John Tkacik as well as events in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Mongolia. Paolo Pasicolan provides research assistance and edits the U.S. and Asia Statistical Handbook. Future projects include a look into the success of ASEAN as a regional forum for economic and political reforms.
  www.heritage.org/About/Departments/asianstudies.cfm - March 7, 2005

• Institute of Asian Cultures , Sophia University
  The web site of the Institute of Asian Cultures at Sophia University. Founded in 1982, the Institute of Asian Cultures is devoted to the study of various aspects of traditional cultures throughout Asia, with a special focus on Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East.
  www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_research.nsf/Content/research#Institute%20of%20Asian%20Cultures - September 30, 2004

• Institute of Asian Reserch , Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia
  Institute of Asian Research website with information on seminars, exhibitions, launches, research, travel, fellowship, grants, programs, projects, research centres, publications and useful links.
  www.iar.ubc.ca/ - August 4, 2004

• Institute of Christian Culture/Oriental Religions , Sophia University
  Founded in 1969, this institute underwent reorganization in 1997. Besides carrying out wide-ranging research into many aspects of Christianity including its cultural heritage and development, this institute focuses on specialized research into a variety of eastern religions.
  www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_research.nsf/Content/research#Institute%20of%20Asian%20Cultures - September 30, 2004

• Institute of Oriental Culture , University of Tokyo
  The web site of the Institute of Oriental Culture at the University of Tokyo. Since its establishment in 1999, the Center has been charged with the tasks of 1) systematically collecting source materials on Asian studies and compiling the information into databases, and 2) conducting research on the character, quality, etc., of available source materials. Through its activities, the Center seeks to establish an information science in the field of Asian source materials. The web site containsÊbasic information about the Insitute, its staff and publications. The site also has links to other institutions and organizations specializing in Asian studies. It might be of a particular interest for the students pursuing career in Oriental Studies.
  www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-ENG.html - September 28, 2004

• Institute of Oriental Studies , Far Eastern National University
  This site provides a listing in English of all the departments and their links of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Far Eastern National Univeristy.
  www.fenu.ru/?a=page&id=192 - September 30, 2004

• NBR's AccessAsia , The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
  NBR's AccessAsia is the world's clearinghouse for information on contemporary Asian affairs and policy-related issues.  The project maintains several databases, including a  specialist database that tracks the expertise and current research of leading experts on contemporary Asian affairs.
  www.accessasia.org/ - October 27, 2004

• Oriental Institute , Far Eastern State Technical University
  English-language web site of the Oriental Institute at Far Eastern State Technical University. The Institute has three major divisions: Sinology, Japanese Studies, and Korean Studies. In addition, Department of Oriental Languages provides tuition for those students of different faculties who study one of the Oriental languages as second foreign language.
  www.festu.ru/en/structure/institutes/eastern/index.htm - October 4, 2004

• Research and Information Center for Asian Studies , University of Tokyo
  Research and Information Center for Asian Studies (RICA) is an integral part of the Institute of Oriental Culture at the University of Tokyo. The main goal of the Center is to systematically collect source materials on Asian studies and compile the information into databases; and to conduct research on the character, quality, etc., of available source materials. The web site contains information about the Center and reflects results of its activities (e.g., newsletters, publications, etc.). It is a valuable resource for researchers, educators and students interested in Asian studies. The site also contains links to databases on Northeast, Southeast cultures
  ricas.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html - September 28, 2004

• School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Established in 1987, SHAPS offers academic programs in Asian Studies, Hawaiian Studies, and Pacific Islands Studies. SHAPS also has centers for Chinese Studies, Hawaiian Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Pacific Islands Studies, Philippines Studies, South Asian Studies, and Southeast Asian Studies. Through these centers and programs, SHAPS helps to coordinate the efforts of some 300 faculty specialists throughout the university who offer more than 600 courses related to Hawai\'i, Asia, and the Pacific.
  www.hawaii.edu/shaps/ - February 15, 2005

• State University of New York at New Paltz- Asian Studies Program , State University of New York at New Paltz
  This site includes information about the State University of New York at New Paltz's Asian Studies contract major, minor, Asian studies courses,faculty,NYCAS,overseas study, graduate opportunities, and the Asian Studies Alumni Newsletter.
  www.newpaltz.edu/asianstudies/ - January 25, 2005

• Temple University Asian Studies Program , Temple University
  This website provides a comprehensive overview of Temple University\'s Asian Studies program. Information on academic programs, faculty, research, events, and community activities is included.
  www.temple.edu/asian_studies/ - February 18, 2005

• The Asian Stuides WWW Monitor , Ciolek, Matthew T.
  \"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor\" was established 21 April 1994. The journal, a pioneering and the only publication of this kind in the world, provides daily abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Asian Studies. It is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, National Institute for Asia and the Pacific, ANU. The periodical forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library.
  coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html - February 9, 2005

• The Institute of Culture , Vladivostok State University of Economics and Services
  English-language website of the Institute of Culture at Vladivostok State University of Economics and Services.
  www.vvsu.ru/eng/ic/ - October 4, 2004

• The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor , Ciolec, Matthew T.
  \"The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor\" (ISSN 1443-8976) was established 12 April 2000. The journal, a pioneering and the only publication of this kind in the world, provides weekly abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Pacific Studies. It is modelled on its sister publication Asian Studies WWW Monitor which was established in April 1994. The periodical forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library.
  coombs.anu.edu.au/pacific-www-monitor.html - February 9, 2005

• The York Centre for Asian Research , The York Centre for Asian Research
  The York Centre for Asian Research was created to enhance the understanding of Asia and Asian diasporas. Our goal is to raise the profile of scholarship and education about Asia and Asian diasporas through research, lectures, workshops, and other public events. YCAR also supports scholars, community groups, and other organizations working to improve social justice and welfare in Asia and among Asian communities elsewhere. Through links with NGOs, governments, and academic institutions in Asia, Canada and elsewhere, YCAR facilitates the exchange of ideas and knowledge and promotes public awareness about Asia and Asian diasporas. YCAR is a centre for information on expertise about Asia and Asian Canadians, both within York University and further afield.
  www.yorku.ca/ycar/ - October 29, 2004

• UCLA Asia Institute , University of California, Los Angeles
  UCLA Asia Institute website provides information on institute news, student and faculty funding and Asia events in Southern California.
  international.ucla.edu/asia/ - August 6, 2004

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• Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development , Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development
  The Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) was set up in March 1990. Its primary functions are to conduct education and training of a new generation of Japanese development professionals, and research on international development. FASID was established as a non-profit organization with the legal status accorded jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the then Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. It was founded with the active support and cooperation by the then Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (KEIDANREN). This site contains information pertaining to graduate school programs, training courses, research and surveys, publications, and related links.
  www.fasid.or.jp/english/index.html - October 2, 2004

• Institute of Developing Economies Japan External Trade Organization
  This institute conducts research activities in the area of economics, politics and social issues in developing countries and regions. Since the merger with Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in July 1998, the institute aims at expansion of trade relations and promote economic cooperation with all developing countries and regions, including Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Oceania, and East Europe. This site contains research activities, exchange activities, APEC Study Center, publications, lectures, ideas, and a library. This site will be of use to researchers and students interested in basic and comprehensive research activities based on localism and positivism for developing countries and regions.
  www.ide.go.jp/English/index4.html - September 29, 2004

• International Development Center of Japan
  IDCJ was founded in 1971 by the late Saburo Okita as Japan's first think tank specializing in the field of development and cooperation. From its inception, it has pursued its vanguard agenda of training, research and consulting activities. IDCJ continues to lead the way in Japan's international cooperation fields. This website contains an annual paper, working papers, research projects, human resource development, and publications. This site will be of interest to students and researchers alike who are interested in a broad spectrum of macroeconomic country studies, sectoral studies, and comprehensive development planning studies.
  www.idcj.or.jp/indexe.htm - September 29, 2004

• Japan Center for Economic Research
  JCER's main activities include economic research with particular emphasis on economic forecasting, sponsoring economic study courses holding seminars, lectures, and symposia with the participation and/or assistance of leading scholars and economists in academia, and training young business persons in advanced economics and research for jobs in business and government. In addition, they publish economic projections and research results, and a twice-monthly bulletin. This site contains economic forecasts, JCER reports, research activities, seminars, publications, training programs, international activities, and a library. This site will be particularly useful to students or researchers interested in a wide variety of research projects, whose topics range from domestic economic issues to those of global interest.
  www.jcer.or.jp/eng/ - September 29, 2004

• Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
  Founded in 1970, the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan organization dedicated to strengthening Japan's role in international networks of policy dialogue and cooperation. This site contains global thinknet and civil net (policy dialogues), publications, and seminars. This site will be of use to both students and researchers who are interested in Japan's role in international policy dialogue and cooperation.
  www.jcie.or.jp - September 29, 2004

• Japan Economic Research Institute (JERI)
  JERI's specialty includes urban and regional development, social infrastructure, energy, and industry. In particular, JERI has become a main player in the field of private finance initiative (PFI) projects, in many cases as an advisor to local governments. This site includes international activities and research projects. Students and researchers interested in urban and regional development, social infrastructure, energy, and industry.
  www.jeri.or.jp/10_english/index.html - September 29, 2004

• Nautilus Institute , University of San Francisco
  The Nautilus Institute's main website. The Insitute regularly displays articles concerning international security issues. The mission of the Nautilus Institute is to improve global problem solving by applying and refining the strategic tools of cooperative engagement to fundamental problems undermining global security and sustainability. The Institute's strategic objective is to use and improve the tools of global problem solving and cooperative engagement focusing on reducing the danger of nuclear war. Their strategic tools are: Information and Knowledge Systems Convening/Scenarios Methodology Collaborative Research and Analysis Increased Transparency and Accountability Human Understanding: Networking, Mapping, Training, Partnerships
  www.nautilus.org/ - October 6, 2004

• Sakasawa Peace Foundation , Sakasawa Peace Foundation
  This link leads you to the home page of the Sakasawa Foundation. The organization provides funds for and independently undertakes surveys and research, develops human resources, invites and dispatches personnel, organizes international conferences and other forums, and conducts other activities fostering international understanding, exchange, and cooperation.The web site contains information of the foundation's priorities, programs and activities. A useful resource for nonprofit organizations and educational establishments seeking funding.
  www.spf.org/e/ - September 30, 2004

• The Japan Institute of International Affairs
  This site contains a list of JIIA's activities, several research centers (Russian Studies, Asia-Pacific Studies, American Studies, European Studies, Globals Issues, APEC, Promotion f Disarmament and Non-proliferatioin), information pertaining to the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) and the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia- Pacific, publications, fellowships, and a database. This site will be of particular interest to researchers and students interested in Japan's role in international Affairs.
  www.jiia.or.jp/ - September 29, 2004

• United Nations University , United Nations University
  The home page for United Nations University (UNU) that covers basic information about the University, its programs and activities. The mission of the UNU is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member States. Focusing on the issues of peace, governance, development, environment, science, technology and society, the University conducts various activities in research, policy studeis, capacity building, dissemination and communication and creation of strong knowledge networks. The site contains a lot of recent publications and research projects implemented by the University and other institutions and organizations of the United Nations System. This site will be a valuable resource for researchers, educators, and students.
  www.unu.edu/unu.html - September 28, 2004

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