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ECONOMICS & BUSINESSASIA FOR EDUCATORShttp://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ECONOMY AND TRADE FACT SHEEThttp://afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/economics/factshe.htmProvides basic facts about Japan’s economy and trading patterns.RESEARCH EXERCISEShttp://afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/economics/exercis.htmIncludes eight research exercises pertaining to various aspects of Japan’s economy.PATHFINDER: JAPAN BUSINESS LINKShttp://www.ipl.org.ar/ref/QUE/PF/japanbus.htmlThis website provides a comprehensive list of links to sites which offer information on Finance,Patent Law & Other Regulations, Corporations, Directories, Contacts, Economic Resources,Business News, and Asian Markets related to Japanese business practices.JAPAN REFERENCE: ECONOMYhttp://www.jref.com/society/japanese_economy.shtmlJapan Reference strives to provide its visitors with one of the web's rare, detailed, and completelyfree guide of Japan in English. The Economy section provides a comprehensive overview of Japan’seconomic experience. Sub-categories include “The main Japanese companies,” “Japan’s post-wareconomic miracle,” and “An explanation of the current socio-economic situation in Japan.”JAPANESE CULTURE & SOCIETYASIA FOR EDUCATORS: JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETYhttp://afe.easia.columbia.edu/at_japan_soc/Japanese often think of themselves as a homogeneous society, with a strong sense of group andnational identity and little or no ethnic or racial diversity. But such differences exist in Japan, as in allsocieties, as Harvard University professors Theodore Bestor (anthropology) and Helen Hardacre(Japanese society and religion) explain in this video segment.SPICE: JAPAN’S AGING POPULATIONhttp://spice.stanford.edu/docs/japans_aging_population/This SPICE webpage provides links to articles, essays, statistics, and reports on Japan's agingpopulation and its effects on social security, the work force, and the family structure.JAPANESE LIFESTYLE: JAPANESE CULTUREhttp://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/culture/culture.htmlThis site provides over 120 pages on Japanese culture. Topics include: Geisha, Samurai, JapaneseLanguage, cherry blossom, Japanese Clothing, kimono, Japanese New Year, Japanese tea ceremony,Japanese gardens, Christmas in Japan, Japanese music, and more.NIHONGO.ORGhttp://www.nihongo.org/english/culture/Before you can really understand anyone, you have to have some idea of what their daily lives are like– their traditions, their beliefs, their way of looking at the world. From here you can explore the dailylives of Japanese. Find out why you may see people wearing surgical masks walking on the street,how marriages are performed, and what a day in a Japanese school is like.22