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Co-hosting with Korea, this marks the first time the FIFA World Cup has been held in Asia. If you want to learn a little more about Japan, click ‘more’ for a quick guide to Japan, Japanese culture and language. Plus more about the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA World Cup 2002
Japan, FIFA World Cup 2002
FIFA.com
U.S. Soccer Team

Learn About Japan
> Encarta: Japan
> Japan Zone
> Japan for Visitors
> History of Japan
> infoplease.com: Japan
> Japan-Guide.com
> Japan - A Country Study
> Japan.com Web Directory
> JGuide Stanford University

No look at Japan can be complete without a look at my favorite Japanese import.

ANIME
(Japanese Animation)

aka The Web Guy's Top 10

Other fan favorites:
Pokemon
Digimon
Sailor Moon
Speed Racer
Princess Mononoke (movie)

Anime Style:
Powerpuff Girls
Samurai Jack

Most of these can bee seen on the Cartoon Network

Learn to draw Anime.

-(aka The Web Guy)-

Japanese Media
> Trends in Japan
> Kyodo News on the web
> The Japan Times
> NHK (Radio Japan)
> J-Wave **

Japanese Government
> Diet: House of Representatives
> Diet: House of Councillors
> Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet
> Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Learn Japanese
> About.com: Japanese Language
> Kanji Step
> CosCom Japanese Language School, Tokyo Japan
> Learn Japanese Free
> Nihongo o Narau
> Japanese Online
> Learn Japanese Online
> The Japanese Pronunciation Guide
> Easy Web Japanese
> JP NET
> Learn Japanese
> Georgetown: Learn Japanese on the Internet
> Japanese Tutor
> Japanese Writing Tutor
> japan-easy.co.uk
> So You Want To Learn Japanese.
> Online English to Japanese Dictionary
> PSP's Bi=Directional English Japanese Dictionary

Other
> The National Association of Japan-America Societies

** Uses a Japanese charater set.