WebGuide - Japan
 The following WebGuide,
compiled by Cath Kim, a summer intern at the Ypsilanti U. S. Export Assistance Center,
is meant to provide an overview into the many sources
of information which must be considered in making a business decision.
Your feedback is appreciated to keep this as comprehensive a document as
possible. For a copy of the Country Commercial Guide, prepared annually by
the US Commercial Service, Japan, please click here.
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In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions
for Your Banker. It has links to several directories of worldwide
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|
American Chamber of Commerce in Japan |
http://www.accj.or.jp/ |
Osaka Shoko Kaigisho (Daisho)  ,
2-8 Honmachibashi, Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-0029, PH: +81-6-6944-6400,
FAX +81-6-6944-6293, E-MAIL intl@osaka.cci.or.jp |
http://www.osaka.cci.or.jp/e/ |
| Sapporo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, SCCI,
Sapporo Shoko Kaigisho ,
c/o Hokkaido Keizai Center, Kita-1, Nishi-2, Chuo-ku Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido
060-8610, PHONE: +81-11-231-1122 (ex.500-503 International section), FAX:
+81-11-222-1078: E-MAIL: kokusai@sapporo-cci.or.jp |
http://www.sapporo-cci.or.jp |
| Sendai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sendai
Shoko Kaigisho ,
2-16-12 Hon-cho, Aoba-ku Sendai-shi, Miyagi 980-8414, PHONE:
+81-22-265-8181, FAX: +81-22-217-1551, E-MAIL: soumu@sendaicci.or.jp |
http://www.sendaicci.or.jp/ |
| The Hiroshima Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Hiroshima Shoko Kaigisho ,
5-44 Moto-machi, Naka-ku Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima 730-8510, PHONE:
81-82-222-6651, FAX: +81-82-222-6664, E-MAIL: hiroshima@hiroshimacci.or.jp |
http://www.hiroshima-cdas.or.jp/ |
| The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, JCCI,
Nihon Shoko Kaigisho (Nissho) ,
3-2-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, PHONE: +81-3-3283-7823, FAX:
+81-3-3211-4859, E-MAIL: info@jcci.or.jp |
http://www.jcci.or.jp/home-e.html |
| The Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Kyoto Shoko Kaigisho ,
Karasuma-dori Ebisugawa-agaru, Nakagyo-ku Kyoto-city, Kyoto 604-0862,
PHONE: +81-75-212-6400, FAX: +81-75-255-0428, E-MAIL: kyoto@kyo.or.jp |
http://www.kyo.or.jp/kyoto/ |
| The Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
NCCI, Nagoya Shoko Kaigisho (Meisho) ,
2-10-19 Sakae, Naka-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi 460-8422, PHONE: +81-52-223-5611,
FAX: +81-52-231-6768, E-MAIL: info@nagoya-cci.or.jp |
http://www.nagoya-cci.or.jp/ |
| The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, TCCI,
Tokyo Shoko Kaigisho (Tosho) ,
3-2-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, PHONE: +81-3-3283-7500, FAX:
+81-3-3284-1208, E-MAIL: webmaster@tokyo-cci.or.jp |
http://www.tokyo-cci.or.jp/
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| The Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
YCCI, Yokohama Shoko Kaigisho (Yokosho) ,
Sangyo Boeki Center bldg. 8F, 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi,
Kanagawa 231-8524, PHONE: +81-45-671-7400, FAX: +81-45-671-7410, E-MAIL: info@yokohama-cci.or.jp |
http://www.yokohama-cci.or.jp |
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Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
http://www.db.tokyo-cci.or.jp/ibo |
| Global Chamber of Commerce Index |
http://www.globalindex.com/ |
(International Chamber of
Commerce) News and research services |
http://www.iccwbo.org
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| Cabinet Legislation Bureau |
http://www.clb.go.jp/ |
Center for
Education Computing (CEC), Somubu, Terayama Pacific Building, 1-23-11
Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105,
Tel: 81/3/3593-1801; fax: 81/3/3593-1806, Email: net@cec.or.jp.
| http://www.cec.or.jp/ |
|
Fair Trade Commission of Japan |
http://www.jftc.go.jp/e-page/ |
| Japan Defense Agency |
http://www.jda.go.jp/ |
| The Information-technology
Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) is a quasi-governmental organization established in 1970
with its mission to promote information technology and the industry. |
http://www.ipa.go.jp/ |
Japan
External Trade Organization (JETRO) |
http://www.jetro.go.jp/ |
| Japan Network Information
Center (JPNIC). JPNIC was founded in April 1993 with 170 regular members consisting
of network operating entities. Japanese version of InterNIC, JP Domain Name Allocation, IP Address Allocation, DNS,
(Domain Name Server) Maintenance, etc. |
http://www.nic.ad.jp/
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Japanese Economic Planning Agencies |
http://www5.cao.go.jp/ |
| Japanese Prime Ministers Office |
http://www.kantei.go.jp/ |
|
Keizai Koho Center (Japan Institute for
Social & Econ Affairs) |
http://www.keidanren.or.jp/ |
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JETRO |
http://www.jetro.go.jp/ |
| KIIS - Government- sponsored non-profit
organization located in Osaka, Japan, with a mission to promote the prosperity of the Kansai area through information technologies. |
http://www.kiis.or.jp/ |
Ministry
of Education (MOE) |
http://www.mext.go.jp/ |
Ministry
of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) |
http://www.meti.go.jp/ |
| Ministry of Environment |
http://www.env.go.jp/en/ |
| Ministry of Finance |
http://www.mof.go.jp/ |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
http://www.mofa.go.jp/ |
| Ministry of health, labor and welfare |
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/ |
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Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/ |
| Ministry of Justice |
http://www.moj.go.jp/ |
Ministry
of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) |
http://www.yusei.go.jp/ |
| Prime minister of Japan home site |
http://www.kantei.go.jp/ |
|
Stats Bureau and Stats Center |
http://www.stat.go.jp/ |
| Supreme court of Japan |
http://www.courts.go.jp/ |
| The Cabinet office of Japan |
http://www.cao.go.jp/index-e.html |
|
Trade Compliance Center |
http://www.mac.doc.gov/tcc/ |
|
World Trade Directory |
http://www.ktpc.or.jp/wtd/ |
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| JAA - Japan Advertisers Association Inc., 3-10-9
Ginza Chuo-ku, Kochiwa Building, Tokyo 104-0061, JAPAN, Telephone:
+81-3-3544.6580, Fax: +81-3-3544.6581, Email: jaa-info@jaa.or.jp |
http://www.jaa.or.jp |
| JMA - Japan Marketing Association, Roppongi
Yamada Building, 9th floor, 3-5-27 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032,
JAPAN, Telephone: +81-3-5575.2101, Fax: +81-3-5575.0626, Email: jma02@jma-jp.org |
http://www.jma-jp.org |
| JMRA - Japan Marketing Research Association, No.
1 Magami Building, 1-5, Koraku 1-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0004, JAPAN,
Telephone: +81-3-3813.3577, Fax: +81-3-3813.3596, Email: info@jmra-net.or.jp |
http://www.jmra-net.or.jp |
| Strategis USDOC Market Research |
http://strategis.gc.ca/ |
| Search Japanese Market Research Firms via ESOMAR,
the World Association of Opinion and Marketing Research Professionals |
http://www.esomar.org/ |
| ICT USA's Japan ICT WebPage from the USDOC ICT Team and
Eastern Michigan University |
http://www.emich.edu/ |
| US Department of Commerce Market Research |
http://www.buyusainfo.net/ |
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| Item |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| Total |
1115716828 |
1099942844 |
1068786607 |
1070898415 |
| 336
Transportation Equipment |
401194513 |
395109673 |
300529601 |
232748029 |
| 325
Chemical Manufactures |
235366951 |
189639788 |
218601205 |
226664830 |
| 331
Primary Metal Manufactures |
95174170 |
109407963 |
144758880 |
189359988 |
| 333
Machinery Manufactures |
116805889 |
115819252 |
138749786 |
163557157 |
| 334
Computers & Electronic Prod. |
75414239 |
79751571 |
69992159 |
70616632 |
| 332
Fabricated Metal Products |
36635706 |
35533171 |
32456997 |
31097729 |
| 339
Misc. Manufactures |
16853947 |
27647909 |
31373530 |
30664496 |
| 327
Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. |
33645750 |
26383224 |
24185599 |
20133854 |
| 335
Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts |
20607703 |
17098566 |
17685199 |
17569254 |
| 326
Plastic & Rubber Products |
10575687 |
13393323 |
15204509 |
16201185 |
| 337
Furniture & Related Products |
14698963 |
14204165 |
12242925 |
12665496 |
| 311
Processed Foods |
27821230 |
33721501 |
23208224 |
10867173 |
| 322 Paper
Products |
1944176 |
2573037 |
5766189 |
9577749 |
| 321 Wood
Products |
1866930 |
7797613 |
7924919 |
9370148 |
| 111 Crop
Production |
4376326 |
9013619 |
9632923 |
8161605 |
| 316
Leather & Related Products |
12768598 |
7709582 |
1843458 |
6644037 |
| 990
Spec. Classification Provisions |
3428971 |
3641694 |
3557140 |
4028111 |
| 113
Forestry & Logging |
1284151 |
2424138 |
2639943 |
3510113 |
| 910
Waste & Scrap |
1307781 |
4225462 |
3755759 |
2306214 |
| 312
Beverage & Tobacco Products |
676665 |
807132 |
489399 |
1328790 |
| 313
Fabric Mill Products |
853295 |
646388 |
818190 |
926695 |
| 323
Printing & Related Products |
901982 |
885326 |
993398 |
840602 |
| 324
Petroleum & Coal Products |
391793 |
552336 |
864612 |
804715 |
| 920 Used
Merchandise |
345525 |
930859 |
875695 |
448374 |
| 314
Non-Apparel Textile Products |
106375 |
88811 |
204468 |
371149 |
| 315
Apparel Manufactures |
422350 |
564174 |
311625 |
243708 |
| 212 Mining |
70424 |
323589 |
93425 |
110777 |
| 511 Publishing Industries |
0 |
0 |
0 |
74105 |
| 112
Animal Production |
163871 |
17814 |
26850 |
5700 |
| 114
Fishing; Hunting; & Trapping |
7820 |
31164 |
0 |
0 |
| 211
Oil & Gas Extraction |
5047 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Colleges and Universities |
AsianInfo.org "Your Complete Resource
on Asia" |
http://www.asianinfo.org/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan |
http://www.glocom.ac.jp/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
Chukyo University official website.
Graduate programs, Management, and Advancement of IT. Yagoto Honmachi,
Showa-ku, Nagoya-shi 466-8666 Telephone (+81) 52-832-2151 |
http://www.chukyo-u.ac.jp/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
Hachinohe Institute of Technology: 88-1
OHBIRAKI MYO HACHINOHE AOMORI , 031-8501 JAPAN, PHONE: +81-178-25-3111
E-mail: www-admin@hi-tech.ac.jp |
http://www.hi-tech.ac.jp/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
Institute directory of Japanese Schools |
http://www.kuttyjapan.com/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
International University of Japan |
http://www.iuj.ac.jp/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
Kasugai Aichi 487-8501
JAPAN, 2001 Chubu University |
http://www.chubu.ac.jp/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
Nagoya Institute of Technology: Joint
Institutes for Education and Research. Est. May 1949. |
http://www.nitech.ac.jp/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
RCAST, the University of Tokyo
Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology |
http://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
The Tohoku University |
http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
The University of Tokyo |
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ |
| Colleges and Universities |
The Waseda University |
http://www.waseda.ac.jp/ |
| Search Engines |
AOL Japan (Japanese) |
http://www.jp.aol.com/ |
| Search
Engines |
Alta Vista |
http://www.odoru.org/altavista/ |
| Search
Engines |
Dragon field incorp |
http://www.dragon.co.jp/ |
| Search Engines |
Excite Japan: Search Engine. (In Japanese) |
http://www.excite.co.jp/ |
| Search
Engines |
Goo |
http://www.goo.ne.jp/ |
| Search Engines |
Google |
http://www.google.com/intl/ja/ |
| Search
Engines |
Infoseek of Japan: Search Engine. (In
Japanese) |
http://www.infoseek.co.jp/ |
| Search Engines |
Japanese and English search engine. Also has a
browsable directory of sites. |
http://www.moshix2.net/ |
| Search
Engines |
Kansai Search: English Search Engine for
the Kansai Area of Japan. |
http://www.kansaiconnect.com/ |
| Search Engines |
MSN |
http://search.msn.co.jp/ |
| Search
Engines |
net guide |
http://www.inetg.com/ |
| Search Engines |
Odin |
http://odin.ingrid.org/ |
| Search
Engines |
Overture |
http://www.content.overture.com/ |
| Search
Engines |
Recruit |
http://www.isize.com/ |
| Search
Engines |
Yahoo Japan (Japanese) |
http://www.yahoo.co.jp/ |
| Search Engines |
Yahoo's index of search engines |
http://dir.yahoo.com/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Adobe |
http://www.adobe.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Apple Japan |
http://www.apple.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Cisco |
http://www.cisco.com/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Compaq |
http://www.compaq.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Dell |
http://www.dell.com/jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Dennys |
http://www.dennys.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Ford Motor co |
http://www.ford.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
General Motors co |
http://www.gmjapan.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
HP |
http://welcome.hp.com/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
IBM Japan Ltd, 2-12 Roppongi, 3
Chome, Minato Ku, Tokyo 106-8711, Japan, Tel: (81) 3 3586 1111,
E-mail: Webmaster@www.ibm.co.jp |
http://www.ibm.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Intel, Japan |
http://www.intel.com/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Mc Donalds |
http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Microsoft Company, Limited, Sasazuka NA Bldg, 50-1 Sasazuka 1-Chome,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151, JAPAN. Phone: 81-3-5454-8000,
Fax: 81-3-5454-7970, Cust Serv: 81-3-5454-2300 |
http://www.microsoft.com/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Novell Japan |
http://www.novell.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Oracle |
http://www.oracle.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Sun Microsystems Japan |
http://www.sun.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Nihon Unisys |
http://www.unisys.co.jp/ |
| US Subsidiaries |
Xerox |
http://www.fujixerox.co.jp/ |
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World Trade Centers |
World Trade Center Tokyo, Inc |
http://www.wtctokyo.or.jp/ |
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In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your
Forwarder.
It has links to several directories of worldwide freight forwarders and
logistics companies.
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Date Updated: March 27, 2007
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