Information for
Foreign Residents
The Tokyo government’s handy online guide to the legalities and practicalities
of residing in Japan’s capital
The Educational
Structure of the Japanese School System
Comprehensive look at schools from kindergarten through university, cram schools, and
extracurricular activities.
Japanese Sound
Collection
Sounds of daily life: bus, police car, pachinko machine, yaki-imo and clothes-pole
vendors and more.
Debito.org Residents Page
Some of the pitfalls – and pratfalls – of living in Sapporo.
Description of the Japanese Police
Organization
History, structure, and responsibilities of national and regional police
agencies.
Books about Life in Japan:
Japan Almanac 1998. Asahi Shimbun Publishing, 1997. ISBN 4-02-219598-3