Japanese Studies Women's Studies: Getting Started

NWEC, from its campus in Saitama, provides opportunities for study, exchange, and research for women's organizations and individuals, both in Japan and from abroad. Housing is available on-campus at very reasonable rates. NWEC's Information Centre for Women's Education collects Japanese and foreign materials/information for study and research on women and the family. It also constructs various databases and provides a nationwide on-line service on women's learning information through WINET, an internet-based bibliographic database.

- Database of books (29,000 items including non-Japanese sources)
- Database of local government publications (15,000 items)
- Database of Japanese periodical articles (32,500 items)
- Database of Japanese newspaper articles (100,400 items)

Hosted by the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Tech University; includes a bibliography and links to other sites about Japanese feminists/feminism.

Fax: 813 - 3463 - 9752 Tōkyō
E-mail: ajwrc@jca.ax.apc.org
The director, Matsui Yayori, is a former Asahi Shimbun international correspondent, author and activist on issues of women's rights.

The Utopia site contains a list of women's resources for China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. Utopia is devoted to Asian gay and lesbian issues.