• Asiaweek 1000 - This list is dated (2001) but informative. Time Inc. ended the publication of this magazine November, 2001.
• Charts at Financial Information Warehouse - This site is all in German, but they do have Japanese stock charts, and it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out if you speak English.
• Daiwa Institute of Research - Has a fair number of economic and capital market reports available. Also available in Japanese.
• Japan 2025 - A forecast by Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), a comprehensive economic organization born in May 2002 by amalgamation of Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations) and Nikkeiren (Japan Federation of Employers' Associations). Its membership of 1,662 is comprised of 1,351 companies, 130 industrial associations, and 47 regional economic organizations (as of June 20,2006). (Adobe Acrobat Required.)
• Nagoya Stock Exchange - A list of companies on this exchange as well as data for the exchange itself.
• Nikkei Net Interactive - Market data and news from Japan's largest newsgroup Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.
• Nikkei Net Quotes - [Fee-based] Quotes and charts of Japanese stocks, in English.
• Tokyo Stock Exchange - Official (English language) website of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• TSE Fact Book - Annual review of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Adobe Acrobat Required.)
• Yahoo Quotes Japan - Prices and graphs for Japanese stocks. All in Japanese: if you don't know Japanese, or if your browser doesn't support Japanese, then this page will be of limited use: you can try typing in the company number, and you'll see the price along with some garbled text. However, if you really need the quote, you might as well go here. For most Japanese companies, you can get the four digit company code (like the ticker)

Off the Web
• The Asian Mind Game - [Book -- Amazon]. This book was written explicitly to give Westerners an insight into Asian business cultire.

Regional Sites
• Companies in Okayama - Information about companies located in the Okayama region of Japan. Business description and corporate overviews are provided.

Sidebar
• Country Commercial Guide - Requires Adobe Acrobat.
• Current Nikkei 225 Index Quote
• Daily JPY/USD 1971-Present
• FAO Brief - Country profile by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (Adobe Acrobat Required.)
• Foreign Direct Investment - Requires Adobe Acrobat.
• Housing Starts - Requires Adobe Acrobat.
• Japanese Law Links
• Japanese Yield Curve (Bloomberg)
• Monthly JPY/USD rates 1971-Present
• U.S. Commercial Service

Useful Information
• JETRO Industry Studies - Very good, detailed market studies of various Japanese industries, and they're free.

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