Japanese

//This page contains links to collections of culturally authentic materials in Japanese.//toc

= Ads =

- A searchable database of ads from around the world (search by country, topic, type of ad--audio/print/video, etc.)

=Audio=

- Links to culturally authentic materials in a variety of languages, including Japanese.

// -// Collection of audio recordings



=Blogs=

= = =Children's Literature=

- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online

- An interactive map containing links to legends and folktales from countries around the world in a variety of languages, including Japanese.

=Images=

- A database of culturally authentic Creative Commons images, organized by language and topic

- Hundreds of copyright-safe images related to Japanese



// -// Extensive collection of movie posters in Japanese

[|Image Database] - Culturally authentic photos, categorized by topic

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- Culturally authentic images

=Infographics=

- A dynamic collection of infographics in Japanese

- A series of infographics (most in English, but some in Japanese) on Pinterest

=Magazines & News=

- Magazine and newspaper sites, categorized by country and topic, from 200 countries around the world - Directory from around the world

- Today's front pages from newspapers around the world

- A map that plots the locations of newspapers from around the world--can be filtered by language (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)



[|Public Announcements and Warnings in Easy Japanese] - Regarding topics like flu outbreaks, norovirus, firefighting notifications, moving, pensions, taxes, etc.

=Resources=

- A variety of activities for children re: environmental protection


 * [|環境ポップアップ絵本] ** - Printable Patterns for Pop-up House

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Disaster Preparedness
[|Modules (written in Easy Japanese)] designed to teach foreigners how to handle various disaster-related emergencies

[|119-page Booklet About Disaster Preparedness] - Written in Easy Japanese

Elderly Travel in Japan
Resources from Emi Murayama


 * [|Elderly Japanese – How large is the population? (Charts in Japanese)]


 * [|Travelling as a popular activity among the Japanese elderly (in Japanese)]


 * [|Inquiries posted by people who are traveling to Hawaii with their elderly family members (Discussion forum in Japanese)] ([|See this one too])


 * [|Website for a company that provides assistance for elderly Japanese tourists]


 * [|Website listing activities for elderly tourists recommended by a travel agency]

Issues Faced by Immigrants
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Japanese Loan Words
Resources from Kasumi Yamamoto

[|English Words in Japanese by] [|日本語] [| learners (Nations Of The World tune) #add1challenge] [|日本語学習者が歌う外来語]

__Infographic in Japanese on the Japanese Language__

=Video=

[|Arts Chula #77 Japanese Major] - A humorous video media type="youtube" key="FZNRJ-0TNps" width="420" height="315"

[|Japanese Writing]

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