Reviews by Rafael Santos

The Nihongo Journal

The Nihongo Journal, monthly magazine in English and Japanese, also available in Korean/Japanese and Chinese/Japanese. Features a cassete tape, sold separately, for 2060 yen. Published on the first of every month.

Japanese lessons divided into beginning, upper-beginning and intermediate levels, ... read more

Hiragana Times

Has articles on Japanese culture topics, usually topics you will not find in other Japanese culture books/magazines for foreigners, like Racism, Yellow Cabs, Aids, politics. Almost all in the magazine is bilingual, Japanese and English, and the Japanese part has furigana over the kanji, making it easy to read. Has sections on recommended books, visas, letters and offer of homestays. Unfortunately, lately there are more advertisements with gaijin models than other things.

Eye-AI

Articles in English about some topics of Japanese culture, and lots of information on the Japanese pop art world. Feature interviews with actors/singers, articles on travel, living in Japan (only Tokyo), mail order of Japanese CDs and videos.

Understanding Japanese Information Processing (UJIP)

"Understanding Japanese Information Processing" is a book that provides detailed information on all aspects of handling Japanese text on computer systems. It tries to bring all of the relevant information together in a single book. It covers everything from the origins of modern-day Japanese to ... read more

A Japanese Reader - Graded Lessons for Mastering the Written Language

Presents 75 graded lessons for reading japanese. Each lesson has a text in Japanese and explanations and translations (reading notes) for some words in English. It is presumed that the reader has some background in Japanese. The first 12 lessons cover hiragana and katakana, lessons 13-17 some ... read more