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Here is a list of Columbia-related/Japan-related organizations. They are holding a variety of events frequently. Please visit their website below.

• Learn about Japanese Economy, Politics and Culture?
• Learn Japanese language?
• Search Columbia Student Organizations?
• Read Japanese Media in English?
• Work in Japan?
• Search Outside-University cultural events?
• Other interests?

Learn about Japanese Economy, Politics and Culture

Japanese Economy and Politics

• Center on Japanese Business and Economy
  Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) is an institution in Columbia Business School. CJEB holds a number of lectures regarding Japanese economy, promoting knowledge and understanding of Japanese business and economics in an international context.
• Weatherhead East Asian Institute
  Weatherhead East Asian Institute is an institution in Columbia University, researching East Asian countries including Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan. The institute also organize lecture meetings.
• Japan Society
  Japan Society(JS) is an American NGO, founded in 1907 by a group of prominent New York business people and philanthropists. JS provides a variety of lectures and cultural events. Events are not free of charge, yet they are worth paying for.

Japanese Culture

• Japanese Art in Metroporitan Museum of Art
  Met has collected a number of Japanese arts. Here in the page, Met explains topics of Japanese art ranging from "Zen Buddisum" to "Art of the Pleasure Quarters and the Ukiyo-e Style" to "Design, 1975–present."
• Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
  Donald Keene Center arranges events regarding Japanese culture. The center is named in honor of Professor Donald Keene, internationally renowned scholar and having become Japanese in 2011.

Japanese Law

• Center for Japanese Legal Studies
  Center for Japanese Legal Studies is Columbia Law School's institution for Japanese law. Columbia University is the first law school in the United States to offer courses in Japanese law.

Japan Resources

Japanese Government

• Embassy of Japan in the U.S.
• Consulate General of Japan in New York
  
  
• Prime Minister's Office
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
• Ministry of Defense
• Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science & Technology(MEXT)
• Bank of Japan (Central Bank)
  
  
• Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) NY website
• Japan International COoperation Agency (JICA)
• Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
• Japan Foundation
• Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development

U.S. Government related to Japan

• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Japan Page

Other organizations

• United States-Japan Foundation
  United States-Japan Foundation is US-based, private organization, conducting human exchange programs between the U.S. and Japan every year. The foundation was founded by Mr. Ryoichi Sasakawa in 1980. The president is Dr. George R. Packard, who was From 1979 to 1993, he was Dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC and now adjunct professor of columbia university.
• Japan Center for International Exchange
  Japan Center for International Exchange(JCIE) is organizing human exchange programs between the U.S. and Japan every year. JCIE also publishes reports addressing challeges for Japanese Economy, Politics and international Affairs.
• Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
• Japan Public Opinion Library

Learn Japanese language

Casual Language Exchanges

• Nihongo Chat Club For those who want to practice Japanese casual basis, there is a biweekly chat opportunities among Japanese and foreign students at Kent Hall. This is organized by Columbia University Japanese Language Program.
• Friends of Japan Language Exchange For those who want to practice Japanese casual basis, Friends of Japan (Teachers College student organization) offers biweekly chat opportunities among Japanese and foreign students at Teachers College library. Bi-weekly, Thursdays, 7-9pm.

Official Language Programs

• Columbia University Japanese Language Program
  Columbia University Japanese Language Program offers maximum 5-year series of Japanees language courses for Columbia students. The Program also holds Harumatsuri (Spring Festival) in early April, which is a combination of lectures and presentations by students in the Japanese Language Program.

Other type of Learning opportunities

• Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) is a government-funded program, offering you an opportunities to learn Japanese language and cultures in Japan as an assistant English teacher for public schools in Japan. To apply JET, see the pamphlet.

Search Columbia Student/Alumni Organizations

Student organizations

• Columbia Japan Society
  Columbia Japan Society(CJS) is the undergrad-based organization for students who are interested in Japanese culture. CJS has held Matsuri (Japanese Festival) on late April or early May every year.
• Japan Business Association
  Japan Business Association (JBA) is the Japan-related student organization for Columbia Business School.
• Nihon Houritsu Kenkyuukai
  Nihon Houritsu Kenkyuukai (NHK) is the Japan-related student organization for Columbia Law School.
• Friends of Japan
  Friends of Japan (FoJ) is the Japan-related student organization for Teachers College, Columbia University.

Alumni Network

• Columbia University Alumni Association of Japan website
• SIPA JAA facebook group

Read Japanese Media in English

Japanese Media

• The Daily Yomiuri
  Yomiuri is the most circulated newspaper in Japan.
• The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
  Asahi is the second most circulated newspaper in Japan.
• Nihon Keizai Shimbun
  Nikkei is the most popular newspaper among Japanese executive businessmen in Tokyo, where global companies put their headquarters.
• NHK World
  Nippon Hoso Kyokai(NHK) is the public broadcasting company, operating based on the broadcasting law (Hoso-hou). NHK news has a strong influence on Japanese. NHK's noon-news and 7:00pm news are watched by one in fifth Japanese.
• TV Asahi America (Japanese)
  TV Asahi America offers news in Japanese, including American media-industry and trivias in NY. For those who want to learn Japanese, it would be a good material for learning Japanese.

International Media

Japan Pages in Internatinal Media provides you with detailed analysis and data regarding Japanese news. They reports news in Japan from different perspectives than Japanese Media.

• New York Times Japan Page
• Wall Street Journal Japan Page
• The Economist Japan Page

Work in Japan

• Career Forum Net(Japanese)
  Career Forum Net is a website which bridges between Japanese-English bilingal students and Japanese Company. Every fall, CFN organizes Boston Career Forum(Japanese), the biggest chance for students to obtain jobs in Japan.

Search Outside-University cultural events?

Event informations

• Consulate-General of Japan in NY event information page
• Chopsticks NY
  Chopsticks NY introduces Japanese Culture in New York. It has a event schedule page including discoutns information in Japanese stores in NY.

Other interests

International Organizations related to Japan

• United Nations
• WTO
• The World Bank
• IMF
• OECD
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Energy Agency (IEA)
  
  
• Charts for Japanese Economy:Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NYFed) is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks which, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System. NYFed is conducting open market operations, intervening in foreign exchange markets, and storing monetary gold for foreign central banks, governments and international agencies.