FAQ FOR SCI.LANG.JAPAN - BOOKS, MAGAZINES ON CULTURE-RELATED TOPICS

MANGAJIN - JAPANESE POP CULTURE AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

General Information: Mangajin is published 10 times in a year, monthly except January and July, by Mangajin Inc. 90 pp, some pages in color. 1030 yens in Japan, tax included or Us$ 4.50, subscriptions for 1 year (10 magazines) 9000 yens / Us$ 30 Main Features: Offers Japanese manga (comics) with translations and explanations in English, and some American cartoons with translations/explanations in Japanese. Have columns on Japanese on the computer, books reviews and Basic Japanese by mangas. Some topics of Japanese culture are presented too. Offers to the readers Japanese comics and books on Japanese Culture and Language. Good for learning something you will not find in books (slang, dialects, politeness/common speech).
Addresses of publisher/distributors overseas:

• Publisher: USA: Mangajin Inc. - P.O. Box 7119, Marietta, GA 30065 Tel. 800-552-3206 (subscription hotline), fax 404-590-0890
• Japan: Sekai Shuppan Kenkyu Centre, 2-18-9 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107. Tel. (03) 3479-4434, Fax (03) 3479-4436
• Australia: Intext Book Company Pty. Ltd. 412 Heidelberg Road, Fairfield, VIC. 3078 Tel. 03-486-1755, FAX 03-486-1235
• Australia: The Language Centre 555 Beaufort Street, Mt. Lawley Tel. 09-328-8965, Fax 09-328-6161
• England : Japan Centre Bookshop, 212 Piccadilly, London W1V 9LD, Tel: 071-439 8035 (from UK) +44 71 439 8035 (from outside UK) Fax: 071-287 1082 (from UK) +44 71 287 1082 (from outside UK)
• New Zealand: Credence Development Ltd. P.O.Box 2559, Auckland. Tel. 09 303-4227, Fax 09 358-3993
• Germany: Japan Service, Hauptstr. 14, D-65558 Hirschberg/Lahn phone&fax: +49-6439-5167

HIRAGANA TIMES

General Information: Hiragana Times is published monthly, by Y.A.C. Planning Inc., 80 pages, some in color. 250 yens in Japan, including tax. Prices vary in other countries, because the magazine is distributed by air mail by the Oversea Courier Service Co.Ltd. Ask the distributor for local telephones/addresses near you. Main Features: Have articles on Japanese culture topics, usually topics you will not find in other Japanese culture books/magazines for foreigners, like Racism, Yellow Cab, Aids, politics. Almost all in the magazine is bilingual, Japanese and English, and the Japanese part haves furigana over the kanjis, making it easy to read. Have sections on recommended books, visas, letters and offer of homestays.

Addresses of publisher/distributors overseas:

• Publisher: Japan: Y.A.C. Planning, Inc. 902 Towa Shinjuku Copo, 2-6-3 Shinjuku-ku,Shinjuku, Tokyo 160. Tel. 03-3341-8989, fax 03-3341-8987
  
• Distributor overseas (headquarter): Japan: Oversea Courier Service Co., Ltd., 2-9 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Tel. (03)5476-8131, fax (03)-3453-9338

EYE-AI - A MAGAZINE ON JAPANESE CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT.

General Information: Eye-AI is published monthly by Riverfield Inc. 54 pp, black and white, 410 yens in Japan, including tax. Us$ 2.25 in Hawaii.
Main Features: 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. Addresses of publisher/distributors overseas:

• Publisher: Japan: Y.A.C. Planning, Inc. 902 Towa Shinjuku Copo, 2-6-3 Shinjuku-ku, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160. Tel. 03-3341-8989, fax 03-3341-8987
  
• USA (Hawaii): Jack Shigemasa. P.O.Box 548, Pearl City, Hawaii 96782

Click Rafael Santos (santos@mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp) Last Update: March 25, 1995