JREF Bulletin I/05

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JAPAN REFERENCE BULLETIN I/05 - January 17, 2005
The Bimonthly Newsletter of Japan Reference
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Contents

I. Site News
II. Japan Forum Updates
III. New Links in the Japan Directory


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II. JAPAN FORUM UPDATES
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Threads posted most recently

Title: "Getting married in Tokyo" (Date Posted 17-01-05 by pinkyc)
o 0 Replies, 0 Views, Last Post: 09:35, 17-01-05 by pinkyc
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14153

Title: "japanese lollies and confectionary" (Date Posted 16-01-05 by ffrost_nova622)
o 4 Replies, 22 Views, Last Post: 09:27, 17-01-05 by Brooker
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14144

Title: "Katakana study methods." (Date Posted 16-01-05 by Emoni)
o 9 Replies, 95 Views, Last Post: 07:59, 17-01-05 by Elizabeth
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14140

Title: "What does -maru on names mean?" (Date Posted 16-01-05 by J44xm)
o 3 Replies, 68 Views, Last Post: 20:24, 16-01-05 by epigene
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14139

Title: "About Europe" (Date Posted 15-01-05 by Timsan)
o 1 Replies, 32 Views, Last Post: 22:30, 15-01-05 by kuntow
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14141

Title: "About Europe" (Date Posted 15-01-05 by Timsan)
o 6 Replies, 78 Views, Last Post: 03:13, 17-01-05 by Duo
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14126

Title: "Al-Qaeda, a politically-driven fantasy?" (Date Posted 15-01-05 by bossel)
o 6 Replies, 67 Views, Last Post: 01:49, 16-01-05 by sabro
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14115

Title: "What Japanese Foods DON'T You Like?" (Date Posted 15-01-05 by Brooker)
o 10 Replies, 203 Views, Last Post: 08:04, 17-01-05 by misa.j
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14114

Title: "Buying house in Japan" (Date Posted 14-01-05 by lomitagirl)
o 2 Replies, 68 Views, Last Post: 14:43, 14-01-05 by thomas
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14093

Title: "JLPT 2 sufficient for scientific texts?" (Date Posted 14-01-05 by Mahoujin Tsukai)
o 7 Replies, 101 Views, Last Post: 00:24, 15-01-05 by PaulTB
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14085

Title: "Eigo Japan Community - ???·JLPT kanji·Polyglot bbs" (Date Posted 14-01-05 by goofy2feet)
o 2 Replies, 63 Views, Last Post: 00:40, 15-01-05 by goofy2feet
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14083

Title: "residence in Osaka Japan" (Date Posted 13-01-05 by 240droptop)
o 5 Replies, 49 Views, Last Post: 15:07, 15-01-05 by 240droptop
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14068

Title: "Japan is finished....lost..LOL" (Date Posted 13-01-05 by den4)
o 5 Replies, 167 Views, Last Post: 13:44, 16-01-05 by den4
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14061

Title: "Can I resize my partition?" (Date Posted 12-01-05 by CC1)
o 17 Replies, 165 Views, Last Post: 02:31, 17-01-05 by Thor
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14058

Title: "why kuruma?" (Date Posted 12-01-05 by okaeri_man)
o 7 Replies, 136 Views, Last Post: 22:23, 13-01-05 by BrennaCeDria
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread...threadid=14055


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o 457 New Members
o 401 New Threads
o 8,171 New posts
o 12 New Polls


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III. NEW LINKS IN THE JAPAN DIRECTORY
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Kokeshi Designs
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Japan Blog
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Nippop
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Tokyo Apartments - MKC Partners
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Ukiyo-e Prints
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Iwama Aikido - Aikido
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