MangaGet - mang.jp

On mang.jp, browse several genres of Japanese comics online for free. Some genres include comedy/gag, fantasy, 4-panel shorts, horror/scary stories, romance, and MORE! Just click on a title that interests you to open it up in a reader. You can use the click of your mouse or the SPACE or ENTER key to turn to the next page. Great site if your looking for reading materials in Japanese.

E・bookJAPAN - Read books for FREE

On EbookJAPAN, you can enjoy reading comics online for free! Just scroll down and select a comic. Kanji without furigana is likely to appear so this site may be most suitable for intermediate and advance level learners of Japanese.

Bauddha.net ・ Bi-Lingual Book List

Bauddha.net is a great source for dual readers (English and Japanese literature)! Genres for your bilingual reading pleasure include famous novels, children's stories, philosophy, and government. Click on a title and then click on the 閲覧する button to open it. The English version will be on the left side and the Japanese version will be on the right side.

If you have the Rikaichan dictionary tool, looking up words that you don't know becomes as easy as hovering your mouse or cursor over that text! How much can of the text can you understand without the English version?

BB Super Sound ・ JAPANESE Karaoke

BB Super Sound brings Japanese-style karaoke right to your home with FREE online access! With more than 3,000 tunes, there is a wide song selection available here. The most popular tunes include artists such as AKB48, Kyari PamuPamu, Utada Hikaru, Arashi, Morning Musume, and GReeeeN.

Click the orange カラオケ button to begin. You can search by artist via the アーティスト名 field and you can enter the song title in the field marked 曲名. You should note: If you are searching for Arashi, for example, you can only find this artist if you type 嵐. Typing あらし or "Arashi" wont produce any results. Once results are produced, a red Play symbol, when clicked, will work on your computer. You can enjoy a karaoke screen with lyrics and background movie as if you were in an actual karaoke room in Japan. As for the blue Play buttons, those are MIDI files which require an ".mlr" player that seems to be available only in Asian countries. In other words, unless you have a MIDI file player on your computer these songs most likely won't be accessible.

The Mixxer - FREE Language Exchange

The Mixxer is 100% FREE and a great place for language exchange! This is a great resource for conversation partners, reading practice, or even just to make new friends. You can also keep a blog here! Try to write something in Japanese. Do you know about Rikaichan? If you come across some Japanese words you can't understand, it's a great tool to assist you with reading posts written by Japanese users.

SimulRadio -Live Japan Radio

SimulRadio is a website which broadcasts LIVE radio stations in Japan. While some stations only broadcast at certain times in Japan, many stations stream live 24/7! Click on any station and it will open and play in your computer's audio player. Genres include talk radio, music, kids, comedy, and more! This is a great site to get exposure to native Japanese speaking and improve your listening skills, all while enjoying great radio stations from all around Japan --for FREE!

Azumino FM Radio Broadcasting Stream

Even just 10 minutes of FM AZUMINO Broadcasting can improve your Japanese listening skills, while expanding your knowledge of the culture of a city like Azimuno. Actually, Azumino is not well-known by foreigners, but very well-known by Japanese. Azumino is in Nagano prefecture and is known for its wasabi, beautiful scenery, and cycling environment. Azumino city is home to several art houses and crafters of all kinds including glass, leather, wood, and more! Azumino is a very relaxing environment and a day spent with Azumino FM is close to taking a trip to the city itself!

All of the stations available are shown on a map. Just click あずみ野エフエムの放送を聴く 音声（６４Ｋ） to start streaming via your computer's media player!　

Kansai-ben - Learn Kansai Dialect

Kansai-ben is a study tool for Japanese learners who want to study Kansai dialect Kansai-ben, a dialect of Japanese spoken by residents of the Kansai (Western) area of Japan. See and hear how greetings and other expressions in standard Japanese differ from Kansai dialect. You can also see natural conversations which take place in the towns and at markets, etc. There are short quiz questions throughout the site. Challenge your Kansai-ben knowledge!

宇宙教育テレビ ・ Space Education TV

On this Space Education TV website, you can access over 100 recorded live stream of science news! This site is geared toward young kids but is a perfect study tool for Japanese language learners, too. The hosts don't speak too fast and often pause. Also the terminology used, even though its science-related, isn't too complicated because it is for kids understanding. If you enjoy science, want to see the culture of Japan's education and classrooms, or you want to work on your listening comprehension, this site has hours and hours of educational information for your ears.

Just scroll down and click on one of the 100+ video stream links!

School House Comics

School House Comics is an extension from the same site as School House Family Net Game Plaza. All of the comics here are absolutely FREE. Any comic with a 無理で読む button can be read for free.Kanji may appear in the comics.

GanGan Online - Free Manga & WEB Magazines

GanGan Online offers manga and web magazines 100% FREE! Click a manga or magazine of your choice and then click the red 最新作 button to open it up in a special viewer. Kanji may appear in the comic.

Jコミ - Japanese Comics

J-Comi offers wide selection of manga with free previews! To access the FREE previews select any option listed on the left side of the screen. If you can't read the Japanese on this site, Rikaichan would be a great tool for you! Once your results load, click on a comic that appeals to you. If you scroll down just a little, you'll see a green この本を読む button. Click it to open up your selection. Kanji may appear in the comic.

Use the blue and white keys to turn the pages. You can learn the functions of the other keys after just a minute of playing around with them.

Moai Comics

Visit moae.jp for access to free comics! You can access the WEBコミック　and 試し読み sections. Once you click a title of your interest you find that the comic is scrollable, so just scroll down to continue reading. When you reach the bottom, you will see 前へ戻る when means you have reached the end of the comic strip. Click there to go back. Kanji may appear in the comics. Rikaichan is a good tool to have here if you don't already have it. Get your reading practice on here!

MixPaper - Free Publications

MixPaper offers well over 150+ FREE publications for children, teens, and adults! This link takes you straight to that page. Click on any image that looks appealing to you! Click on the re 読む button. Your book will open up in a special viewer which allows you to flip through pages just like a real magazine! To make the print bigger click on the red + 拡大 button at the top of the screen. You can quickly learn the functions after a minute of playing around with it.

Though you might find some reading materials to fit your level, I recommend this site for learning more about Japanese culture. There are magazines on stylish Japanese homes and floor plans, sports, and kid's comics.

Japanese Nihongo - Conversation

This is a page directed from Japanese-nihongo.com which lists a variety of different conversation topics for beginners including but not limited to introductions, first visit to Japan, taking the train, and getting lost. These conversation lessons are geared towards beginner and intermediate students of Japanese. Options for viewing the lessons may be in HTML webpage form, or PDF or DOC which you can download and save to your computer. In many cases, there are audio files included which play in your web browser.

If you click the Home link at the top of the page, you can find a link which directs you to entries--including some written in Japanese that you can study. There is also links for more conversation dialogues, JLPT, and essays. If you are ready for advance level, I think you will also like reading these.

生活日本語会話 - Japanese Life Conversation

Sekatsu Nihongo Kaiwa is a site of collected example conversations offered by a Taiwanese university. While the accompanied sound files seem to broken, intermediate and advanced speakers can find a wide variety of example conversations here for speaking practice with topics ranging from self-introduction to shopping expressions to apologizing for something.  The readings for each Kanji character is also provided here. If you're using Rikaichan, words can be interpreted despite the use of parentheses.

As for beginners, if you don't mind the absence of English on this site you might also find this site useful to you. The pronunciation practice located at the bottom of the page could be most helpful to you.

NHK for School

NHK for School Don't let this site scare you off because it it completely in Japanese. It might be kind of confusing if you dont know how to read much Kanji...but...You can access so many different types of content on this site! Though the site is designed for young children and students in Japan, it's a great resource for any person studying Japanese! It can get downright confusing, but just click around and visit this site from time to time and bookmark what's suitable for your level! There are a lot of videos, games, etc. to boost and improve your Japanese language and cultural understanding!

Here is a key and some links to get you started:
番組 -  TV Programs (Bangumi)
クリップ - Clips - Broadcast programs and short educational footage clipsWatch educational programs any time! Study what you are interested in and use for studying the information you are not completely comfortable with.Many of the videos here are 1-3 minute movies. There are supposedly over 3,000 clips.
ゲーム - Games - Educational pages with quizzes and games
There are tons of quizzes and games for fun and language learning including Recycling Trash, 

電子黒板 - (Electronic Blackboard (Denshi Kokuban)

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国語　こくご　　  Japanese language/national laguage (also as a subject in Japanese schools)
算数　さんすう　Arithmetic
理科　りか　　　 science
社会　しゃかい  society
総合　そうごう　coordination/comprehension

Rikaichan - Dictionary Tool

Rikaichan is a popup dictionary tool which allows you to read Japanese written on any webpage. Currently Rikaichan works with Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey web browsers. See the blue box in the image above? Rikaichan s a web-based tool which allows you to understand Japanese texts on webpages. If you don't already have it, you can access it for Firefox here. It is simple to use! Just hover the mouse on top of a Japanese word. Rikaichan automatically de-inflects verbs and adjectives. There is an optional toolbar that allows you to manually type the word to lookup. Detailed kanji view shows meaning/keyword in English, on/kun readings, and other information. Hiragana, katakana and half-width katakana are treated the same making it possible to lookup stylized/emphasized words.

After downloading Rikaichan, you need to also download the proper dictionary file. For most, it will be Japanese - English and Japanese Names.

Usually to turn Rikaichan ON/OFF, you can click on the small red smiling face usually located at the very top right or lower right part of your browser window.

Econtrader - Interactive Japanese

Econtrader - This website helps you learn Japanese through an interactive map style. Learn Japanese for the home, school, hotel, market, and more! Hear words and phrases in native Japanese!

Ba Ba Dum - Play and Learn

Ba Ba Dum is an online collection of games that lets you learn words in different languages by selecting the correct illustration of the example word. One of the languages offered is Japanese! You can pratice spelling words in Japanese, matching the word you see and hear to the correct picture among four pictures shown. 1500 words including nouns, adjectives, and verbs! Very great site for kids and beginner learner but also great site for reviewing learned material for upper levels. Create a free account to save your progress!