General Information

http://www.japan-guide.com/
http://www.jref.com/
http://www.jnto.go.jp/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/japan
http://www.gaijinpot.com/
http://www.japanable.com/

Language
http://www.nihongoresources.com/
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/
http://www.speedanki.com/
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html
http://www.rikai.com/perl/HomePage.pl?Language=Ja

Food
http://www.esake.com/
http://www.instantramen.or.jp/english/
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e620.html
http://www.bento.com/
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/food/food.html
http://www.theblackmoon.com/Jfood/food1.html
http://japanesefood.about.com/
http://www.japanesesnacks.com/
http://www.worldramen.net/
http://www.vegietokyo.com/info4vegie/veglinks.html

Transportation
http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/index.html
http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/index.asp
http://www.centrair.jp/en/index.html
http://www.japanrail.com/

Banking
http://www.golloyds.com/
http://www.gaijinpot.com/banking.php
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2226.html

News
http://www.japantimes.com/
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/
http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/
http://www.japantoday.com/
http://www.jwa.or.jp/english
http://www.seekjapan.jp/japanzine
http://metropolis.co.jp/
http://www.kansaiscene.com/
http://www.kyotojournal.org/
http://www.fukuoka-now.com/

Maps
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/map/index.html
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/map_of_japan.html

Visas
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.mofa.go.jp/

Japanese Consulate – New York
http://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/html/index.html

Japanese Consulate – Los Angeles
http://www.la.us.emb-japan.go.jp/index.htm

Japanese Consulate - Chicago
http://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/

Japanese Consulate - Toronto
http://www.toronto.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/english/english.htm

Japanese Consulate - Vancouver
http://www.vancouver.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/

For a list of all the Japanese Consulates in North America, please click on the following links
  Japan Consulate North America (39KB)

Government/Embassy
American Embassy in Tokyo
http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/

Canadian Embassy in Tokyo
http://www.canadanet.or.jp/english.shtml

Government Info
http://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/index.html