The Japanese American Network

ABOUT JA*Net

The "Japanese American Network" (JA*Net) was formed in the summer of 1995. At the time, the Internet contained very little in the way of information about Japanese Americans -- our history, culture, contributions, and major issues.

With a vision of exciting possibilities, a partnership of Japanese American organizations in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles was created to encourage further development of content for this new electronic medium. The founding organizations are the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC), the Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), and the Rafu Shimpo. Together, a virtual online community is created.

Ethnic community survival and ethnic cultural survival are two other reasons for the Japanese American Network. The Japanese American community is currently dispersing from its past urban ethnic centers. Also many younger Japanese Americans are now third-generation (sansei) and fourth-generation (yonsei) who feel a need to recover a sense of ethnic roots and identity. The Internet offers new ways to both bring the Japanese American community together, and to maintain a sense of our heritage.

Feel free to explore the resources provided, and please also write to us with your comments or suggestions. Please feel free to register and become a member. The development of this website has only just started, so please excuse some of the areas that are still inactive. This website will "always" be under construction. We hope you'll drop in often to keep up with the progress.

If you would like to submit a "link" to JA*Net, such as your personal homepage, please become a registered user, and submit the link in the appropriate area. Hopefully through everyone mutually "linking" to each other we'll gradually develop a "cyber-community".

Also users of this website can read and post any information on the JA*Net Bulletin Board. This is the "community" public place to post announements, to ask for help, or to perhaps just leave a comment.

Finally, before you leave, could you please sign our Guestbook? Thanks!

Address

The Japanese American Network
231 East Third Street, Suite G-104
Los Angeles, CA 90013

E-mail: JANet-Info@janet.org

Donors and Friends

Directly or indirectly, the following organizations in the past have made it possible for this website and network to keep on going. Some have donated used computer equipment, helped with network cabling and an Internet connection, and given assistance by providing helpful computer advice.

APAnet (web server and Internet connection)
Ascolta Training Company (computer equipment donation)
Bay Networks (ethernet switch donation)
CableMasters (help with network cabling)
Orca International (software donations)
Little Tokyo Service Center TAC (technology assistance)

And of course, if you would like to be a friend or donor, please write. As a non-profit and volunteer organization, we will gladly accept contributions of computer hardware or software, and any monetary donations (big or small) to cover our expenses of maintaining this web server and our connnection to the Internet.

Also please let us know, if you would like to be a "virtual volunteer" to help in adding more content to this Japanese American community site.

The JA*Net WWW site is listed in Yahoo! and Yahoo! Los Angeles.