AbstractA brief introduction to the Internet and Internet terminology for beginners, list of types of software necessary for an Internet connection. How to obtain the software necessary to read Internet resources in Japanese. List of select Japanese Internet resources on Telnet (including how to access library catalogues of major Japanese collections), on the WWW (including gateways to other Japanese resources, Japanese government resources, Japan‐related academia, Japanese bookshops and publishers, Japanese companies, Japanese research institutes, news on Japan and general Internet resources strong on Japan), on FTP sites, on mailing lists and on Gopher. How to search Usenet by keyword. How to find Japanese e‐mail numbers. What to do if a WWW address does not work. Examples of Internet search strategies for resources on ‘Aum’ and ‘Japanese economies’.