Japanese Page Update History

• 00/09/01: Some small formatting changes, nothing of significance.
• 00/05/01: Fixed several broken links. Updated many links. Added some new links. Updated the version of NJWIN. Fixed some minor errors.
• 99/10/01: Added information about JFC.
• 99/08/14: Some small changes here and there. Updated Japanese software information, and some additional book information.
• 99/04/09: Been a while since the last update. Added some more vocabulary, small changes, and added reading from Japanese 120 (Japanese linguistics.
• 98/09/25: General appearance change, added some links, more vocabulary.
• 98/05/02: Small changes, and more vocabulary.
• 98/03/27: Lots of small changes. Due to space limitations on the server, I have had to modify some of the distribution arrangements. Expanded the vocabulary lists, and converted all lists to shift-JIS format using JWPce.
• 98/02/15: Lots of unusual changes. Updated the version of NJWin to version 1.60. The new version supports Internet Explorer 4.0, and other UNICODE applications. Added and or corrected a number of details in the Japanese encoding systems, and in the section on reading online information. As always, the inevitable update to the vocabulary lists.

  Entire web page added to support JWPce.

• 98/01/05: Lots of changes. The typical update to the vocabulary lists. Additionally, I have provided the vocabulary lists in shift-JIS format, for other platforms/editors. The shift-JIS form of the vocabulary lists are available as a single zip file. I have included information on the Microsoft multi-language support for Internet Explorer. Added a large section on how to go about reading a Japanese newspaper on line (or web site in general). Slightly expanded the section on Japanese electronic formats.

• 97/11/07: Updated the zip files for JWP version 1.31. Added smaller zip file for people who already have JWP installed and just want to update to 1.31. Added some JWP errors and updated some others. Renamed the vocabulary files to make it easier for people to tell them apart.

• 97/10/07: Added some additional vocabulary from Japanese 100A. Found bug in Netscape 4.x that prevented correct downloading of the vocabulary lists. You can either use another browser, or you can download the zip file containing all vocabulary lists. Added entry for Halpern's dictionary in the books section.

• 97/09/25: Fixed underline error in books section. Fixed some HTML errors (underlines, etc.). Added more vocabulary. Added short troubleshooting guide for JWP. I will expand this, as more information becomes available. Added additional links in the information section.

• 97/08/20: Added vocabulary list for " Introduction to Intermediate Japanese" chapters 1-9 (now complete). Started adding Vocabulary for UCLA Japanese 100A (no book). Changed background image. I personally liked the old image better (and it was smaller), but because Netscape 4.?? Changed the way that it displays images the background was not working.

• 97/06/16: Added graphical link to NJStar's parent company (Hongbo Data Systems). Changed version of NJWin to version 1.5, and modified instructions. Added "new" flag to all changed items. Added vocabulary list for "Intermediate Japanese, First Semester" chapters 1-12 (now complete). Started adding section on books for students of Japanese. Added section on other computer resources for Japanese.

• 97/05/21: Added background (for fun). Added section on links of interest to Japanese students. Added frames, to make the thing easier to work with. Also added approximate download times. Cleaned up the HTML a lot.

• 97/05/13: Modified to have a revision history, and add chapter 11 of Intermediate Japanese, First Semester.

• 97/05/01: Page created.

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