larry_fitzsimmons@hotmail.com (Larry Fitzsimmons) wrote in message news:<ecd56b51.0307181111.688a36c5@posting.google.com>...

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> Thanks a lot, I'd appreciate any help anyone can offer.

If you go to www.newsonjapan.com, in addition to news the left side
menus have tons of links to just about everything you need.
Apartments, nightlife, restaurants, cars, etc. It's fairly
comprehensive; there might be better databases out there, but I like
this one.

John W.