Abstract
Computer networks are transforming the way we live - the way we educate ourselves, carry out business transactions, and govern ourselves. Information service tools like e-mail, ftp, gopher and the World Wide Web (WWW) are making it possible to provide services and information to a world-wide audience. At MIT we are building the JP-NET information service, the first such service to provide an on-line infrastructure for an entire field, that of Japanese Language and Culture education.