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Japanese collection
The subject areas covered are broad ; major areas of streangth are shown below. As more and more scholars tend to take up inter-disciplinary approach of a topic, the collection here has been built to help readers with their needs in looking into various aspects of topics, as well as their neighbouring topics.
The focus on all subjects is strongly on modern and contemporary period; Meiji Restoration (1868) onwards to date. The library is also aiming to collect both new and old publications, including various primary sources.
Another focus is to offer major reference sources to readers in distance, through remote access of NLA website. For the list and the details of online resources available to registered users. visit Japanese E-Resources page
For the scholars who do not have access to resources they need on their researches related to Japan, the NLA is offering Japan Study Grant and Japan Fellowship annually. Please find out more by visiting Awards and Grants
The strengths of the collection
Social sciences
- minorities
- sex and gender studies
- social movements
- statistics
- politics and government
- Law
History after 1868
- history of migrants
- Japan and Asian countries
- Australia-Japan relationship
- Japanese encounter with western countries
Fine and performing arts, popular culture
- Woodblock prints
- Sugoroku (Japanese board game) collection
- HIkifuda (advertising hand bill) collection
- Arts and crafts
Government publications
- censuses and surveys; proceedings of the Japanese Diet; the government gazette; collections of laws and statutes; Japanese diplomatic records; white papers; various ministerial journals, etc.
- Burmese collection
- Cambodian collection
- Chinese collection
- East Timor collection
- Indonesian collection
- Japanese collection
- Archived websites about modern Japan
- Japanese eResources
- Japanese acquisitions
- Japan Socialist Party collection
- Woodblock print collection
- Clough's kuchie (frontispiece prints) Collection
- Japanese backgammon board game (= Sugoroku) collection
- Hikifuda (advertising handbills) collection
- How to search NLA Online Catalgue using Japanese Romanization
- Korean collection
- Lao collection
- Thai collection
- Vietnamese collection
- Formed Asian collections
- Overseas newspaper titles collected
- History of Asian collections
- Asian Accounts of Australia - Bibliographies
