Japanese Internet Sites
General Information
Search Engines (in Japanese)
Library Catalogs
Library Catalogs on the Web (in Japan)
- National Diet Library (in English or Japanese )
- Genii : One Stop Academic Contents Search Portal (in Engish or Japanese) --- National Institute of Informatics, Japan
- NACSIS Webcat --- Union catalog of universities and other academic institutions in Japan (National Institute of Informatics) (in English or Japanese)
- Webcat Plus (in English or Japanese) --- (
National Institute of Informatics)
- Book Contents (in English or Japanese) --- This search portal searches within the OPAC of Tokyo University Library. The contents pages and other additional information are searchable for exact match of information readers are looking for; a useful tool for researchers outside of Tokyo University, too.
Library Catalogs on the Web (in Australia / USA)
Online Journals
- Japanese Universities Journal Publications On-line (in Japanese)--- A portal of index, leading to full text content of university journals, produced by Nagoya University Library.
- Japan Focus (in English) --- An e-journal and fully-indexed archive that chronicles contemporary Japan and the Asia Pacific. It offers Japanese and international analyses of politics, economics, society, culture, war and peace, and international relations. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it presents translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important articles on Japan and the Asia-Pacific in global perspective. Japan Focus draws on the contributions of researchers, journalists, policy analysts and writers throughout Asia and the Pacific and the world. Its website with nearly 700 articles provides a permanent resource for students and researchers on Japan and the Asia-Pacific. Subscribers receive a weekly mailing announcing and providing hot links to four to nine new articles
- Intersections: Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context --- Murdoch University
Periodical indexes
- NDL Zasshi Kiji Sakuin --- Online article index from the National Diet Library of Japan : it covers the period of September 1946 to current.
- MagazinePlus -- Subscribed Online article index, available at the Asian Collections Reading Room, NLA: it covers similar period as NDL article index, 'Zasshi Kiji Sakuin', but this has more choice of search terms.
- Koseisha Zasshi Kiji Saikun -- Online article index for 1896 to 1948 (trial: in Japanese)
- Prange Collection Serial Article Index --- Online article index for journals published furing the Occupation (1945-1949)
- Oya Soichi Bunko Article Index --- Information only on; subscription-base private special lilbrary's online article index service.
Newspapers
- Newspaper Online Free Search Portals (in Japanese) --- Information and link to major Japanese newspapers online archives; compiled by the National Diet Library of Japan
- Newspaper Holding Index in Japan -- The index of libraries holdings of newspaper and newsletter titles. Minor titles are included and the holding details would be useful for researchers who need to view the content of particular newspapers; site maintained by the National Diet Library of Japan
- Selective Newspaper Article Index and Contents for 1911 to 1970 --- Database of articles on 'economics, titled ' Kobe University Library Digital Archive'.
- Factiva -- Subscription-base newspaper full-text resources on global news resources, including various Japanese newspapers. Available through PCs within the NLA.
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Maps and Images
Maps
Images
Statistics
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Publishers and Booksellers
- Books.or.jp (in Japanese) --- Search portal for Japanese books available for purchase through normal bookstores; site is maintained by Japanese Association of Publishers.
- Nihon no furuhonya (in Japanese) --- Search portal of the second hand / rare book booksellers union in Japan, which covers over 2,000 booksellers.
- Kanda Jinbocho Official `Book Search Portal (in Japanese) --- Search portal of the database of 300,000 titles of stocks of
42 antiquarian booksellers in Kanda, Tokyo.
- Supa Genji (in Japanese) --- Another search portal for second hand books. It has useful additional information on books and booksellers..
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Key resources on Japan by subject
Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies
Economics
History
- Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korea) ---
A digital archive of modern historical records related to Asia held by the National Archives of Japan,
the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Library of the National Institute for Defense Studies, National Defense Agency. A plug-in software is required to view the images.
- Declassified Documents Reference System (in English) ---
This collection of American government documents comes from various agencies, including the White House, the CIA, the FBI, the State Department, and others. The major domestic and international events of the post-World War II world are covered in information by and for presidents, senators, and congress members. All were classified. Some were top secret. Every one of them can be searched to see what was removed -- and what was left in. Accessible from E-Resources at the National Library of Australia Website; accessible for readers within the library)
- POW Research Network Japan (in Japanese or English)
- Discover Nikkei: Japanese migrants and their descendants (in Japanese, English, Spanish or
Portuguese) --- Interactive portal on Japanese migrants' history, managed by Japanese American National Museum, LA, U.S.A.
International Relations
Law
Labour
Literature in Text
- Aozora Bunko (in Japanese) --- Full-text database of Japanese literature works, cleared of copyrights. Available for dowoading in several formats
- Kindai Digital Library --- Text Database of Japanese works published in Meiji Period(1868-1911), maintained by National Diet Library of Japan
- Japanese Text
Initiative (in English or Japanese) --- Full-text of classics of Japanese literature such as Manyoshu, Tale of Genji.
Politics
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Subject Gateways
In Australia
Overseas
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