Subscribed Database

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Online database of  Asahi shimbun  articles. Complete search and full text of articles and images of pages and clippings. Accessible only within Nichibunken.

• Articles 1985-
• Asahi Shimbun Main edition (from August 1984)
• Asahi Shimbun coverage (from June 1988)
• The Asahi Shimbun Digital (from May 2011)
• AERA (weekly magazine, printed in gravure; beginning with the inaugural issue in May 1988)
• 週刊朝日 (Shukan Asahi) (weekly; news pages, beginning with the April issue, 2000)
• Digitized Archive 1879-1999
• Image Database of Meiji and Taisho Period (from the inaugural issue in 1879 to 1926; Tokyo and Osaka editions) 
• Image Database of Pre-war Showa Period (1926-1945)
• Image Database of Post-WWII Showa Period (1945-1989) 
• Image Database of Regional pages (from 1935 to 1945)
• Overseas Editions (from 1935 to 1945)
• Contemporary Words Chiezo
• English-language News Database
• Who's Who Database (Jinbutsu database)
• Asahi Graph
• Historical Photo Archive (historical photo archive; some 10,000 photographs taken from around the time of the Manchurian Incident in 1931 to the defeat in World War II in 1945)

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This is the digital archive of the English-language weekly  Japan Chronicle , which was published in Kobe from 1902 to 1940 and then absorbed by the  Japan Times .A digital archive edition of  Japan Chronicle  is available from the inaugural issue in 1902 to the final issue in 1940 and including also its predecessor, the  Kobe Chronicle , published 1900 to 1901.

  ・Contents: "Japan Chronicle"weekly edition (including Commercial Supplement)
  ・Format: Full page image *Full text searchable
  ・Number of pages: Approximately 75,000 pages
  ・Language: English
  ・Original: Collection ofSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and TheBritish Library

URL 　　http://primarysources.brillonline.com/browse/japan-chronicle

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Digitized here is the content of the first newspaper titled the Japan Times, founded by a British publisher Charles Rickerby on September 8, 1865, three decades prior to the launch of today’s Japan Times.The content includes valuable articles contributed by the widely influential British diplomat Ernest Satow.Some of these articles were translated into a Japanese, printed in booklet form the year they were published, and were circulated among young samurai activists.Titled “Eikoku sakuron” (British Policy), the articles are said to have contributed greatly to the Meiji Restoration.Other articles by Satow include his translation of excerpts from the diaries of Japanese delegates to Europe.His articles offer vivid glimpses of his times.

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Database of Newspapers and Journals Published in the 1912–1949 Republic of China Period (Shanghai Library Collection)
Contains Chinese and English newspapers and journals published by Zilin Yanghang, the newspaper company founded by the British merchant Henry Sherman in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Included are  the North-China Herald ,  the North-China Daily News ,  the Chinese Shipping List & Advertiser ,  Hu bao ,  Han bao ,  Xiao xian Bao , and  the North-China Desk-Hong List . Articles are searchable by title, author’s name, author’s affiliation, and newspaper/journal title. Photo captions and advertisements are also searchable.

Using the Service (Chinese)

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The digital archive of the Mainichi shimbun national daily newspaper (Japanese). The site allows searching for Mainichi Shimbun articles from the newspaper’s founding in 1872 to the present (up to previous day).

• Archives for not only the edition published by the head office in Tokyo but branch and local editions as well from the first issue in 1872.
• Search for scans of pages from the first issue in 1872 to 1999.
• Perusal using Flash format of digital reduced-size edition 1989–1999.
• Weekly magazine Ekonomisuto [Economist] articles and pages (PDF).
• Archive of The Mainichi English-language news site articles.

Other databases, including “Mainichi yoron sāchi” [Mainichi Public Opinion Search] and “Mainichi Shimbun Shashi” [The History of the Mainichi Shimbun].

Using the Service
*This database can be accessed by only one person at a time; be sure to click the Logout button to end your session.

URL 　　https://dbs.g-search.or.jp/WMAI/WMAI_ipcu_login.html

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Digital archive of some 12 million articles of the  Yomiuri shimbun  national daily newspaper (Japanese) from its first issue published in 1874 (Meiji 7) to the most recent issue (up to previous day).

• Meiji, Taisho & Showa Eras: Archive of all pages from the first issue on November 2, 1874 through the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras until 1989.
• Regional Sections (Showa Era): Archive of all pages of the regional editions of the Yomiuri shimbun published from 1933 to 2001.
• Heisei Era: Archive of articles available in text-view from 1986 to the present and in clipping-view from December 2008 to the present.
• The Japan News: Archive in text format of the English-language Yomiuri, The Japan News, from September 1989 (first year of the Heisei era) to the present.
• Contemporary Who’s Who: Contemporary Who’s Who giving names and biographical data for some 26,000 key figures in and outside Japan.

"Yomidas History Museum” Changed to "Yomidas" in January 2024.

＞ Using the Service

URL 　　https://yomidas.yomiuri.co.jp/

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Complete database of Japanese magazines and journals from the Meiji era to the first half of the Showa era, including data of some local journals.
Search for journal articles published in Japan (former territories included) from the Meiji era onward.

*Be sure to click the Logout button when you have completed your session.

URL 　　http://zassaku-plus.com/