FAQ
Subscribed Database
2. The 20th Century Media Information (The periodicals and the newspapers in the occupation period, from 1945 to 1949.)
Remote Access: OK
This is the database of the periodicals and the newspapers of the Prange collection.
It consists of all covers, contents, authors, titles of articles, etc. of the periodicals (13,787 titles). It also consists all titles, start of articles, advertisements of the members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association and they are all accessible for search.
*Please refer to the following URL for the Prange collection.
A. Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search (former Kikuzô II Visual)
Remote Access: OK
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)
*This database can be accessed by only one person at a time; be sure to click the Logout button to end your session.
B. Bibliography of Asian Studies Online (BAS)
Remote Access: OK
Database for source materials in East Asian studies published in journals and books published in Western languages. Includes more than 610,000 articles mainly in the humanities and social sciences.
Using the Service
C. CiNii
Remote Access: OK
CiNii is the database service provided by Japan’s National Institute of Informatics (NII) academic searching for essays, theses, books, journals, etc. Some content is available online free of charge.
Using the Service
D. Dazai Osamu Manuscripts Online
Remote Access: OK
Contains Dazai Osamu-related documents in the collection of the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature, including diaries, notebooks, and manuscripts and drafts in his own hand, as well as his school textbooks. The database allows for viewing of digital images and bibliographical notes and keyword search is available for the full texts of first publications.