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M. Maisaku [Mainichi Shimbun archive]
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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].
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