Japanese Studies Research Guide: Government Documents & Statistics
Reference and research resources in Japanese
Government Documents
- The Government of Japan - JapanGovA portal site which provides a wide range of information from policy matters to daily information. Specifically, it provides collective information from the publicity materials of ministries and agencies.
- e-Gov (in Japanese)A portal site of overall administrative information managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. I provides the content of laws (the Constitution, Laws, Cabinet Orders, Imperial Ordinances, Cabinet Office Ordinances, Ministerial Ordinances, etc.).
- Government Ministries And Agencies Web links to the Official information from Japan's Government Ministries and Agencies"Web links to the Official information from Japan's Government Ministries and Agencies"
Updated:6/14/2024 - 政府機関関連情報"国の行政機関、独立行政法人、地方公共団体、立法機関、司法機関等に関するリンク集を提供しています。"
Updated: 6/14/2024 - Kanpō (官報) via the National Diet Library Digital CollectionFrom the first issue of Japanese official gazettes published on July 2, 1883 to the issue of April 30, 1952.
Link to 全号まとめ entries
Updated: 6/14/2024 - Kanpō. English edition (英文官報) via the National Diet Library Digital CollectionOFFICIAL GAZETTE; ENGLISH EDITION, which was published only during the occupation period by the GHQ (1946-1952) is also available online, but under the category of "Periodicals".
- Kanpō. Internet edition (インターネット版官報)平成15年7月15日以降の法律・政令等、平成28年4月1日以降の政府調達
- Legislative Information (国会関連情報) from the National Diet LibraryIncludes access to legislative and the Diet record databases:
日本法令索引
国会会議録検索システム
帝国議会会議録検索システム - J-LIS Japan Agency for Local Authority (地方公共団体情報システム機構)A web page containing links to prefectural and municipal government homepages throughout Japan.
- Video Retrieval System for Diet Deliberation (国会審議映像検索システム)Updated: 6/14/2024
Updated: 6/14/2024
Statistics
- Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center（総務省統計局）Statistics compiled by government offices, including population information and the national census.
- e-Stat (in Japanese)A portal site of various government statistics including the fundamental statistics produced by government ministries and agencies.
- DATA.GO.JP (in English) (in Japanese)Various datasets of ministries and agencies as open data are registered and are free to download.
- JapanKnowledge Lib = Japannarejji Lib. Full text available from Japan Knowledge Plus: 2001 to present This link opens in a new windowIncludes "Japan Statistical Yearbook (日本統計年鑑)" from 2019. The most current edition is normally added by March or April.
Also "Historical Statistics of Japan (日本長期統計総覧)" published 1987-1987 and 2006 (New Edition) is available via JapanKnowledge.
Updated: 6/14/2024
Updated: 6/14/2024
