Japanese Studies Research Guide: Find News
Newspapers : Online Databases
- Asahi shinbun kurosu sachi This link opens in a new windowDatabase name changed from Kikuzo to Asahi shinbun kurosu sachi. Updated: 7/19/2022
A newspaper database for Asahi shinbun published from 1879 to present. Also includes articles from the weekly magazines Aera as well as Shūkan Asahi, from the annual new-word dictionary Chiezō, Asahi shinbun jinbutsu dētabēsu, and Asahi shinbun rekishi shashin ākaibu.
- The Asahi Shinbun Digital
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Subscribed version of this website offers Columbia affiliated users to access fee-based articles and also print version viewer (紙面ビュー).
Updated: 3/24/2020
- Mainichi Shinbunsha no detabesu, Maisaku . This link opens in a new windowAccess to the online full-text database of Mainichi shinbun (Maiji 5 [1872]- ). The database also includes Mainichi daily news (June 2008- ), Shūkan Ekonomisuto (October 1989- ), Mainichi yoron chōsa (the public opinion poll) conducted by Mainichi Shinbunsha (1945- ), and the company history "Mainichi' no 3-seiki."
- Nikkei terekon 21 = Nikkei telecom 21. This link opens in a new windowProvides current news reports from Japanese langauge newspapers including local papers. Other resources include business related journals, Nikkei corporation profile, Nikkei Who's who, stock quotations, bond quotations, economic indicators, market forecasts, Nikkei weekly, and Nikkei major articles.
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Includes Yomiuri shinbun 1874 to the present: image format from 1874 to 1989; full text 1986 to the present, along with the English edition: the Daily Yomiuri (Sept. 1989- to the present), both searchable by article, keyword, subject category, and issue. Charts and photographs are not included. Also includes biographical information on 26,000 people.
It takes time to load the Yomidas articles in the Meiji, Taisho & Showa Eras (1874-1989) section as well as Regional Sections (Showa Era: 1933-2001). Wait for an extra 10-20 seconds until the scanned images will be displayed clearly. - Taiwan nichinichi shinpo . This link opens in a new window
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Taiwan nichinichi shinpo, an official daily newspaper, was published by the Government-General of Taiwan from 1898 to 1944 in Japanese along with Chinese text from 1905 to 1911; an indispensable resources for knowing the condition of Taiwan for these years.
- Kobe University Library Newspaper Clippings Collection神戸大学附属図書館新聞記事文庫
The "Newspaper Article Collection", also known as the "newspaper clippings collection," is a collection of newspaper clippings from the end of the Meiji era to Showa 45 (i.e. 1970). It was created by the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe, Japan. There are approximately 3200 clippings, collected continuously for over 60 years. If you count articles, the number of items increases to approximately 500,000 articles.
デジタル版新聞記事文庫：その独自性と活用の傾向
末田 真樹子, 花﨑 佳代子
『情報の科学と技術』2018 年 68 巻 9 号 p. 462-466
Updated: 2/23/2021
- Japan times archives. This link opens in a new windowSearchable collection of digitized issues of The Japan Times, The Japan Advertiser, The Japan Times & Mail, The Japan Times and Advertiser, and The Nippon Times; includes issues from March 22, 1897 through the final issue of the previous calendar year.
List, Library Holdings:
● Shinbun sōkatarogu （雑誌新聞総カタログ） = Japan's periodicals in print
● Meiji Shinbun Zasshi Bunko shozō zasshi mokuroku : Shōwa 54-nen 3-gatsu genzai /明治新聞雑誌文庫所蔵雑誌目錄 ： 昭和54年3月現在
● The National Diet Library ceased 全国新聞総合目録データベース in March 2021. The catalog file as of March 31, 2021 and from the time its termination is available on their Research Navi site at the bottom of 新聞の所蔵機関を調べるには guide. To open the downloaded CSV file with Excel, go to Data tab and use From Text/CSV option in Get & Transform Data command group.
Updated: 8/18/2021
Newspapers in Physical Formats
Delivery services of North American print editions for Japanese major newspapers have been ceased and we no longer carry daily print editions at our periodical reading room.
We own various Japanese papers in other physical formats such as reprint, "shukusatsuban" format, CD-ROM and microfilms.
Here is some examples. Searhced CLIO using Japanese newspapers as Subject with format limit set to Newspapers.
Jiji shinpō (時事新報)
no.1 (1882:Mar.1)-no.10377 (1912:July.31)
no.10376 (1912:July 30)-no.11991 (1916:Dec.)
Jiji shinpō. Taishōki fukkokuban. Kaisetsu
Updated: 10/5/2023
