Japanese Studies

Journals & Newspapers

MagazinePlus
Contains the NDL Japanese Periodicals Index of journal articles published since 1948; articles in popular Japanese magazines since 1980; and essays in festschriften, conference papers, books, annuals, and research reports published by research organizations between 1945 and 2003

CiNii: Citation Information by NII 論文情報ナビゲーター 
Part of GeNii; contains indexes to journal articles, including the NDL Journal Periodicals Index, with full-text for some fifteen hundred journals

Asahi Kikuzo II Visual
Accesses to Asahi shinbun 朝日新聞(1945-present), AERA (May 1988-present), Shūkan Asahi 週刊朝日 (April 2000-present; news section only), Chiezō 知恵蔵 (the latest issue only), and Historical Photo Archive 歴史写真, containing ca. 10,000 pieces of historical photographs taken in Asia and Europe from the 1930s to 1945 (available until March 2010)

Factiva
Access, mostly to full text, to nearly nine thousand business and general news sources, including U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and wire services; includes major Japanese newspapers Mainichi shinbun and Yomiuri shinbun and English newspapers on Japan Daily Yomiuri, Mainichi Daily News, and Japan Times

太陽
An online version of the journal Taiyō originally published by Hakubunkan from 1895 to 1928. Also provides indexes to Bungei kurabu 文芸倶楽部 and Kōyūkai zasshi 校友会雑誌

Reference Sources

JapanKnowledge
Access to a variety of Japanese reference sources including encyclopedias and dictionaries and to full text of the monographic series Tōyō Bunko (Heibonsha) and the weekly magazine Shūkan ekonomisuto

日国 Online
Access via JapanKnowledge to an online version of Nihon kokugo daijiten 日本国語大辞典 (Tokyo: Shogakkan, 2000-02)

Books

東洋文庫
Access via JapanKnowledge to the Heibonsha series Tōyō bunko in PDF format (Click 個別 button next to the series title in the contents)