Japan Studies Resources

Japanese Character Fonts

• Electronic Japan --Japanese software for PC
• Accessing Japanese Character Text on the Internet
  • Twin Bridge http://www.twinbridge.com/
  • UnionWay http://www.unionway.com/

General Sites

• Academic Society Home Village
  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/
  A webpage created and maintained by academic societies or institutions related to Japanese Studies.



• Annual Bibliography of Oriental Studies

http://www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/db/CHINA3/index.html.ja
The database for T¯oyogaku Bunken Ruimoku (Bibliography of Asian Studies) by the Documentation and Information Center for Chinese Studies, Institute for Research in Humanities, Ky¯oto University. This is a good bibliography for books and periodical ariticles on oriental studies published in Japan.


• Ask Asia, The Asia Society
  http://www.askasia.org/
  Established by the Asia Society (est. 1956), the America's premier Asian cultural and educational institution. The Society's mission is to foster understanding and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific. The AskAsia web site is an online 'clearinghouse', specifically for elementary, middle and high-school level materials pertaining to Asian Studies.
  


• Asian Studies - Syllabus and Bibliography Collection Online
  http://lama.kcc.hawaii.edu/asdp/
  Resources on Asia for college courses. Kapiolani Community College, East West Center & Univ. of Hawaii, USA. ASDP Syllabus and Bibliography Collection Online was created to make Asian studies Collection includes items in humanities, social science, and business fields.
  


• Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
  http://www.aasianst.org/
  Mostly about the association, archives, meeting abstracts, publication catalogs
  


• Asian Studies, Australian National University
  
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
This site is useful for all of Asia, not only the large countries of China, India, Korea and Japan, but also small countries such as the Pacific Islands etc. Particularly useful for Buddhism.


• Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
  http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/b/bas/
  
  
• Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan

http://www.glocom.ac.jp/top/index.e.html
This server aims to provide access to a wide range of information from and about Japan with the goal of creating deeper understanding about Japanese society, politics, industry, and, most important, the Japanese people. GLOCOM is a research center based in Tokyo, Japan. The center focuses on the global impact of computer-based communication on a wide range of social, economic, political, cultural and technical issues.


• H-NET : Humanities and Social Sciences Online
  http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/
  H-NET is sponsored by the Michigan State University and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The goals of H-NET lists are to enable scholars to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to share information on electronic databases; and to test new ideas and share comments on the literature in their fields.The networks feature dialogues in the discipline.
  
  • H-Japan Discussion List (Japanese History and Culture)
    http://ww2.h-net.msu.edu/~asia/disclist/h-japan/
    H-Japan is an international, nonpartisan electronic discussion group sponsored by H-Net, Humanities-On-Line and the Kansai Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (KIAPS) of Osaka University of Foreign Studies. It provides scholars, graduate students and professionals a free daily forum to discuss Japanese history, culture, religion, and society, including contemporary political, diplomatic, security, and economic issues.
    Japan - WWW Virtual Library (Stanford University) Electronic links and sites on Japan.
    
    
• Japan Culture Plaza
  http://fuji.stanford.edu/jguide/
  The Japan Association for Cultural Exchange (ACE Japan) has organized these pages to broaden the scope of available information on Japanese culture and society with the cooperation of The Japan Foundation and other organizations involved in international exchange. Includes current information on The Arts, Japanese Studies, Citizen Exchange, and Cooperative Organizations.
  


• Japan Culture Plaza
  http://www.acejapan.or.jp/index.html
  The Japan Association for Cultural Exchange (ACE Japan) has organized these pages to broaden the scope of available information on Japanese culture and society with the cooperation of The Japan Foundation and other organizations involved in international exchange. Includes current information on The Arts, Japanese Studies, Citizen Exchange, and Cooperative Organizations.
  
  
• Japan Information Network
  http://jin.jcic.or.jp/
  Created by JCIC (Japan Center for Intercultural Communications) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to act as the WWW Doorway to Japan. The information about the Japanese society, culture, education, current events, regional information, census data, statistics, and other aspects of Japan appearing on this site is gathered and edited by JCIC. The JIN also serves as a central hub, providing users with links to the best sites for finding factual information they need about Japan.
  
  
• Japan Window Home Page, Stanford University
  http://www.jwindow.net/
  A US-Japan university-industry research project, Japan Window investigates the following issues: human-computer interfaces (HCI), Japan-information content standards, multi-lingual computing, and Japanese technology management research.
  
  
• National Clearinghouse for U.S. - Japan Studies
  http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/
  Funded by Japan Fundation Center for Global Partnership. It geared towards primary and secondary school teaching about Japan.
  
  
• NTT Home Page (Nippon Telephone and Telegraph)
  http://home.ntt.com/japan/
  Available in both English and Japanese. Topics include tourist information, the national anthem, current weather, clickable maps, sports, information on customs, the government, the law (the Constitution and Japanese copyright law), (including "URL Square" (Directory of Japanese WWW servers) organized by name and by prefecture) and links to discussion groups.
  

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Digital Maps of Japan

• Ashida Antique Map Collection, Meiji University
  http://www.lib.meiji.ac.jp/ashida/sisplay/exhibit-200/contents.html
  This page consistes of approximately 2,500 items of geographical material, such as maps of Japan, China, Korea, and the world, and topography in the Edo period, collected by Koreto Ahida (1877-1960), a pioneer of Japanese topography.
  
• Asian in World Antique Map, Osaka University
  http://www.library.osaka-u.ac.jp/tenji/maps/maps.htm
  Consists of approximately 100 images of maps published from the 17th century through the 19th century, covering North East Asia, including Japan, China, Korea and Siberia. This image archive is invaluable for obraining the Western geographical views toward Asia and is useful for tracing historical changes.
  
• Complete Survey of the Japanese Coast, National Diet Library
  http://www.ndl.go.jp/exhibit/50/html/wb39-6/mokuji.html
  This is the first geographical survey maps of Japan, mad by Tadataka In¯o (1745-1818). The maps are known as "In¯o Maps" in general. They consist of three hand-produced sets in three scales.
  
• Edo Streets Digital Exhibition, University of Tokyo
  http://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/enjikai/tenjikai96/index.html
  Portable maps made by woodblock printing, which indicated the locations of residential mansions for daimy¯o and warrior classes, enjoied their heyday during the Edo period. They were used as practical tools in the everyday lives of people in old Edo. This type of printed maps, called kiriezu, or patch-work maps, are often misleading due to deformation or deletion of detail and are therefore not suitable to serve as a source for accurate geographical data.
  
• Old Maps of Nagasaki, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/graphicversion/dbase/nagasakie.htm
  It includes 221 color photographic images whose originals are in the collection of the Nagasaki Municipal Museum.
  
• Old Northern Maps Cyber Exhibition, Hokkaid¯o University
  http://libserv2.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/125/map.html
  This image archive consists of a collection housed at the Institute of Northern Territory Studies, which was originaly prepared as part of the 125th commemorative annuversary for Hokkaid¯o University. The archive traces the historical process of how Ezochi has been transformed into the current Hokkaid¯o.
  
• Premodern Antique Map and Drawing Map Collection, University of Tokushima Library
  http://www.lib/tokushima-u.ac.jp/~archive/index.html
  It features 200 items related to old maps in their premodern rare book collection. The collection includes not only maps of Tokushima but also of Edo, Ky¯oto, various provinces, and the world, as well as pictorial maps of clans, provinces, countries, villages, and rivers.
  
• Walking in Edo-Toky¯o with Antique Map, APP Company
  http://www.app-beya.com/
  A CD-ROM production by Keishi Nakagawa, a contemporary graphic designer and illustrator, aiming to iew the world of Edo through the Owariya Edo Street Maps, is now available on the market. The uniqueness of this CD-ROM is that one can compare places on the old Edo map and the current Toky¯o map by combining old maps an current scientific maps on a computer screen.
  

Japanese Search Engines

• Domoz
  http://dmoz.org
  This search engine is the large, comprehensive, human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast community of volunteer editors.
  
• Google
  http://www.google.co.jp/
  
• MSN Japan
  http://www.msn.co.jp/home.htm
  
• Yahoo! Japan
  http://www.yahoo.co.jp
  
  Institutional Sites
  
  
• Bookstores
  Atrium Books - Japan from Anime to Zen
  http://www.atrium.com/books/atrium-books.html
  Bunsei shoin
  http://www.bunsei.co.jp/
  Han-Shan Tang
  http://www.hanshan.com/
  Japan Book Publishers Association
  http://www.books.or.jp/
  This site contains 530,000 titles found in the 1997 Nihon shoseki somokuroku. Searching is free, but you cannot order books through this.
  Japan Publications Trading Company
  (e-mail only: jpt@po.iijnet.or.jp)
  Kinokuniya
  http://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/
  This site allows you to search their database of 1,200,000 Japanese titles and 1,800,000 foreign titles and place an order. Fee based service.
  Maruzen
  http://www.maruzen.co.jp/
  Includes Japanese and foreign books. You need a Japanese operating system and a password to search. For the present, orders are accepted only from people in Japan.
  Nichigai Associates' Bookplus
  http://web.nichigai.co.jp/
  The database includes 1,600,000 titles from the beginning of Showa. Searching by keyword as well as author and title. Subscription based service; annual fee = Yen 6960. Easy to use. Nichigai also has other databases available for subscription (both individual and corporate), including the Zasshi kiji sakuin and a journal index to popular journals. Individual rates are reasonable.
  Tokyo Kosho Kumiai
  http://www.kosho.or.jp/kosho/user/index.asp
  A guide to Tokyo's used bookstores.
  TRC Server
  http://www.trc.co.jp/index.asp
  Includes all books published from 1995 on. Can be searched by author, title, publisher, subject or ISBN. Needs a Japanese operating system or Japanese extension. You can order books online.

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• Consulates and Embassies
  

  Embassies and Consulates of Japan in the U. S.
• http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Embassies_and_Consulates/ Foreign_Embassies_and_Consulates_in_the_United_States/Japan/
  Consulates General of Japan at Kansas City
  http://www.embjapan.org/kansascity/
  
  
• Foundations
  Japan Foundation http://www.jpf.go.jp/
  
  
• Institutes in Japan
  Asiatic Society of Japan
  http://www.tiu.ac.jp/~bduell/ASJ/
  Institute of Oriental Culture (T¯oy¯o Bunka Kenky¯ujo), University of T¯oky¯o
  http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-ENG.html
  Institute of Social Science, T¯oky¯o University
  http://www.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
  Includes information on the Institute of Social Science at the University of T¯oky¯o as well as a link to their newsletter.
  Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  http://www.jica.go.jp/li/j/
  Japan Science and Technology Corporation
  http://pr.jst.fo.jp/db/jois-db.html
  Jinbun kagaku kenky¯ujo, Ky¯oto University
  http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
  National Institute of Informatics
  http://www.nii.ac.jp/index.html
  Naional Institute of Informatics-Webcat
  http://Webcat.nii.ac.jp/Webcat_eng.html
  Nichibunken: The International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Ky¯oto, Japan
  http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/
  Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama, Japan
  http://www.stanford.edu/dept/IUC/
  Intensive Training in Advanced Spoken and Written Japanese
  
  
• Japan Studies Centers in the United States and Europe
  Asia/Pacific Research Center,Stanford University
  http://aparc.stanford.edu/
  Asian Pacific Studies Institute, Duke University
  http://www.duke.edu/APSI/home.html
  Asian Studies ,University of Texas at Austin
  http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/index.html
  Center for Asian and Pacific Studies ,University of Iowa
  http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Ecaps/index.html
  Center for Asian and Pacific Studies ,University of Oregon
  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Ecaps/
  Center for East Asian Studies ,University Of Kansas
  http://www.ku.edu/~ceas/
  Center for Japanese Studies, UCLA
  http://www.isop.ucla.edu/japan/default.htm
  Cornell East Asia Program, Cornell University
  http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/eastasia/
  Digital Asia Library, University of Wisconsin
  http://digitalasia.library.wisc.edu/about.html
  East Asia Center ,University of Virginia
  http://www.virginia.edu/%7Eeastasia/
  East Asian Collection, Duke University
  http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/japanesestudies.html/
  East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University
  http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/
  European Institute of Japanese Studies (EIJS)
  http://www.hhs.se/eijs/
  Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
  University of California at San Diego
  http://www-irps.ucsd.edu/irps/front/index.html
  Institute of Oriental Culture, University of T¯oky¯o
  http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
  Focuses largely on China, Korea, South and Southeast Asia. Also includes materials on Japan.
  Japan Policy Research Institute, Chalmers Johnson's Institute
  http://www.jpri.org/
  North Carolina Japan Center, North Carolina State University
  http://www.ncsu.edu/ncjapancenter/
  Online Resources for Japanese Studies, University of Massachusetts'Amherst
  http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/easian/eajpn.html
  Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Erijs/
  School of Asian & Pacific Studies ,University of Hawaii
  http://www2.hawaii.edu/shaps/
  

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• Libraries

  
  Academic Libraries
  http://www.jla.or.jp/link/univ.html#13
  Links to Web sites of academic libraries organized by the Japan Library Association.
  Center for Research Libraries, University of Chicago
  http://www.crl.edu/
  The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international consortium of colleges, universities
  and libraries that makes available scholarly research resources to users everywhere.
  CRL is governed by the major research libraries of North America and is funded by fees,
  grants and contributions.
  COPAC
  http://copac.ac.uk/copac/
  COPAC is the online public access catalogue(OPAC) for some of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland (Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Oxford)
  Councial on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)
  http://purl.oclc.org/net/ceal
  C.V. Library, Colubmia University
  http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/japan/j-subjects/j-bibresource.html
  e-Asia , University of Oregon
  http://e-asia.uoregon.edu/ebooks.htm
  This page is arranged by subject area for China, Japan, North and South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. It has links to the online catalogs for all the East Asian collections and to
  the available web pages for East Asian collections.
  East Asian Libraries Cooperative WWW, Ohio-State University
  http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/
  Links to libraries which have received funding from the Japan United States Friendship Commission and the Department of Education to improve electronic access to materials in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Many of these sites have mounted scanned tables of contents of Japanese journals.
  It is also the site for the National Coordinating Committee's electronic projects including
  recon and a union catalog for Japananese serials.
  International House of Japan's Library
  http://www.j-house.or.jp/ihj_e/librar_e/index.html
  Jacross
  http://www.jcross.com/
  You may search OPACs of multiple libraries in Japan at once.
  The Japan Documentation Center (JDC) at Library of Congress
  http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/asian/jdc.html
  Japanese Libraries
  http://ss.cc.affrc.go.jp/ric/opac/opaclist.html
  Links to Japanese online catalogs.
  Japan Information Center, University of Pittburgh
  http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/jic/jic.html
  Japan Online Resources, Harvard-Yenching Library
  http://hcl.harvard.edu/harvard-yenching/japandatabase.html
  Library of Congress
  http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
  Includes links to their legislative database, collections/online catalog and reading rooms, including the Asian Reading Room and the Japan Documentation Center
  Librarary of Congress Catalog Online
  http://catalog.loc.gov/
  Lliterary Database Compedium, Jissen Women's University Library
  http://hcl.harvard.edu/harvard-yenching/japandatabase.html
  Links to free searchable databases
  NACSIS:National Center for Science Information Systems
  http://www.nacsis.ac.jp/
  NACSIS, of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, was inaugurated in April 1986.
  One of the inter-university research institutes which serve all university researchers in Japan. Provides 31 databases for overseas users in a variety of disciplines, mostly in Japanese
  with some in English.
  National Archives of Japan
  http://www.archives.go.jo/
  North AMerican Coordinating Committee for Japanese Library Resources (NCC)
  http://purl.oclc.org/NET/ncc/index.html
  Public Libraries
  http://www.jla.or.jp/link/public.html/
  Links to Web sites of public libraries organized by the Japan Library Association.
  Sank¯o Bunka Kenky¯ujo Fuzoku Sank¯o Toshokan
  http://www.f2.dion.ne.jp/~sanko/
  This library succeeded to the collection of the ¯Ohashi Toshokan, which was established in 1902 and had a good collection of Japanese literature and children's books from the Meiji era
  to the end of World War II. OPAC for books on education, literature and periodicals is available.
  Selected List of Spcial Libraries in Japan Open to the Public
  http://www6.ocn.ne.jp/~jslakant/jsl/jslframe.htm
  http://www6.ocn.ne.jp/~jslakant/opac/index.htm
  Zenkoku Kanseki Database
  http://www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kanseki/
  A database of a union catalog for Chinese classic literature in Japanese academin libraries.
  Wason Collection, Cornell University
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/wason
  WWW Serves in Japan Academic LIbraries
  http://www.libra.titech.ac.jp/libraries_Japan.html
  Links to Web sites of academic libraries organized by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Libtrary.

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• Selected Libraries and Institutions in Japan

• Agriculture

R¯ural denshi Toshokan
ルーラル電子図書館
http://lib.ruralnet.or.jp/index.html
N¯obunky¯o Agricultural Library
N¯orin Suisansh¯o Toshokan
農林水産省図書館
http://www.maff.go.jp/library/index.htm
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Library

• Art

– Fine Arts
¯Ato Katarogu Raiburar¯i
アートカタログ・ラブラリー
http://www.acejapan.or.jp/acl/index.html
Art Catalog Library, Japan
Gendai Manga Toshokan
現代マンガ図書館
http://www.naiki-collection.jp/
Modern Comic Library
Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku Bijutsu Shiry¯o Toshokan
武蔵野美術大学美術資料図書館
http://www.musabi.ac.jp/library/
Musashino Art Univ. Museum & Library
Toky¯o Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan Siry¯okan
東京国立博物館
http://www.tnm.go.jp/
Research and Information Center of T¯oky¯o National Museum
Toky¯o-to Bijutsukan Bijutsu Toshoshitsu
東京都美術館
http://www.tobikan.jp/
Art Library, T¯oky¯o Metropolitan Art Museum
Toky¯o-to Gendai Bijutsukan Bijutsu Toshoshitsu
東京都現代美術館美術図書室
http://motlib.opac.jp/
Art Library, Museum of Contemporary Art, T¯oky¯o
– Performing Arts
Kunitachi Ongaku Daigaku Fuzoku Toshokan
国立音楽大学付属図書館
http://www.lib.kunitachi.ac.jp/
Kunitachi College of Music Library
Minshu Ongaku Ky¯okai Min’on Ongaku Hakubutsukan
民音音楽博物館
http://museum.min-on.or.jp/top.html
MIN-ON Music Library
Nihon Kindai Ongaku Zaidan Nihon Kindai Ongakukan
日本近代音楽財団日本近代音楽館
Documentation Center of Modern Japanese Music
Nogami Kinen H¯oseidaigaku Nogaku Kenky¯ujo
野上記念法政大学能楽研究所
http://www.hosei.ac.jp/fujimi/noken/index.htm
H¯osei Univ. Institute of N¯ogaku Studies
Sh¯ochiku ¯Otani Toshokan
松竹大谷図書館
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~kz3t-szk/inf_sck.htm
Sh¯ochiku ¯Otani Library
T¯oky¯o Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Firumu Sent¯a Toshoshitsu
東京国立近代美術館フィルムセンター
http://www.momat.go.jp/FC/Lib/nfclib.html
National Film Center, National Museum of Modern Art, T¯oky¯o
Waseda Daigaku Tsubouchi Hakase Kinen Engeki Hakubutsukan
早稲田大学坪内博士記念演劇博物館
http://www.waseda.jp/enpaku/index.html
The Tsubouchi memorial Theater Museum, Waseda Univ.
Yamaha Ongaku Sink¯okai Shiry¯oshitsu
ヤマハ音楽振興会資料室
http://www.yamaha-mf.or.jp/foundation/library/index.html
Music Library, Yamaha Music Foundation


• Economics and Industries

  
  – Energy
  Kokudo K¯otsush¯o Toshokan
  国土交通省図書館
  http://www.mlit.go.jp/library/main.htm
  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Library
  Nihon Enerug¯i Keizai Kenky¯ujo S¯og¯o Kenky¯u T¯okatsu Honbu Shiry¯oshitsu
  日本エネルギー経済研究所総合研究統括本部資料室
  http://eneken.ieej.or.jp/library/index.html
  The Institute of Energy Economics Library
  Nihon Kenchiku Gakkai Toshokan
  日本建築学会図書館
  http://www.aij.or.jp/jpn/tosho/
  Architectural Institute of Japan Library
  – General
  H¯osei Daigaku Inob¯eshon manejimento kenky¯u Sent¯a
  法政大学イノベーション・マネジメント研究センター
  http://www.hosei.ac.jp/fujimi/riim/index.html
  Center of Business and Industrial Research (CBIR), H¯osei Univ.
  Keizai Dantai Reng¯okai Refarensu Raiburar¯i
  経済団体連合会レファレンスライブラリー
  http://www.keidanren.or.jp/indexj.html
  Library, Japan Federation of Economic Organizations/KEIDANREN Library
  Keizai Sangy¯osh¯o Toshokan
  経済産業研究所
  http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/index.html
  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Library (METI)
  K¯osei Torihiki Iinkai Toshokan
  公正取引委員会図書館
  http://www.jftc.go.jp/
  Fair Trade Commission Library
  Nihon B¯oeki Shink¯o kik¯o Ajia Keizai Kenky¯ujo
  日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所
  http://www.ide.go.jp/Japanese/
  Institute of Developing Economics, Japan External Trade Organization
  Nihon B¯oeki Shink¯o kik¯o JETRO Bijinesu Raiburar¯I
  日本貿易振興機構ジェトロビジネスライブラリー
  http://www.jetro.go.jp/library/
  JETRO Business Library
  T¯oky¯o Sh¯ok¯o Kaigish¯o Keizai Shiry¯o Sent¯a
  東京商工会議所経済資料センター
  http://www.tokyo-cci.or.jp/side_m/sisetu/keizai.html
  Business and Economic Library, T¯oky¯o Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI)
  – Labor
  H¯osei Daigaku ¯Ohara Shakai Mondai Kenky¯ujo
  法政大学大原社会問題研究所
  http://oohara.mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp/
  ¯Ohara Institute for Social Research, H¯osei Univ.
  K¯osei R¯od¯osh¯o Toshokan
  厚生労働省図書館
  http://library.mhlw.go.jp/
  Ministry of Labor Library
  Nihon R¯od¯o Kenky¯u Kik¯o Shiry¯o Sent¯a
  日本労働研究機構資料センター
  http://lib.jil.go.jp/center/center.htm
  Nihon R¯od¯o Kenky¯u Kik¯o
  日本労働研究機構
  http://www.jil.go.jp/lib/
  Japan Institute of Labor
  – Land and Construction
  Kokudo K¯otsush¯o Toshokan
  国土交通省図書館
  http://www.mlit.go.jp/library/main.htm
  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Library
  Nihon Kenchiku Gakkai Toshokan
  日本建築学会図書館
  http://www.aij.or.jp/jpn/tosho/
  Architectural Institute of Japan Library
  – Money and Finance
  Sh¯oken K¯oh¯o Sent¯a Sh¯oken J¯oh¯oshitsu
  証券教育広報センター証券情報室　
  http://www.skkc.jp/room/
  Securities Information Office, Japan Institute or Securities Information & Public Relations
  T¯oky¯o Gink¯o Ky¯okai Gink¯o Toshokan
  東京銀行協会銀行図書館
  http://www.zenginkyo.or.jp/library/index.html
  The Bankers Library, T¯oky¯o Banker’s Association, Inc.
  Zaimush¯o Toshokan
  財務省図書館
  http://www.mof.go.jp/
  Ministry of Finance Library
  – Statistics
  Hitotsubshi Daigaku Keizai Kenky¯ujo Fuzoku Shakai Kagaku
  T¯okei J¯oh¯o Kenky¯u Sent¯a
  一橋大学経済研究所附属社会科学統計情報研究センター
  http://rcisss.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/
  Research Center for Information and Statistics of Social Science,
  Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi Univ.
• Education

Kokuritsu Kyoiku Seisaku Kenky¯ujo Ky¯oiku Kenky¯u, J¯oh¯o
Sent¯a Ky¯oiku Toshokan
http://www.nier.go.jp/homepage/jouhou/toshokan/index.html
Library of Education, Center or Educational Resource, National Institute for
Educational Policy Research (NIER)
Kokuritsu Tokushu Ky¯oiku S¯og¯o Kenky¯ujo
http://www.nise.go.jp/kenshuka/josa/library.html
National Institute of Special Education
Monbu Kagakush¯o Toshokan
http://www.mext.go.jp/
Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Technology Library
Kokuritsu Ky¯oiku Seisaku Kenky¯ujo
http://www.nier.go.jp/homepage/kyoutsuu/frame08.html
National Institute for Educational Policy Research


• General

  
  ¯Oya Soichi Bunko
  大宅壮一文庫
  http://www.oya-bunko.or.jp/
  ¯Oya Soichi Library
  Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan
  国立国会図書館
  http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/index.html
  The National Diet Library
  T¯oky¯o Daigaku H¯ogakubu Fuzoku Kindai Nihon H¯osei Shiry¯o Sent¯a Meiji
  東京大学大学院法学政治学研究科附属近代日本法政史料センター
  http://www.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp/lib/meiji/
  The Center of Modern Japanese Legal and Political Documents,
  Faculty of Law, Univ. of T¯oky¯o
  Toritsu Ch¯uo Toshokan
  都立中央図書館
  http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp/12/index.html
  The T¯oky¯o Metropolitan Central
  

• History

  
  Ajia Rekishi Shiy¯o Sent¯a
  アジア歴史資料センター
  http://www.jacar.go.jp/
  Japan Center for Asian Historical Records
  A digital archive of digitalized images of historical records related to Asia dating from the early Meiji era to the end of the Pacific War held in the National Archives of Japan, the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Library of the National Institute for Defense Studies of the National Defense Agency and database of cataloged information accessible through the Internet.
  Kokubungaku Kenky¯u Shiry¯okan
  国文学研究資料館
  http://history.nijl.ac.jp/
  Dept. of Historical Documents in the National Institute of Japanese Literature
  Kokuritsu K¯obunshokan
  国立公文書館
  http://www.archives.go.jp/
  Cabinet Library, National Archives of Japan
  Kokuritsu Rekishi Minzoku Hakubutsukan Toshoshitsu
  国立歴史民俗博物館
  http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/index.html
  National Museum of Japanese History Library
  Kokuritsu Rekishi Minzoku Hakubutsukan Database Rekihaku
  国立歴史民俗博物館「データベースれきはく」
  http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/doc/t-db-index.html
  National Museum of Japanese History Database Rekihaku
  Graphic database of the holdings of the National Museum of Japanese History is available.
  Kunaicho Shory¯obu
  宮内庁
  http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/
  Archives and Mausoleum Dept., Imperial Household Agency
  Seikad¯o Bunko
  静嘉堂文庫
  http://www.mitsubishi.or.jp/e/o/orgm.html
  The Seikad¯o Bunko Library
  Toky¯o Daigaku Shiry¯o Hensanjo Toshoshitsu
  東京大学史料編纂所図書室
  http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hilib.html
  The Historiographical Institute Library, Univ. of T¯oky¯o
  T¯oy¯o Bunko
  東洋文庫
  http://www.toyo-bunko.or.jp/
  The T¯oy¯o Bunko/Oriental Library
  Yokohama Kaik¯o Shiry¯okan
  横浜開港資料館
  http://www.kaikou.city.yokohama.jp/
  Yokohama Archives of History
• Japanese Studies in Foreign Languages
  Doitsu-Nihon Kenky¯ujo Toshoshitsu
  ドイツ-日本研究所図書室
  http://www.dijtokyo.org/?page=library.php&menu=6&lang=ja
  German Institute for Japanese Studies
  Kokusai Bunka Kaikan Toshoshitsu
  国際文化会館図書室
  http://www.i-house.or.jp/jp/library/index_lib/index.html
  The International House of Japan Library
  Kokusai K¯ory¯u Kikin Toshokan
  国際交流基金図書館
  http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/urawa/e_j_library/e_lry_01.html
  The Japan Foundation Library
  Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenky¯u Sent¯a (Nichibunken)
  国際日本文化研究センター
  http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/lib/library_e.html
  Library, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Nichi-Futsu Kaikan Toshoshitsu
  日仏会館図書室
  http://www.mfj.gr.jp/jp/bibl-j.html
  Library of the France-Japan House
  

• Journalism

  
  Shinbun Hakubutsukan
  日本新聞博物館
  http://www.pressnet.or.jp/newspark/index.html
  Japan Newspaper Museum Newspaper Library
  T¯oky¯o Daigaku Shakai J¯oh¯o Kenky¯ujo J¯oh¯o Media Kenky¯u Shiry¯o Sent¯a
  東京大学 情報学環 附属社会情報研究資料センター
  http://www.isics.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~center/
  The Newspaper and Multimedia Library, Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies, Univ. of T¯oky¯o
  T¯oky¯o Daigaku Shakai J¯oh¯o Kenky¯ujo Toshoshitsu
  東京大学社会情報研究所図書室
  http://www.lib.isics.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-e.html
  Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies, Univ. of T¯oky¯o

• Language

  
  Kokusai K¯ory¯u Kikin Nihongo Kokusai Sen¯ta Toshokan
  国際交流基金日本語国際センター図書館
  http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/urawa/e_j_library/e_lry_01.html
  The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute Library

• Literature

  
  Haiku Bungakukan
  俳句文学会
  http://www2.famille.ne.jp/~haiku/
  Museum of Haiku Literature
  Kenritsu Kanagawa Kindai Bungakukan
  県立神奈川近代文学館
  http://www.kanabun.or.jp/
  Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature
  Kokubungaku Kenky¯u Shiry¯okan
  国文学研究資料館
  http://www.nijl.ac.jp/
  The National Institute of Japanese Literature
  Kokubungaku Kenky¯u Shiry¯okan Shiry¯okan
  http://www.history.nijl.ac.jp/dhdidx-e.htm
  The National Institute of Japanese Literature Dept. of Historical Documents
  http://www.history.nijl.ac.jp/dhdidx-e.htm
  National Institute of Japanese Literature · Nihon Kindai Bungakukan
  日本近代文学館
  http://www.bungakukan.or.jp/
  National Institute of Japanese Literature

• Philosophy and Religion

  
  Komazawa Daigaku Toshokan
  駒澤大学図書館
  http://www.komazawa-u.ac.jp/~toshokan/
  Library, Komazawa Univ.
  Rissh¯o K¯oseikai Fuzoku Toshokan
  立正佼成会付属図書館
  http://www.kosei-kai.or.jp/activites/culture/library.html
  K¯osei Library, Rissh¯o K¯oseikai Affiliate
  Kokugakuin Daigaku Nihon Bunka Kenky¯ujo
  國學院大學日本文化研究所
  http://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/index.html
  Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin Univ.

• Political Science
  – Government and Public Administration
  H¯orei Gikai Shiry¯o Shitsu at National Diet Library
  国立国会図書館 議会官庁資料室
  http://www.ndl.go.jp/horei_jp/index.htm
  Jinjiin Toshokan
  人事院図書館
  http://www.jinji.go.jp/top.htm
  National Personnel Authority Library (NPA)
  Kensei Kinenkan
  憲政記念館
  http://www.shugiin.go.jp/itdb_annai.nsf/html/statics/kensei/kensei.htm?OpenDocument
  Parliamentary Museum
  Seifu Shiry¯o-t¯o Fuky¯u Ch¯osakai, Shiry¯o Sent¯a/Seifu Shiry¯o Ch¯osakai
  政府資料等普及調査会、資料センター/政府資料調査会
  http://www.gioss.or.jp/info/index.html
  Government Data Research Center of Japan
  – Local Government
  Jichi Kensh¯u Ky¯okai Chih¯o Jichi Kenky¯u Shiry¯o Sent¯a
  自治研修協会地方自治研究資料センター
  Local Government Research & Data Center (LGRC)
  Somush¯o Toshokan
  総務省図書館
  http://www.soumu.go.jp/
  Ministry of Public management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Library
  T¯oky¯o Shisei Ch¯osakai Shisei Senmon Toshokan
  東京市政調査会市政専門図書館
  http://www.timr.or.jp/
  Municipal Reference Library, T¯oky¯o Institute for Municipal Research
  – International Relations
  Gaimush¯o Daijin Kanb¯o S¯omuka
  外務省大臣官房総務課情報公開室
  http://johokokai.mofa.go.jp/
  General Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  Gaimush¯o Gaik¯o Shiry¯okan
  外務省外交資料館
  http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/hq/record/index.html
  The Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  
  – Defense
  B¯oeich¯o Boei Kenky¯ujo Shiry¯o Etsuranshitsu
  防衛庁防衛研究所資料閲覧室
  http://www.nids.go.jp
  The National Institute for Defense Studies Library, Defense Agency
  – Law
  H¯omu Toshokan
  法務図書館
  http://www.moj.go.jp/
  Ministry of Justice Library
  Saik¯o Saibansho Toshokan
  最高裁判所図書館
  http://www.courts.go.jp/saikosai/tosyokan/
  The Supreme Court Library
  Dull text of cases and judgments of the Supreme Court in Japanese and a summary of cases and judgments of Supreme Court in English are available.
  

• Public Health and Welfare
  K¯osei R¯od¯osh¯o Toshokan
  厚生労働省図書館
  http://library.mhlw.go.jp/
  Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Library
  Nihon Shakai Jigy¯o Daigaku Fuzoku Toshokan
  日本社会事業大学付属図書館
  http://www.jcsw.ac.jp/library/index.html
  Japan College of Social Work library Philosophy and Religion

• Science and Technology
  Kagaku Gijutsu Shink¯o Jigy¯odan kagaku Gijutsu J¯oh¯o
  Jigy¯o Honbu J¯oh¯o Shiry¯okan
  科学技術振興事業団科学技術情報事業本部情報資料館
  http://www.jst.go.jp/
  JICST Library, JST Information Center for Science and Technology,
  Japan Science and Technology Corp.

• Society
  Ajinomoto Shoku no Bunka Raiburar¯i
  味の素　食の文化ライブラリー
  http://www.ajinomoto.com/asb01/doc/library/index.html
  Ajinomoto Foundation for Dietary Culture (AFDIC)
  Kanky¯osh¯o Toshokan
  環境省図書館
  http://www.env.go.jp/
  Ministry of the Environment Library
  Kokumin Seikatsu Sent¯a S¯omu Kikakubu Kikaku K¯oh¯oka J¯oh¯o Shiry¯oshitsu
  国民生活センター総務企画部企画公報課情報資料室
  http://opac.kokusen.go.jp/opac/index.html
  Library and Resource Room, The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan
  Kokuritsu Shakai Hosh¯o, Jink¯o Mondai Kenky¯ujo
  J¯oh¯o Ch¯osa Bunsekibu Toshogakari
  国立社会保障、人口問題研究所情報調査分析部図書係
  http://www.ipss.go.jp/
  Development of Information Collection and Analysis,
  National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
  T¯oky¯o-to Kanky¯o Kagaku Kenky¯ujo Kikaku Kanrika Shiry¯oshitsu
  東京都環境科学研究所企画管理課資料室
  http://www2.kankyo.metro.tokyo.jp/kankyoken/
  Tokyo Metropolitan Research Institute for Environmental Protection
  Toshi Kaihatsu Ky¯okai Toshi Mondai Toshokan
  都市開発協会都市問題図書館
  Library of Urban Development (closed)
  

• Transportation and Communication
  Nihon Minkan H¯os¯o Renmei (Minp¯oren)
  日本民間放送連盟(民放連)
  http://www.nab.or.jp/
  The National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan
  Un’yu Seisaku Kenky¯u Kik¯o J¯oh¯o Shiry¯oshitsu
  運輸政策研究機構情報資料室
  http://www.jterc.or.jp/inforlib/inforlib.htm
  Institution for Transport Policy Studies Library
  Teishin S¯og¯o Hakubutsukan
  逓信総合博物館
  http://www.teipark.jp/
  Communications Museum

• Women
  Ichikawa Fusae Kinenkai Toshoshitsu
  石川房枝記念会図書室
  http://www.ichikawa-fusae.or.jp
  The Fusae Ichikawa Memorial Association Library
  Kokuritsu Josei Ky¯oiku Kaikan Josei Ky¯oiku J¯oh¯o Sent¯a
  国立女性教育会館女性教育情報センター
  http://www.nwec.jp/English/guidance/index.html
  Information Center for Women’s Education, National Woman’s Education Center
  Ochanomizu Joshi Daigaku Jend¯a Kenky¯u Sent¯a
  御茶ノ水女子大学ジェンダー研究センター
  http://www.igs.ocha.ac.jp/
  Institute for Gender Studies, Ochanomizu Univ.
  T¯oky¯o Uimenzu Puraza Tosho Shiry¯oshitsu
  東京ウィメンズプラザ図書資料室
  http://www.tokyo-womens-plaza.metro.tokyo.jp/contents/library.html
  T¯oky¯o Women’s Plaza Library

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