Japan Studies: Newspapers

“The newspaper of record for Japan’s engagement with modernity and its emergence, through war, political and social upheaval and seismic social change in East Asia, onto the world stage in the first half of the twentieth century.” - from the database site.

1870 - 1917
"A weekly review of Japanese commerce, politics, literature, and art. A fortnightly summary of intelligence from Japan, for transmission to Europe and the United States, via Suez and San Francisco." Now some of content is available through Hathi Trust Database (http://catalog.hathitrust.org/).

From 05/13/2002 to 11/27/2013 in Factiva

1852-1922
Complied newspaper articles on Japan mainly in English, but also in German, French and Russian.

1974-

1870-78

Provides English-language translations of broadcast transcripts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from countries around the world, including Japan.

"The world's largest online, free-access full-image collection of newspapers published by overseas Japanese and their descendants... The collection contains about fifteen newspapers published in Hawaii and North America with a total of nearly 500,000 pages. Most publications contain a mix of Japanese and English."

The paper began in 1903 supporting the small but growing Japanese community in the Little Tokyo area of Las Angeles, California. It was the most widely circulated paper in the region by the 1940’s and included a weekly English section. The paper was forced to cease publication and its publisher was imprisoned by the government during World War II. The archive contains all obtainable published issues from 1914 through 2018.

Reprint collection of journals published by Japanese American

Digitaized version at National Diet Library

New version of Yomiuri Shinbun database which lets you search all Yomiuri articles from 1874 to the present and advertisement in the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa. It includes the English Daily Yomiuri from 1989. (The Daily Yomiuri is also in the online journals section).

Limited to 5 simultaneous users.

Full-text database of Asahi newspapers from 1887 to the present, including local issues (1998 - ), full-text articles of AERA (1988.5 - present), Shukan Asahi (2004- present) and the newest edition of Chiezo.

Mainichi newspaper articles are stored as follows
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Year 1872 to 1986 : Only image data - via PDF
Year 1987 to 1999 : Image data and Text
Year 2000 to Current : Only Text
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One of Japan's largest business databases, it delivers the latest news and gives access to Nikkei's extensive news archive, business information, and corporate profiles (Five main sections: News; Real-time Nikkei news wire service in Japanese and English; Market & Economic Indicators; Stock Indexes, exchange rates, bond pricing etc.; and Full Text Articles).

Contains nearly 8,000 sources from 118 countries and 22 languages, and 120 continuously updated newswires. For Japan specific, there are many newspaper in national like 朝日新聞 & 読売新聞, regional such as 福井新聞 & 沖縄タイムス and English language newspaper like Japan Times.

Taiwan Nichi Nichi Shinpō is a newspaper published beginning in 1898, a result of the merger of Taiwan Shinpō and Taiwan Nippō. It consists of both a Japanese (1898.5-1944.3) and a Chinese language version (1905.7-1911.11), and covers legislation and news as well as cultural activities in Taiwan under Japanese occupation.

Several current Japanese newspapers both in English and Japanese. Click to select "Japan" under Titles by Country.

International Herald Tribune
Mainichi RT
Mainichi Shimbun Digital
The Wall Street Journal Asia

All articles can be searched by events, personal names and published dates. Retyped and easier to read than previous version.

Taishō version of Meiji nyūsu jiten.

Shōwa version of Meiji nyūsu jiten.

Index to Newspaper Articles (Taishō-present)