LibGuides: Japan Studies: News & Multimedia

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Asahi Shimbun Cross-search 朝日新聞クロスサーチ
Kikuzo II Visual from the Asahi Shimbun Company is an online article database that permits easy investigation of past events. It is the largest newspaper article database in Japan, including 15 million articles and advertisements from its first edition in 1879 (Meiji 12) to today.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Language: Japanese, English
Nineteenth Century Collections Online
A large, deep, and rich collection of primary sources documenting the 'long 19th Century.' Materials include books, newspapers, periodicals, diaries, photographs, pamphlets, maps, and more. See "About" within the database for fuller description. Also searchable from within: Gale Artemis: Primary Sources.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Language: English, French, German

Major Newspapers in course of publication (Some are accessible via Nikkei Telecom and Kikuzo II Visual):

Radio

ABYZ Newslinks
A directory of links to online news sources from Japan.
NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation「日本放送協会」
Japan's national public broadcasting organization.
Kyodo News「共同通信社」
Established in 1945, it is one of the leading news agencies in Japan.
Jiji Press「時事通信社」
Established in 1945, Jiji Press offers accurate news, information and data to subscribers in Japan and abroad.
News Park (Japan Newspaper Museum)「日本新聞博物館」

National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive「国立国会図書館東日本大震災アーカイブ」
A digital database that provides access to images, videos, audio-recording, maps, and other materials related to the earthquake that affected the North-eastern part of Japan in March 2011.
NHK Great East Japan Earthquake Archive「NHK東日本大震災アーカイブ」
Video archive of news footage of the earthquake and testimonies of 3.11 survivors and witnesses.
Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University
An advanced search engine for materials from all over the web, including personal stories, tweets, and content from international partners who are building repositories about Japan's 2011 disasters.
Great Kanto Earthquake Japan, September 1923, The University of Hawaii at Manoa
199 scanned images of the Great Kanto Earthquake happened on September 1, 1923. The collection contains photos and reports taken in Yokohama, Kamakura and Tokyo.

Factiva
Contains major global newspapers, business newspapers and magazines, trade and industry journals, prominent newswires, and network broadcast transcripts.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: Varies. 9,000 sources are updated on the day of publication.
Language: Primarily English. Over 20 languages total.
ARTstor
A digital library of over 2 million images and media files covering the arts, architecture, humanities, social sciences, and sciences with tools for teaching, research and study.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users. Users must register for a free ARTstor account in order to view full size images and download or save content.
East Asia Image Collections
An open-access archive of digitized photographs, negatives, postcards, and slides of imperial Japan (1868-1945), its Asian empire (1895-1945) and occupied Japan (1947-52). Images of Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea, Manchuria, and Indonesia are included.
Access: No restrictions.

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Online Gallery of the National Diet Library
The NDL Gallery features 24 digital exhibitions of the NDL's unique collections with easy-to-understand explanations.
Japanese Old Photographs In Bakumatsu-Meiji Period, Nagasaki University Library Collection
Largest collection of old photographs, approximately 7,000, taken all over Japan from the Bakumatsu through to the Meiji period.
The Tokyo War Crimes Trial Digital Collection, University of Virginia School of Law
Roughly 7,000 documents consist of personal papers from members of the prosecution and defence sections, official IMTFE (The International Military Tribunal for the Far East) records, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other related trial materials.

National Diet Library「国立国会図書館」