News on the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011
- Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 DisastersA collection of individual testimonials of all and any sort concerning the disaster and its aftermath
- Earthquake 201103 Japan for libraries and librarianContributed by Toshinori Egami.
- Info on Earthquake in Japan 東北地方太平洋沖大地震情報Information on the earthquake hit the northeast region of Japan on Friday, March 11th, 2011 (東北地方太平洋沖大地震) . The guide contributed by Sharon Domier.
- Japan Earthquake & TsunamiContributed by Kathryn Park.
- Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, and Radiation Event - March 2011Contributed by National Library of Medicine.
News Sources
- NHK OnlineNHK or Japan Broadcasting Corporation offers various news programs online
Newspaper Articles
Here is a short list of useful newspaper article databases and indexes for Japanese studies. Note that many of these sources only index newspaper articles -- they don't actually have the full text. Use the gold "UC-eLinks" button to do an automated search to find the full text or citation linker, or search for the newspaper title in the UCLA Library Catalog.
- Asahi Kikuzo II VisualFull text access to 朝日新聞 (1879-present) and Historical Photo Archive, containing ca. 10,000 pieces of historical photographs taken in Asia and Europe from the 1930s to 1945
- Factiva This link opens in a new window
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Provides 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 such as 読売新聞, 毎日新聞, and 産経新聞 (warning: covers only recent years)
- Gordon W. Prange Collection newspapers and newslettersReproduces 18,047 newspapers and newsletters (in 3,826 microfilm reels) published in Japan during the Allied Occupation for the years 1945-1949.
- Mainichi shinbun 毎日新聞 1872-presentMicrofilms (1872-present), CD-ROM (1996-2006; available on Japanese public computer in East Asian Library), and online (since 2002/5/1 via Factiva)
availability - Meiji Shinbun Zasshi Bunko shozō zasshi mokuji sōran 明治新聞雑誌文庫所藏雑誌目次総覧Location: EAL ; Call Number: Z6958.J3 T635 1993
Suppl. located in EAL Ref. - Nihon keizai shinbun 日本経済新聞 (shukusatsuban)Location: EAL ; Call Number: HC462 .N68
UCLA Library Holdings: 1957/11-12, 1958/8-present - Nihon shoki shinbun zenshū 日本初期新聞全集Location: SRLF ; Call Number: DS881.2 .N54 1986
Reproduces in chronological order the newspaper articles originally published between 1857 and 1869 - Nikkei Telecom 21Full text access to 日本経済新聞 (1876/12/2-1961/12/31, and 1981/10-present), 日経産業新聞 (1981/10-present), 日経流通新聞 (1985/10-present), and 日経金融新聞 (1987/10-2008/1) is provided; it also offers English sources such as Nikkei English News, Nikkei Weekly and translations of major articles from the above-mentioned Japanese newspapers, as well as Nikkei Company Profile (30,000 company profiles) and Nikkei Who's Who (20,000 corporate executive profiles).
- Shinbun shūsei Meiji hennenshi 新聞集成明治編年史 / [編纂代表 中山泰昌]Location: EAL ; Call Number: DS882 .S5
Selected articles from numeous Japanese newspapers in the Meiji period in chronological order - Shinbun shūsei Shōwa hennenshi 新聞集成昭和編年史Location: EAL ; Call Number: DS888.2 .S43
Selected articles from numeous Japanese newspapers in the Showa period in chronological order - Shinbun shūsei Taishō hennenshi 新聞集成大正編年史 / 明治大正昭和新聞研究会編Location: EAL ; Call Number: DS886 .S47
Selected articles from numeous Japanese newspapers in the Taisho period in chronological order
- Who's Who in Japan This link opens in a new window
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Full text access to Yomiuri shibun 読売新聞 (1874-present) and Daily Yomiuri (1989-present). The database also provides dictionaries (Japanese/English, English/Japanese, or new words dictionaries) to look up definitions and biographies, just by highlighting any words in the article and clicking dictionary buttons