Japan e-Government Portal 電子政府の総合窓口

Japan e-Government Portal 電子政府の総合窓口. Launched in 2001, this site is the portal to the Japanese government information. It provides the cross search function for all the websites of government ministries and agencies, in addition to the search function for Japanese laws. English may also be used to search (but understandably only limited information is available [...]

Mainich PhotoBank

Mainichi PhotoBank. Provided by the Mainich Newspapers 毎日新聞社, this is the largest database of photos in Japan, with a total of 450 thousand photos from the Meiji era to today (120 thousand from the pre-WWII period). It allows free search, but reproduction rights and downloads are fee-based. What do you think of this resource?

Taiwan Periodicals Under Japanese Rule 日治時期期刊

Taiwan Periodicals Under Japanese Rule 日治時期期刊. Developed by the National Taiwan Library (NTL), this database can be used to find articles in 79 periodicals (in Japanese language) that were published in the period of Japanese occupation (1895-1945). The citations are freely available over the Internet and the articles can be downloaded remotely with NTL card. [...]

Taiwan Local Sources Digitization System 台灣地區地方文獻數位化系統

Taiwan Local Sources Digitization System 台灣地區地方文獻數位化系統. Developed the National Taichung Library, this system provides integrated search for five database (artifacts, drama scripts, and photos) related to local history. What do you think of this resource?

Formosan Language Archive 台灣南島語數位典藏

Formosan Language Archive 台灣南島語數位典藏. “The Formosan Language Digital Archive is part of the Language Digital Archive developed within the Academia Sinica… The aims of this project are to collect, conserve, edit and disseminate via the world wide web a virtual library of language and linguistic resources permitting access to recorded and transcribed Formosan data collections. [...]

Taiwan Art Exhibition (1927-1943) Database 台灣美術展覽會資料庫

Taiwan Art Exhibition (1927-1943) Database 台灣美術展覽會資料庫. Led by Dr. Yen Chuan-ying 顏娟英 of Academia Sinica, this project includes images and sources about 16 Taiwan art exhibitions from 1927 to 1943 and 2144 artworks, in addition to the information about the artists. These exhibitions took place when Taiwan was under the Japanese colonial rule. What do [...]

Laws and Regulations of the Republic of China (Taiwan) 全國法規資料庫

Laws and Regulations of the Republic of China (Taiwan) 全國法規資料庫入口網站. Developed by the Ministry of Justice, Taiwan, this database provides laws and regulations at both “central” and local levels, international conventions, Grand Justices Council reports, and agreements with mainland China. What do you think of this resource?

Contemporary Taiwan Literature Sources System 當代文學史料系統

Contemporary Taiwan Literature Sources 當代文學史料系統. Developed by the National Central Library, this system can be used to search biographical and bibliographical information about the contemporary (1949-) literary authors active in Taiwan. In addition, photographs about authors and information about literature awards are also available. However, fulltext articles are only available for access inside the NCL [...]

Ask a Korean Studies Librarian!

Ask a Korean Studies Librarian!. This is a free reference service on Korea provided by specialist librarians. “This service was developed by member librarians of the KCCNA in an attempt to share our expertise and subject knowledge by offering free reference assistance… This free service is managed via the Google Group software handling questions from [...]

Japanese Nengo – Western Calendar Conversion Tool

Japanese Nengo – Western Calendar Conversion Tool. Hosted by the National Institute of Informatics, this tool converts Japanese nengo into Western calendar years. Javascript is required. What do you think of this resource?