Nichibunken Databases

Nichibunken Databases. Developed by Nichibunken, the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, this page lists a variety of useful databases related to Japanese studies, including full texts, images, biographies, bibliographies, directories, and indexes, covering a wide range of subjects such as history, literature, art, geography, and social sciences. What do you think of this resource?

FOREASt at 10,000

Returning to work this morning, I am excited to find that the page view counter on FOREASt is approaching 10,000. I want to thank all the contributors and visitors as we are reaching this major milestone. Best, Tao

JAIRO: Japanese Institutional Repositories Online

JAIRO: Japanese Institutional Repositories Online. Developed by the National Institute of Informatics, JAIRO provides integrated search of over 100 Japanese institutional repositories, which serve as digital archive systems for academic institutions. It includes over 500,000 full text items, such as department bulletin papers, journal articles, and theses and dissertations. What do you think of this resource?

Academic Research Database Repository 学術研究データベース・リポジトリ

Academic Research Database Repository 学術研究データベース・リポジトリ. Developed by the National Institute of Informatics, this resource provides integrated search service for 29 subject-specific indexes or bibliographies. What do you think of this resource?

Webcat Plus

Webcat Plus. Developed by the National Institute of Informatics, Webcat Plus “helps you find out-of-print books that are in the collections of university libraries and other institutions”, covering a total of over 12 million records. For books published after 1986, table of contents, related advertisement, or book cover may be provided. What do you think [...]

CiNii – NII Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator

CiNii – NII Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator. Developed by the National Institute of Informatics, CiNii is a tool to find articles published in Japanese academic society journals and university research bulletins. It also incorporates the National Diet Library’s Zasshi Kiji Sakuin (Japanese Periodicals Index) database. NII states that CiNii has three main features: “Large [...]

Umehara Korean Archaeology Image Database 梅原考古資料画像データベース

Umehara Archaeology Image Database 梅原考古資料画像データベース. Also in Japanese. Developed by the Toyo Bunko, this database provides images of thousands of artifacts excavated by Umehara Sueji 梅原末治 in the Korean Peninsula in the 1920s and 1930s. Materials from today’s North Korea are probably the most important, given the current difficulty of entering North Korea. Related print [...]

FOREASt has expanded!

I am excited to announce that FOREASt just acquired its own domain name and set up a new web site http://www.foreast.org. The new web site provides more functionality for future development and makes it easier to manage existing content. Therefore, we have moved all the subject pages (Asia, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean as well as Journals [...]