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This is a database constructed by the National Institute of Japanese Literature, which allows users to search and use at once bibliographic information and high-resolution images of Japanese manuscripts and prints before Edo period, held by NIJL and many other institutions and owners at home and overseas. It is open to the public free of charge and can be used by anyone.

This database is a developmental integration of the 'Union Catalogue of Early Japanese Books', a comprehensive catalogue of Japanese classical books, and the 'Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works', established through the 'Project to Build an International Collaborative Research Network for Pre-modern Japanese Texts (NIJL-NW project)'.

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This database enables you to search over 15 millions of articles in the paper by "Asahi Shinbun" since 1879.

Headings and full text for articles included of the Asahi Shimbun are stored as text data.

In the Asahi Shimbun Reduced-size Facsimile Edition, it is possible to search on articles from 4 eras: [Meiji/Taisho], [Showa (Pre-World War II)], [Showa Post-World War II], [Heisei].

A modern dictionary which introduces both basic key terms and the newest terminology that seriously affects our world.

Information such as biographical data and contact information of influential people from all fields is covered, including economists, politicians, researchers, cultural figures and athletes.

More than 10,000 photographs are archived, the majority ranging from before and after the Manchurian Incident to after the defeat in war.

Asahi Graph, a pictorial magazine established in 1923. Kikuzo II Visual brings to the users a digital archive of images in color that appeared in approximately 2,000 issues up until 1956.

The Asahi Shimbun Company has just created a database of its English-language newspapers.

It has also been pointed out that there is a risk of unintentional access to suspicious websites if this function is enabled.

nihuBridge is a portal site for sharing and utilizing various research resources published by the National Institutes for the Humanities and collaborative organizations.

Japan Search is a platform that allows you search, browse, and utilize metadata of contents in various fields owned by Japan, such as books, official documents, cultural properties, art, humanities, natural history / science and engineering, academic assets, broadcast programs, and movies. Under the policy of the Digital Archive Japan Promotion Committee and the Working-level Review Committee, the National Diet Library of Japan operates the system with the cooperation of various organizations. You can search for content held by institutions such as libraries, museums, art galleries, archives, universities, research institutes, government offices, and local governments.

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