The National Archives of Japan's Digital Archive provides access to the descriptions and digitized images of the historical records preserved by the National Archives of Japan. Anytime, anywhere, freely, you can search the descriptions and view, print, or download digitized images of the holdings via the Internet.
Japan Digital Archives Center, or J-DAC, is a joint enterprise between MARUZEN-YUSHODO Company, Limited, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Inspired by the insatiable curiosity of humanity that drives its everlasting pursuit for knowledge, the mission of J-DAC is to provide a multidisciplinary archival platform for researchers in the humanities and social sciences through the collection and consolidation of various cultural and historical records of Japan.
Some of the archival resources are available for free, but most are for subscription only:
The NDL has integrated two of its web services—the National Diet Library Online Search and Request Service (NDL Online) and the NDL Search—and launched them as the new NDL Search web service on January 5, 2024.
The URL for the top page: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/en/
For detailed information about the new NDL Search: https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/use/2
Trinity International University is a registered user of NDL. Please contact the subject librarian for more information (hcchang@tiu.edu).
ERDB-JP (Electronic Resources Database-Japan) is an open knowledge base that cumulates data on e-journals and e-books published in Japan, and is built in collaboration with universities, publishers, and libraries. The registered data is made available under CCO 1.0 Universal.
Japan Past & Present is a global information hub and repository that promotes research and teaching in the Japanese humanities across disciplinary, temporal, and geographic borders.
The North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources works to expand and improve access to library resources and information about Japan, through collaboration with institutions and organizations in North America, Japan, and elsewhere. NCC coordinates projects to cooperatively develop Japanese collections and articulate the information needs of librarians, scholars, and others.