Research Guides: A Guide to Japanese Studies Resources: Newspapers/Media

News Databases (Non-Japanese)

Nikkei Asia
Nikkei Asia was created to change the way the Asia region is covered internationally and to enhance the world’s understanding of pan-Asian affairs. It delivers unique and exclusive coverage of Asia region economic, political, business and technology news in English as well as provides data on financial markets and top companies in Asia.
Press Reader
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Recent and current issues of 1000 newspapers from 82 countries in 39 languages. Page view images, audio files, and more. 3 concurrent users, so please sign out when finished. Newspapers from Japan (International Herald Tribune, Okinawa Times, Sports Nippon, The Wall Street Journal Asia) are also available.
LexisNexis Academic
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Major U.S./world publications (English/non-English), news wires/transcripts, TV-radio-broadcast transcripts, blogs, web publications, legal, university, healthcare, media reviews, etc.
Ethnic News Watch
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A full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press, 1990 - present.
AP Images
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An electronic library containing the Associated Press's current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library. Access to this site is limited to WU students, faculty, and staff.

Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search/朝日新聞クロスサーチ
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Asahi Shimbun database from its first edition in 1879 (Meiji 12) to today, including Gaichiban, Overseas editions in the colonial period (1935-45), and Asahi Graph, a pictorial magazine (1923-56).
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formerly called, "Asahi Shimbun Kikuzo II Visual"
Factiva (Dow Jones)
Full-text search for major newspapers in Japan. (Most of the coverage starts after 2002.)

NDL Search (国立国会図書館サーチ）
Formerly called NDL Index of Japanese Newspapers (全国新聞総合目録データベース): Searchable database for finding Japanese library holdings for regional and national newspapers; includes information on range of holdings and library contact information.
Newspaper Article (神戸大学付属図書館新聞記事文庫)
Kobe University's newspaper clippings collection (end of Meiji to 1970).
The Ono Hideo Collection (小野秀雄コレクション新聞錦絵)
Contains about 600 kawaraban from the Edo era, and about 400 samples (280 unique items) of nishiki-e from the Meiji period.
Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection（邦字新聞デジタルコレクション）
The largest online archive of open-access, full-image Japanese American and other overseas Japanese newspapers in Asia and South America (1887-1975), provided by The Japanese Diaspora Initiative at Hoover Institution.