Library Guides: Asian Studies Research Guide: JAPAN

Reliable Resources for Information about Japan

Citation Style for Chinese, Japanese and Korean Sources
How to cite Chinese, Japanese and Korean sources using various style manuals such as Chicago, MLA and APA.
Goo Jisho
Dictionary of Japanese to Chinese and English. You can also looks for synonym and sample sentences.
How to Change Language Settings for Your Keyboard [MAC]
How to Change Language Settings for Your Keyboard [WINDOWS}
Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Online Japanese Dictionary Service
Intended for people who have studied some Japanese and who can read at least kana. There is no display of romanized Japanese.
Jisho Japanese Dictionary
Paste what you want to understand into Jisho, be it English, romaji, a single word or an entire paragraph of Japanese text, and it will search a myriad of data to help you understand the words, kanji and even grammar patterns.

Academic Search Complete
Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area
Access World News
Japan News, Japan Times, JCN Network and Kyodo News International. Coverage begins in early 2000s.
Asian Newsstream (ProQuest)
National and regional sources of news and current affairs information in Asia and the Far East
Asian Studies Archives Unbound Collections (Gale Primary Sources)
Extensive coverage of Japan, China, and Korea from 1910 to 1950
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Indexed records on subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide (1971 - current)
Foreign Office Files for Japan
British Foreign Office files dealing with Japan between 1919 and 1952
Global Commodities
Textual and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history
HeinOnline Academic
Information on political development and the creation of government and legal systems around the world

See the HeinOnline Guide for help using this resource
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Research world history since 1450 (excluding U.S. and Canada)
Statista
Current details on Japan's economy and society including trade, society, health, retail, infrastructure, environment, politics and security.
Transparent Language Online
Learn Japanese. Registration required to use product.

Users must register with a ‘montana.edu’ email address to use this resource

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Japanese Studies
Call Number: e-journal
Japan Forum
Call Number: e-journal
The Journal of Asian Studies
Call Number: e-journal
The Journal of Japanese Studies
Call Number: e-journal
Monumenta Nipponica
Call Number: e-journal

The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
A peer-reviewed on-line publication providing critical analysis of the forces shaping the Asia-Pacific and the world.
Buddhist Digital Resource Center
BDRC manages the world’s largest digital archive of Buddhist texts in Asian languages, and makes the archive freely available online.
e-Stat: Official Statistics of Japan
Japanese government statistics.
electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies (ejcjc)
An international peer-reviewed journal in the humanities and social sciences.
JAANUS: Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users Systems
Dictionary of terms related to traditional Japanese architecture and gardens, painting, sculpture and art-historical iconography from approximately the 1st century A.D. to the end of the Edo period (1868).
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records
Historical documents of Japan concerning modern Japanese relations with other countries, particularly those in Asia.
Japanese Animated Film Classics
Early Japanese animations from the collection of the National Film Center, Tokyo.
Japanese Historical Maps
Roughly 2,300 manuscript, woodblock, and copperplate maps of Japan and the world, ranging in date from the seventeenth century into the modern era.
Japanese in Anime and Manga
A fun way to learn a number of Japanese expressions which appear in anime and manga.
Japanese language magazines
Over 100 popular magazines in Japanese, available through MontanaLibrary2Go.
Japanese Studies Commons
Free, full-text scholarly articles from universities and colleges worldwide.
National Archives of Japan Digital Collection
Documents, maps, scrolls, drawing, photographs, posters, etc.
National Diet Library
The parliamentary library of the National Diet of Japan.
National Film Archives of Japan
Cultural and documentary films from the National Film Archive of Japan.
Shashi: the journal of Japanese business and company history
Open access, peer reviewed articles about business and manufacturing in Japan.
Skinner Map Collection
Skinner's maps focus on the the spatial distribution of social variables, including in Japan.
Timeline of Japanese Historical Periods
Web Japan
From the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Web Japan aims to help people around the world know more about Japan.