Japan Studies : Free E-Resources Open to Public

Online Catalog

• CiNii Books
• Webcat Plus
• 国立国会図書館(NDL)

Newspapers

• Japan Times
• 朝日新聞デジタル(The Asahi Shimbun)
• 日本経済新聞(Nikkei)

Periodicals

• Zassaku
• CiNii Article
• Asia Pacific Journal
• JAIRO

History

• アジア歴史資料センター(JACAR)
• Kokkai kaigiroku
• Visualizing Japan
• SHIPS
• NDL Digital Collections

Literature

• Aozora bunko

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• Todai Katei bunko
• Japanese Text Initiative
• Kokubungaku shiryōkan
• Kyoto Digital Library

Dictionaries

• Kanji networks
• Jim Breen's WWWJDIC
• Babylon
• Denshi Jisho
• Rikai
• Weblio

Maps

• Berkeley Japanese maps
• UBC's Tokugawa maps
• Ashida Map Collection
• Nichibunken maps
• National Archives

Book Stores

• Used Books
• books.or.jp
• Genkido
• Jimboucho
• Nihon No Huruhonnya

Websites

• WARP
• Japan google
• Yahoo Japan
• NIJL

Images

• NIJL
• Nichibunken
• Mainichi photo bank
• Meiji-Taishō photographs
• Japan 2011 Disasters 
• North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources