Publications by Local Scholars
This webpage introduces monographs and edited books produced by, or featuring the work of...
Visual Resources for Japan, Duke University
This Duke University Library webpage aggregates over a hundred different...
Nichibunken Public Databases
The International Research Centre for Japanese Studies (commonly known as Nichibunken) has developed...
National Library of Australia (NLA)
The National Library of Australia has an extensive collection of Japan-related materials...
National Diet Library (NDL) Online Services
The NDL’s online services include a range of databases and...
Library of Congress Online Collection
The US Library of Congress online collection includes almost 220,000 items related to Japan.
Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive
Kyoto University has a broad collection of digitised historical material, including...
Japanese Digital Resources, Penn State University Library
Compiled by a librarian from Penn State University Library, this detailed resources hub...
Japan Studies: Finding Images, Yale University Library
This webpage categorises image databases chronologically, from...
Japan Search
Spearheaded by the National Diet Library, Japan Search is a data aggregation tool which...
Google Arts & Culture, Japan
This resource is a gateway to exploring Japanese art and culture online. It features dynamic...
Cultural Japan
This website aggregates content related to Japan and Japanese culture from museums, libraries and...
Center for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
Located in Japan, CODH is a pioneering semi-government organisation which uses...
Statistics Bureau of Japan
This site provides official government statistics related to Japan, including...
Japanese Law Translation
An initiative of Japan’s Ministry of Justice, this website provides English-language...
Guide to Law Online: Japan
This page collates links to a variety of law-related materials produced by the Japanese...
e-Stat: Portal Site for Official Statistics of Japan
e-Stat is an English-language access portal for official Japanese government statistics.
Courts in Japan
‘Courts in Japan’ is the name of the official website of the Supreme Court of Japan. The website includes...
Asian Law Online Bibliographic Database
This bibliographic database of English-language material on Asian law is...
Shibusawa Shashi (‘Company History’) Database
An initiative of the Shibusawa Eichi Memorial Foundation, this database collates...
‘Meiji at 150’ Digital Teaching Resource
This open-access online teaching resource was developed by...
Japan Centre for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)
JACAR is an open-access online archive of Japanese historical records...
‘Japan and the World on Maps’ Collection
Part of the Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive, this collection features over 100...
Michigan Asian Studies Open Access Books Collection
In mid-2020, The University of Michigan Press launched its Michigan Asian Studies Open Access...
List of Open-Access Books About Japan
This list is a Google document that was initially compiled by...
Trans Asian Photography Review (TAP)
TAP is a peer-reviewed, open-access online journal established in 2010 as a platform for...
New Voices in Japanese Studies (NVJS)
NVJS is a peer-reviewed, open-access online journal established in...
Melbourne Asia Review
Melbourne Asia Review is an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal which was established...
Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies (EJCJS)
EJCJS is an open-access, interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal which...
The Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal which...
ANU Press
ANU Press is an open-access scholarly publisher run out of...
Worth Sharing
Worth Sharing is a series of five English-language catalogues showcasing contemporary...
Japanese Literature in Translation Database
Produced by the Japan Foundation, this online database catalogues translations of Japanese literature...
Language Learning with Netflix [Browser Extension]
Language Learning with Netflix is a free extension for the Google Chrome browser which...
Japanese Film Database
Co-produced by the Japan Foundation, this bilingual (English and Japanese) database catalogues...
Kuzushiji and Premodern Japanese Studies: Learning Resources and AI Initiatives [Video]
This is a recording of a graduate workshop run by Dr Tarin Clanuwat (Centre for Open Data in the Humanities) in July 2020, presented by...
Japanese Conjugation Practice
This simple online tool can be used to practice conjugating...
Japanese Classroom Resources
Compiled by The Japan Foundation, Sydney, this webpage aggregates...
Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan [Textbooks]
Produced by the Japan Foundation, this series of open-access textbooks...
Webliography Japan
Compiled by The Japan Foundation, Sydney Library, this webpage lists a variety of Japan-related...
Japanese in Australia: Japanese Footprints over a Century, 1867-1998 [Book]
Published by the Japan Club of Australia in 1998, this book explores the history of...
Photo Archive of Japanese Religions
Nanzan University’s Institute for Religion and Culture hosts an open-access collection of...
Metadata Database of Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period
This website indexes Nagasaki University Library’s collection of...
The J. Paul Getty Museum Japan Photography Collection
The J. Paul Getty Museum houses a collection of over 2,000 Japan-related...
Hiroshi Sugiyama Collection, c. 1941-1945
This online collection comprises a range of materials relating to Hiroshi Sugiyama, who...
Genthe Collection
The US Library of Congress’ digitised archive of work by photographer Arnold Genthe includes...
The Entwistle Collection (British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan, 1946-1947)
The Entwistle Collection is a digital archive of 340 photographs taken by...
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK holds an expansive collection of...
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
The NGV holds an eclectic collection of Japan-related objects, ranging from...
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
The rich collection of Japanese art collection held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston numbers over...
Museum of Arts & Applied Sciences (MAAS; Formerly Powerhouse Museum)
The Museum of Arts & Applied Sciences (MAAS) has over 1,200 Japan-related...
Japanese Buddhist Art in European Collections (JBAE) Database
The JBAE database is a collaboration between Japan’s Hosei University and...
e-Museum (National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties)
e-Museum is a publicly accessible database of National Treasures and...
Colbase (Collections of National Museums, Japan)
Colbase, short for ‘Integrated Collections Database of the National Museums, Japan’, showcases...
Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA)
The Art Gallery of South Australia has over 900 Japan-related...
Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Japan Collection
The Art Gallery of New South Wales holds over 1,500 Japan-related...
Historical Recordings Collection
Managed by Japan’s National Diet Library, this collection includes approximately...
Hanashi Oral History Project Collection
This video archive is a collaborative project between the University of Southern...
Densho Digital Repository
This Japanese American history archive is a rich online collection of oral histories...
Harold S. Williams Map Collection
Housed at the National Library of Australia, this collection includes approximately 50...
Cortazzi Map Collection
Held by the Lisa Sainsbury Library at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and...
Ukiyo-e Search
Ukiyo-e Search is a database which allows users to search over 220,000 online records of...
Ukiyo-e Portal Database
Hosted by Ritsumeikan University’s Art Research Centre, this database facilitates detailed...
Kaokore Facial Expression Dataset
Created by Japan’s Centre for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH), KaoKore is a...
Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System (JAANUS) Online Dictionary
JAANUS is an open-access Japanese-to English dictionary of specialist...
Gion Festival Digital Museum 2020: The Past, Present and Future of the Gion Festival
This resource combines a rich selection of...
Database of Folklore Illustrations
Produced by Japan’s International Research Centre for Japanese Studies (also known as...
The Clough Collection of Kuchi-e (Frontispiece Prints)
The National Library of Australia holds a fully digitised collection of...
Oxford Corpus of Old Japanese
This website features digitised versions of a small number of classical Japanese texts, including...
Japanese Text Initiative
Hosted by the University of Virginia Library, this project makes a wide range of poetry, prose and...
Kuzushiji Database
Created by Japan’s Centre for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH), this database allows users to see how...
Kuronet Character Recognition Platform
Created by researchers at Japan’s Centre for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH), KuroNet helps users to...
KuLA (Kuzushiji Learning App)
KuLA (Kuzushiji Learning App) is a free educational tool for tablets and mobile phones which helps users learn to...
Hentaigana App
This free app is designed to help users learn to read hentaigana, a classical precursor of hiragana which is now...
Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History
Bodies and Structures is a digital humanities project by Japan scholars...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Japanese Collection (Open-Access Images)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has made high-resolution images of...
Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Aftermath is a digital humanities research project run by the...
‘Aozora Bunko’ Open-Access Digital Library
Aozora Bunko is a digital repository with an expansive collection of Japanese...
‘Bungo Search’ Reading Time Digital Search Platform
Bungo Search is a platform that allows users to search the collection of Aozora Bunko in terms of...
Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL)
The Australian Network for Japanese Law is an inter-university initiative to...
Directory of Japanese Arts and Culture in Australia (JAD)
The Directory of Japanese Art and Culture in Australia is an initiative of The Japan Foundation, Sydney which seeks to...
‘Cowra Voices’ Audio-Visual Storytelling App
The Cowra Voices app is the result of a project to share the history of Cowra, one of the...
Cowra Japanese War Cemetery Online Database
Cowra Japanese War Cemetery Online Database is a bilingual open-access resource that...
Asian Australian Studies Research Network (AASRN)
The Asian Australian Studies Research Network is comprised of experts from...
Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)
The Asian Studies Association of Australia is the peak body for Australia-based...
Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA)
The Japanese Studies Association of Australia is the peak body for...
Nikkei Australia
Nikkei Australia is a membership organisation promoting research, community, arts and...
Chusei Monjo Mediaeval Manuscript Database
The National Museum of Japanese History has released Chusei Monjo, a new database of...