Databases
- NDL Newspaper Database (国立国会図書館全国新聞総合目録データベース)
- Kikuzo II Bijuaru for Libraries (Asahi Shibun Online) (聞蔵IIビジュアル・フォーライブラリー)
- Kobe U. Library Digital Archives : Pre-war Newspapers (戦前期新聞経済記事文庫)
- Factiva
- Yomidas: Yomiuri Shinbun Database (ヨミダス文書間)
- Guide on how to search Yomidas [click here]
Online Newspapers
- Asahi Shinbun (朝日新聞)
- The Japan Times
- Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞)
- Nikkei Shinbun (日経新聞)
- Yomiuri Shinbun (読売新聞)
Photographs
- Mainichi Photo Bank (毎日フォトバンク)
- Yomiuri Shashinkan (よみうり写真館)
Some Japanese news sources in English and Japanese can be found in Factiva -- a global news and business information database. Some of the most useful titles are listed below. For a more detailed description that includes type of coverage (full coverage / selected coverage), first issue available, and so on, see details here (document in PDF)
- Asahi Shimbun / Asahi Evening News (English only)
- The Chunichi Shimbun (Japanese Language)
- Jiji Corporate News (Japanese Language)
- Jiji Press English News Service
- Daily Yomiuri
- The Japan Times
- Kyodo News
- Mainichi Daily News
- Mainichi Online News (Japanese Language)
- Mainichi Shimbun - HQ Edition (Japanese Language)
- Nikkei Report
- Nikkei Weekly
- Mainichi Shimbun - Local Edition (Japanese Language)
- Mainichi Weekly Economist (Japanese Language)
- Reuters - News in Japanese (Japanese Language)
- Sankei Shimbun - Tokyo HQ Edition (Japanese Language)
- The Tokyo Shimbun (Japanese Langugage)
- Weekly Tokyo (Japanese Language)
- Yomiuri Shimbun HQ & Local Edition (Japanese Language)
- Yomiuri Shimbun Newswire (Japanese Language)