Japanese studies: search for journal articles

Citation Index Databases

• Bibliography of Asian Studies
• CiNii Articles
• National Diet Library Zasshi Kiji Sakuin (国立国会図書館雑誌記事索引)
• Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Shusei Database (Koseisha) (雑誌記事索引集成データベース (皓星社))

Newspaper Databases [subscription-based]

• Asahi Shinbun Cross-Search (朝日新聞クロスサーチ) | How to use Asahi Shinbun Cross-Search
• Japan Times Archives | How to use
• Japanese Colonial Periodicals of Taiwan [日治時期期刊集成]
• Kobe U. Library Digital Archives : Pre-war Newspapers (戦前期新聞経済記事文庫)
• Nikkei Asia
• Nikkei Telecom 21 (日経テレコン21)
• Taiwan Nichinichi Shinpo
• Yomidas Rekishikan: Yomiuri Shinbun Online (ヨミダス歴史観) | Yomidas Rekishikan Help

• Factiva (Limit by Japanese language ; coverage is limited)
• 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 Language)
• Weekly Tokyo (Japanese Language)
• Yomiuri Shimbun HQ & Local Edition (Japanese Language)
• Yomiuri Shimbun Newswire (Japanese Language)

Online newspapers [freely available online]:

• 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)