Database

About 1,500 million articles in the Yomiuri Newspaper from the first issue in 1874 to the latest.

User's guide ( PDF )

Information about materials in more than 70,000 libraries around the world.

Information on collections or services in more than 10,000 libraries around the world.

The following journal is accessible.

• Asian Survey

Online edition of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)

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  (register only with a Gaidai email address)

The oldest English-language newspaper in Japan. 
*New content is added every year.

These archives are useful for following research:

• East Asia Geopolitics
• History
• Politics/History of Japan
• Japanology
• Military History
• Media History/Journalism
• Newspapers Research

The databases operated by the National Institute for Japanese Literature have been reorganized on April 1, 2023 as follows.
Chart: NIJL Databases New URLs（Links）

The following three journals are accessible.

• Asian Security
• Security Studies
• The Pacific Review

The following journal is accessible.

• Tourism Management

The following two journals are accessible.

• Journal of Peace Research
• Journal of Conflict Resolution

More than 6,000 journals in over 150 academic fields are viewable. The New York Times (1980-latest) is also available in full text.

More than 7,000 periodicals and newspapers.

The following five journals are accessible.

• International Studies Quarterly
• International Studies Review
• International Studies Perspectives
• Foreign Policy Analysis
• International Political Sociology

Journals issued in 1995 and before by Oxford University Press. You can read the oldest, issued in 1849, and other great articles over five fields, such as Medical Science, Science, Social Science, Law, and Humanities.

Oxford English Dictionary

Journals issued by Nikkei BP, announcements made by companies, governments, and municipalities. Journals can be displayed only in text or PDF (There are some exceptions).

Articles in newspapers, journals, business and law information. Mainly in English. Full text (some of them are only abstracts) can be accessible.

Digital Collections in NDL. Some hard-to-get materials are viewable in the library.
Applications for this should be made at check-out counter.

Materials in the fields of Literature, Linguistics, and Ethnology. Searches can be made among 240 million international publications.

The following journal is accessible.

• International Security