Japanese

'This site provides access to official documents—dating from the Meiji era through 1945'. Website is in English, but currently most documents are originals (in Japanese).

Digital archive of the National Archives of Japan.

Digital archive of the Tokyo Metropolitan Library.

Meitan is a database for the Meiji Shinbun Zasshi Bunko collection (1868-1945) at the University of Tokyo. The database enables users to search the Miyatake Gaikotsu Collection (宮武外骨コレクション) catalog, the Yoshino Bunko (吉野文庫) catalog. In addition, the database includes the Nishikie Shimbun (錦絵新聞) collection whose images are accessible for free.

Digital collections of the national library of Japan.

From Calisphere, University of California.

Learn about some of the records at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) relating to WWII Japanese-American internees.
Discover further steps you can take to research the internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese during World War II.

DIgitized Japanese newspaper clippings from 1911-1940s.