Pathfinder for Japanese Studies

Print Resources

Online Resources

Encyclopedia (general)

• Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan
• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
• Japan: an Illustrated Encyclopedia
• Japan: Profile of a Nation

Encyclopedia (subject)

• Modern Japan: an Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Nationalism
• Japanese History and Culture from Ancient to Modern Times
• Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture

Biographical Dictionary

• Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art
• Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History
• Biographical dictionary of Japanese Literature

Bibliography

• Area Bibliography of Japan
• Japan (World bibliographical series : 103)
• Tokyo (World bibliographical series : 214)
• Japan and the Japanese: a bibliographic guide to reference sources
• A Guide to Reference Books for Japanese Studies
• Japan Access: a bibliography of bibliographies

Research Guide

• Research in Japanese Sources: a guide by Herschel Webb
• A Student Guide to Japanese Sources in the Humanities

Statistics

• Asahi Shinbun Japan Almanac
• Historical Statistics of Japan
• Japan Statistical Yearbook
• Japan Economic Almanac
• Statistical Handbook of Japan

Journals

• Japan Forum
• Japanese Studies
• Japan Quarterly
• Journal of Japanese Studies
• Monumenta Nipponica
  

Country Information

• Country Reports by EIU (UC only)
• JAPAN (CIA World Fact Book)
• Japan: a Country Study

Encyclopedia

• Britanica Online

Newspapers

• Asahi.com
• Yomiuri On-line
• Nikkei Net Interactive (UCSD Only)
• Kyodo News
• Mainichi Daily News
• Japan Times On-line

Journals

• Nipponia
• Japan Echo
• Japanese Studies (UCSD Only)
• Journal of Japanese Studies Monumenta Nipponica (UC only) (except latest 5 years)
• Japan Forum (UC only)
  

Indexes (UC campuses only)

• LexisNexis Academic (UCSD only)
• Bibliography of Asian Studies
• Historical Abstract (UCSD only)
• Expanded Academic
• MLA International Bibliography (UCSD only)
  

WWW Sites

• Web Japan
• Japanese Studies pages @ Duke University