Japan Studies: Newspapers

The newspapers listed here are those published in Japan. To find current American and other English-language news coverage of Japan, use the Global News Sources listed on the E-Newspapers guide.

These are just a selection of the historic Japanese newspapers available at the UW Libraries. Check with the Japan Studies librarian for additional titles. The microfilmed newspapers are housed in the Microform & Newspaper Collections on the ground floor of Suzzallo. The printed newspapers are in East Asia Auxiliary (a storage area) and must be requested.

• Akahata / 赤旗 1928-1935  
    Printed communist newspaper; incomplete
• Asahi shinbun / 朝日新聞 1888-2006  
    Microfilmed newspaper G785; 1926-1945 also on CD-ROM available in the East Asia Library only
• Fujin minshu shinbun / 婦人民主新聞 1946-1990  
    Printed women's newspaper
• Japan chronicle 1914-1941  
  Printed English-language weekly paper
• Japan Times 1897-  
  Daily English language newspaper, from 1897 to final issue of previous calendar year
• Jinken shinbun / 人權新聞 1950-2005  
    Printed newspaper of the Japan Civil Liberties Union
• Kokumin shinbun / 國民新聞 1900-1942  
    Microfilmed newspaper G887
• Tōkyō eiri shinbun / 東京繪入新聞 1876-1889  
    Microfilmed newspaper G780
• Nikkei Telecom 21 / 日経テレコム
• Yomidasu rekishikan / ヨミダス歴史館 1874-    
    Yomiuri Shimbun from 1874 to the present and English-language Daily Yomiuri from 1989 to the present

Japan has a vibrant newspaper scene with readership remaining high. Five newspapers are considered national in scope: Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun. The UW Libraries has access to these newspapers via different databases. For additional information on Japanese news media see the entry on Japan in the World Press Encyclopedia.