E-Resources

*Harvard ID required **Fee based

Newspapers

Asahi Shimbun: Kikuzo II Visual* 1879-present   Mainichi Shimbun: Maisaku* 1872-present   Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Nikkei Telecom* 1876-present   Yomiuri Shimbun: Yomidas Rekishikan* 1874-present  

Journals

CiNii Articles A bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries, especially focusing on Japanese works and English works published in Japan.   Google Scholar A freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.  

Dictionaries/ Language Resources

Bun-ken** Japanese editing tool that is used by professional writers and companies.   Eijiro One of the most popular English Japanese dictionaries on the Internet.   Enno A free Japanese editing tool that picks up grammatical or typographical errors.   Mojinavi A hand-writing recognition tool. Draw a kanji in the box with the mouse, then the computer will recognize it.   Pocketalk** A portable instant voice translator that is able to handle 63 languages. It offers AI-powered translation and comes with its own data SIM.   Text to speech reader Free web based text to speech service.   Weblio A free integrated bilingual dictionary for Japanese-speaking sites that can perform a bulk search on a variety of dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossaries.  

E-books

Aozora Bunko A Japanese digital library that contains over 15,000 works of Japanese-language fiction and non-fiction.   Google Books It searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text, and stored in its digital database.   JapanKnowledge* Over 80 titles of essential reference books and multi-volume sets are available online.   Manga Bang One of the most popular comic websites that contains many free cartoons.   Manga Zero More than 1000 popular cartoons for free.   National Diet Library Digital Collections Gateways of digitized books, periodicals, and audio-visual materials by the National Diet Library and by other institutes.  

Others

researchmap An information sharing platform for researchers that enables users to create personalized websites, manage their research information, and network and collaborate with other researchers.