August 20, 2021
On August 20, 2021, Dr. HATANO Sumio, Director-General of Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, received the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation Award for 2021 in recognition of his accomplishments and commitment to promoting of mutual understanding between Japan and foreign Countries.
July 26, 2021
The JACAR Glossary website "Japan's Army During the Meiji and Taishō Eras, 1868–1926" has been updated with 20 new items covering the 1st through 20th Divisions. For further details, please view the links posted below:
June 29, 2021
The year 2021 marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of national armed forces by the Meiji Government. In 1871, the Meiji Government first created armed forces under the government control by unifying armed groups which had previously been organized by feudal domains. The Meiji Government also divided the country into several regions and established army garrisons for each region. In 1871, the Meiji Government also created the departments of Army and Navy within the Ministry of War.
On this occasion, we compiled a collection of terms related to the Imperial Army of Japan by focusing on the Meiji and Taisho periods. It covers the formation of Japan’s modern military, the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the Siberian Intervention. It is our hope that this new collection of JACAR Glossary will help you better understand the history of the Japanese army. Please note that this new collection does not cover the Showa era.
June 25, 2021
The Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) released a catalogue of English translations of historical terminology, with the cooperation of the Data Verification Committee* convened by JACAR. We hope this Japanese-English Bilingual Translations Collection will prove helpful. Please note that our translations collection is aimed at presenting standard translation of historical terminology and should not be seen as the official translation made by the Government of Japan.
*"Data Verification Committee": A committee composed of outside experts who verify and review the results of the work undertaken by JACAR in constructing its database (current chairperson: SHOJI Junichiro, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, National Institute for Defense Studies).
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records Japanese-English Bilingual Translations Collection
October 20, 2020
The September 30 edition of the JACAR Newsletter (Issue No. 32) contained certain several passages that required correction. Accordingly, the original issue has been withdrawn and replaced by a corrected edition that was released on October 13. Our apologies for any confusion that this has created.
April 10, 2020
Following the announcement of the emergency declaration concerning the novel coronaviruses (COVID-19), we will stop responding to inquiries by phone, e-mail, or form for the time being. It might take longer than usual to respond your inquiry. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding in advance.
June 4, 2019
This special exhibition focuses on the relationship between Japan and East Asia during the Meiji period. It spotlights the changes that occurred during those years at central and local government institutions—particularly those involved with diplomatic affairs—and at specialized educational institutions of all types, and also the work done to create and maintain the transportation, telecommunication, and manufacturing infrastructure at the time. The exhibition does this in order to explore the question of what kind of relations Japan built with the Western powers and its closest neighbors in Asia. Three of the thematic sections—"Map-Based Search," "Look at Regular Sea Routes," and "Look at Undersea Cables"—allow you to use a map to explore such matters as the distributions of diplomatic establishments abroad, lighthouses, and mines, and the state of work that was being done to establish regular sea routes and lay undersea communication cables. Through this map, you can search for materials related to the map listings at hand.
May 30, 2019
This web exhibition focuses on the Iwakura Mission, which the Japanese government dispatched for the purposes of getting acquainted with the peoples and governments of Western countries, holding diplomatic talks, and observing conditions in foreign lands. The website includes a search guide that visitors can use to more easily access items related to the Mission and a series of articles explaining the Mission’s historical background.
2019年04月19日
更新了以下的内容。
亚洲历史资料中心关键词汇总(日文)
2018年08月10日
更新了以下的内容。
亚洲历史资料中心关键词汇总(日文)
Febrary 01, 2018
This web exhibition looks at Japan's former colonies and occupied territories from the perspective of organizational changes in the governing institutions Japan established there, personnel movements among such institutions in the Japanese homeland and the former colonies and occupied territories, and the careers of bureaucrats who worked in the former colonies. Its specific goal is to shed light on what impact the existence of these former colonies and occupied territories had on Japan's government institutions and bureaucracy.
2018年01月22日
更新了以下的内容。
亚洲历史资料中心关键词汇总(日文)
2017年12月06日
更新了以下的内容。
亚洲历史资料中心关键词汇总(日文)
October 13, 2017
European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS) Conference in Oslo
The talk took place on September 15, 2017 between 9:45 AM and 10:15 AM
JACAR Researcher Hikari Mizusawa "Improving JACAR's Search System"
*The JACAR talk is 33 minutes long.
*The talk was conducted in Japanese.
December 22, 2016
Do you know that some of the current Japanese political, social and cultural practices are rooted in the prewar days or maintained in different ways from that period? This web exhibition introduces how people's life had been transformed from the prewar period to the postwar occupation by using public records of the government organizations, laws and ordinances.
2015年03月31日
网上特展 “A Window into the Early Showa Period -Shashin Shuho : Weekly Photographical Journal, 1938-1945-”现已正式开展。本次网上特展是把2007年3月开展的日文版「『写真週報』にみる昭和の世相」翻译成英文的。可以阅览在本中心的英文网站。
2015年03月24日
2014年05月27日
网上特展「图说甲午战争 ~锦绘,年画与公文书」现已正式开展。本次网上特展从筹划到制作公开,都是由本中心(亚洲历史资料中心)与大英图书馆通力合作完成。展品包括大英图书馆的甲午战争相关的版画收藏和本中心公开的甲午战争相关历史资料等。希望通过这些资料,呈现给大家那个年代的人们所绘,所记述的「甲午战争」。
2011年08月31日
亚洲历史资料中心的办公地点9月12日迁到下列地址。电话号码和传真号码也都改变。主页网址没有变更。
(亚洲历史资料中心只在互联网上公开数字化资料,不设置阅览室。)