Other Information
Information on web exhibitions releases or updates, newsletter publication, or employment of new staff.
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March 15, 2017
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 22nd issue is now available on this website. If you are not yet subscribed and wish to be, please let us know.
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A special web exhibition "Japan's Wartime and Postwar Periods Recorded: Transformation of Japan's Governance Structure" Updated.(March 03, 2017)
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A special web exhibition "Japan's Wartime and Postwar Periods Recorded: Transformation of Japan's Governance Structure" released.(December 22, 2016)
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.
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JACAR Newsletter No.21 Released(December 7, 2016)
December 7, 2016
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 21st issue is now available on this website. If you are not yet subscribed and wish to be, please let us know.
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A special web exhibition “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated(September 01, 2016)
September 01, 2016
A special web exhibition co-produced by JACAR and the British Library “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated.
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JACAR Newsletter No.20 Released(July 28, 2016)
July 28, 2016
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 20th issue is now available on this website. If you are not yet subscribed and wish to be, please let us know.
A special web exhibition “Post-World War Two： Demobilization and Repatriation” released.(February 24, 2016)
February 24, 2016
If you are struggling to find the right search term for a JACAR archival record, try using our navigation system's topic search feature. You can browse by subject and can also find documents from chronological tables, maps, and organizational information.
A special web exhibition “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated(Aug 03, 2015)
Aug 03, 2015
A special web exhibition co-produced by JACAR and the British Library “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated.
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A special web exhibition “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated(Jun 23, 2015)
Jun 23, 2015
A special web exhibition co-produced by JACAR and the British Library “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated.
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A special web exhibition “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated(Apr 22, 2015)
Apr 22, 2015
A special web exhibition co-produced by JACAR and the British Library “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated.
→The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives
A special web exhibition “A Window into the Early Showa Period -Shashin Shuho : Weekly Photographical Journal, 1938-1945-” released(Mar 31, 2015)
Mar 31, 2015
A special English web exhibition “A Window into the Early Showa Period -Shashin Shuho : Weekly Photographical Journal, 1938-1945-” is released. Shashin Shuho (Weekly Photographical Journal) was founded by the Cabinet Intelligence Department of Japan in February 1938. This pictorial magazine was published almost weekly for more than seven years until the 375th volume in July 1945. This exhibition traces a society, people's life and transition of the wars in the early Showa period Japan by numerous photographic articles on this journal, along with various related documents.
→A Window into the Early Showa Period -Shashin Shuho : Weekly Photographical Journal, 1938-1945-
A special web exhibition “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated(Mar 24, 2015)
Mar 24, 2015
A special web exhibition co-produced by JACAR and the British Library “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated.
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A special web exhibition “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated(Jan 20, 2015)
Jan 20, 2015
A special web exhibition co-produced by JACAR and the British Library “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated.
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A special web exhibition “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated(Sep 10, 2014)
Sep 10, 2014
A special web exhibition co-produced by JACAR and the British Library “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” updated.
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A special web exhibition co-produced by JACAR and the British Library “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” released.(May 27, 2014)
May 27, 2014
A special web exhibition “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives” released. This web exhibition has been produced as a collaboration between JACAR and the British Library. Its aim is to bring together the collection of prints of the Sino-Japanese War held by the British Library and documents made public by JACAR to show how the events of the Sino-Japanese War were depicted and recorded by the people of the time.
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Report on 10th Anniversary Symposium(November 29, 2011)
November 29, 2011
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) held its 10th anniversary symposium, “Retrospect and Prospect: the 10 Years of JACAR,” at Waseda University on November 18, 2011. Download this PDF for a report of the event along with a synopsis of speeches notably given by Columbia University Professor Emeritus Donald Keene, Former Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda, President of the National Archives of Japan Masaya Takayama, and Cabinet Office Minister Parliamentary Secretary Yasuhiro Sonoda.
Office Relocation to Hongo, Tokyo(August 31, 2011)
August 31, 2011
On September 12th, JACAR’s office will relocate to the address below. While our telephone and fax numbers will change, our homepage will not. Please note that on our premises there will no longer be a document browsing room, as we provide all our digitalized documents online.
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)
National Archives of Japan Independent Administrative Institution
Sumitomo Fudosan Hongo Bldg., 10F
22-5, Hongosanchome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033
Tel: +81-(0)3-5805-8801
Fax: +81-(0)3-5805-8804
Homepage:http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/index.html
