Other Information
Information on web exhibition releases or updates, newsletter publications, and staff recruitment.
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JACAR Newsletter No.35 Released (August 25, 2021)
August 25, 2021
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 35th 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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Dr. HATANO Sumio, Director-General of Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, received the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation Award for 2021. (August 20, 2021)
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.
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The JACAR Glossary website "Japan's Army During the Meiji and Taishō Eras, 1868–1926" updated (July 26, 2021)
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:
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Japan Center for Asian Historical Records released JACAR Glossary "Japan's Army during the Meiji and Taisho Eras". (June 29, 2021)
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.
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JACAR released Japanese-English Bilingual Translations Collection. (June 25, 2021)
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).
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JACAR Newsletter No.34 Released (March 31,2021)
March 31, 2021
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 34th 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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JACAR Newsletter No.33 Released (January 20, 2021)
January 20, 2021
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 33th 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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JACAR Newsletter No.32 Released (September 30, 2020 *Re-posted on October 20)
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.
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JACAR Newsletter No.31 Released (March 31, 2020)
March 31, 2020
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 31th 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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JACAR Newsletter No.30 Released (December 19, 2019)
December 19, 2019
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 30th issue is now available on this website.
We have recently completely revamped the layout of the JACAR Newsletter with the goal of creating a better cross-platform experience that is easy to read on personal computers, smartphones, and tablet devices. We hope you enjoy the new look.
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JACAR Newsletter No.29 Released (June 28, 2019)
June 28, 2019
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 29th 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 “Meiji Japan's Contributions to Asia as Seen in Archival Records: Foreign Relations Infrastructure and the Foreign Policy Network” released.（June 3, 2019）
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.
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Special web exhibition "The Iwakura Mission: Tracking 150 People Who Crossed the Oceans" goes online. (May 30, 2019)
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.
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JACAR Dictionary Search Updated (April 19, 2019)
April 19, 2019
The following content has been updated:
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JACAR Newsletter No.28 Released (March 28, 2019)
March 28, 2019
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 28th 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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JACAR Newsletter No.27 Released (January 31, 2019)
January 31, 2019
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 27th 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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JACAR Dictionary Search Updated (August 10, 2018)
August 10, 2018
The following content has been updated:
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JACAR Newsletter No.26 Released (June 29, 2018)
June 29, 2018
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 26th 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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JACAR Newsletter No.25 Released (March 30, 2018)
March 30, 2018
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 25th 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 "Homeland and Overseas, as Seen in Archival Records: Personnel Changes around Former Colonies and Occupied Territories" released. (January 31, 2018)
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.
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JACAR Dictionary Search Updated (January 22, 2018)
January 22, 2018
The following content has been updated:
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JACAR Newsletter No.24 Released (December 24, 2017)
December 24, 2017
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 24th 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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JACAR Dictionary Search Released (December 06, 2017)
December 06, 2017
The following content has been updated:
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2017 EAJRS Conference in Oslo Talk Released Online: "Improving JACAR's Search System" (October 13, 2017)
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.
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JACAR Newsletter No.23 Released (August 24, 2017)
August 24, 2017
JACAR periodically sends an email magazine to subscribers informing them of our endeavors and undertakings. The 23rd 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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English adviser recruitment(June 28, 2017)The offer for recruitment has been closed.June 28, 2017
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JACAR Newsletter No.22 Released (March 15, 2017)
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.
→The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives
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.
→The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives
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.
→The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives
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.
→The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives
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.
→The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives
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.
→The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ： as seen in prints and archives
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
