JACAR Newsletter
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Number.48～Number.40▼
JACAR Newsletter Number 48 (August 15, 2025)
- Special Feature (1) : National Archives of Japan, 2025, “International Archives Week” Commemorative Lectures: Talk Synopsis Recording the “End of the War” – Dr. HATANO Sumio, Director-General, JACAR
- Special Feature (2) : Document Incineration at the End of the War: A Case Study of the Army – HASEGAWA Yūya, Assistant Researcher, JACAR
- Information on Newly Released Documents – Documents released on April 18, 2025, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Editor’s Postscript
JACAR Newsletter Number 47 (July 18, 2025)
- Special Feature (1) : The “Skirmishing” Ahead of the Battle of Tsushima: The Efforts by Diplomatic Officials to Gather Information about the Baltic Fleet
- Special Feature (2) : The Battle of Tsushima and Okinoshima
- Special Feature (3) : The Actual Conditions of Russian POWs as Seen in “Matsuyama Suiyōkai kiji”, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 46 (March 27, 2025)
- Special Feature (1) : Special Contribution: The “Modern and Contemporary East Asian Records” Collection at Yamaguchi University Library and Its Significance for the JACAR Database – MATSUSHIGE Mitsuhiro, Professor, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University
- Special Feature (2) : The 130th anniversary of the Treaty of peace between Japan and China (“Treaty of Shimonoseki”) – The Hidden Side of the Battle between Japan and China: Shedding Light on Korea – YAKUBO Noriyoshi, Assistant Researcher, JACAR and SAITŌ Ryōko, Assistant Researcher, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 45 (December 26, 2024)
- Special Feature : An Introduction to ‘Postwar Diplomatic Records’ from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Part 1) – HATANO Sumio, Director-General of JACAR
- (Appendix) Catalog of “Postwar Diplomatic Records” provided to JACAR by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 44 (July 30, 2024)
- Special Feature (1) : Commemorating the Issuance of New Banknotes:The “Faces” of the New Notes as Seen through JACAR – MIZOI Satoshi, Researcher, JACAR
- Special Feature (2) : Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: Insights from the JACAR Database – KATO Souichiro, Assistant Researcher, JACAR, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 43 (March 27,2024)
- Special Feature : Tracing Memories of the Imphal Campaign in Nagaland, Northeast India – Interview with WATABE Haruna, University of Delhi Doctoral Student
- Documents Spotlight : The 1936 Winter Olympics and Skaters – MATSUURA Akiko, JACAR Researcher, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 42 (December 27, 2023)
- Documents Spotlight (1) : 150 Years of Post Office Postcards – MAEKAWA Yuta, JACAR Assistant Researcher
- Documents Spotlight (2) : The Korean War and Japan – SAITO Ryoko, JACAR Assistant Researcher, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 41 (September 30,2023)
- Documents Spotlight : A Century Since It Happened: The Great Kantō Earthquake and Diplomacy – JACAR Assistant Researcher MIZOI Satoshi
- Outreach Activities : Participation in a Workshop Held at Nanjing University, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 40 (March 31, 2023)
- Documents Spotlight : Seventy Years Since Reversion to Japan: Retracing the History of the Amami Islands with JACAR Documents – JACAR Researcher MIZOI Satoshi, etc.
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JACAR Newsletter Number 39 (December 28, 2022)
- Report : JACAR Seminar (3rd) Held (Report), etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 38 (August 31, 2022)
- Special Feature : Interview with painter TSUE Taiyo
- Report : Report on the Second JACAR Seminar, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 37 (March 31, 2022)
- Report : JACAR Online Seminar (1st) Held Report : JACAR Director-General Hatano Sumio video interview released, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 36 (Dcember 28, 2021)
- Report : Symposium Commemorating – the 20th Anniversary of the Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 35 (August 25, 2021)
- Special Feature : The Japan Center for Asian Historical Records 20th Anniversary Symposium
- Special Feature : Updates of the Japan Center for Asian Historical Records database, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 34 (March 31, 2021)
- Special Feature : Encountering JACAR – Yūjirō Murata, Dōshisha University, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 33 (January 20, 2021)
- Special Feature : The Spanish Flu in Japan: What We Can Learn from JACAR’s Archival Records on Infectious Diseases – Yasuhiro Kawano, Assistant Researcher, JACAR
- Documents Spotlight : The March 1st Movement and the Governor-General of Korea – Ryoko Saito, Assistant Researcher, JACAR, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 32 (September 30, 2020)
- Special Feature : Message from Director-General Sumio Hatano – Sumio Hatano, Director General, JACAR
- Documents Spotlight : Japan and the Founding of the League of Nations: The Process of Appointing Japanese as Staff at the Permanent Secretariat – Kenji Banjō, Assistant Researcher, JACAR, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 31 (March 31, 2020)
- Documents Spotlight : The Cowra Breakout – Koichi Tsuchida, Senior Specialist for Archival Affairs, JACAR
- Information on Related Document Holdings : Digitization Initiatives in Thailand, Digitization Initiatives in China
- Outreach Activities, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 30 (December 19, 2019)
- Documents Spotlight : Asakusa Olympia : The Tourist Attraction That Never Was – Kazuki Matsumoto, Assistant Researcher, JACAR, etc.
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JACAR Newsletter Number 29 (June 28, 2019)
- Documents Spotlight : Manchukuo’s International Relations: Manchukuo-Recognition Problem and Foreign Missions – Taikan Oono, Researcher, JACAR
- Information on Related Document Holdings – U.S. / India / Poland
- Outreach Activities, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 28 (March 28, 2019)
- Reports from JACAR Users : Usage examples of JACAR for History of Sagamihara City – Inoue Yasushi, Sagamihara City Museum
- Reports from JACAR Users : Sagamihara's Military Town Plan – Kikuchihara Koichi, Sagamihara Municipal Archives
- Outreach Activities, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 27 (January 31, 2019)
- Documents Spotlight : Reading the Diary of Satō Tomigorō: A Journey Back over Seven Decades – Ōkawa Shiori, Assistant Resesarcher, JACAR, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 26 (June 29, 2018)
- Documents Spotlight : The Ninth and a Japanese POW Camp for German Soldiers: Nearing the Centennial of the First Performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Japan – Ryo Nakano, Researcher, JACAR
- Documents Spotlight : Musicians Who Can Be Encountered in JACAR Documents – Akiko Matsuura, Researcher, JACAR
- Outreach Activities, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 25 (March 30, 2018)
- Documents Spotlight : "A Survey of Documents Related to Meiji Ishin Overseas" – Ryosuke Asai, Researcher, JACAR
- Information on Related Document Holdings : Portugal / Norway, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 24 (December 25, 2017)
- Documents Spotlight "War at Kodomonokuni (“Children’s Land”):From Munitions Depot to Amusement Park" – Hikari Mizusawa, Researcher, JACAR
- Outreach Activities : Publicity Work
- Information on Related Document Holdings :
The Condition of Japan Related Materials in Korea －National Library of Korea / National Archives of Korea / National Institute of Korean History
The Condition of Japan Related Materials in Thailand －The National Archives of Thailand, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 23 (August 24, 2017)
- Documents Spotlight : "Evacuation, Incineration, Requisition, and Return of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Documents" – Risa Ishimoto, Assistant Researcher at JACAR
- Reports from JACAR Users – Kazuhiko Anzai, former Japanese Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Outreach Activities : Publicity Work
- Information on Related Document Holdings :
The Condition of Japan Related Materials in Canada －Library and Archives Canada (LAC) / The Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH) of the Department of National Defence (DND) / University of Toronto Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 22 (March 15, 2017)
- Documents Spotlight : "Japanese Immigrants in Seattle" – Muneaki Hirano, Researcher at JACAR
- Outreach Activities : Publicity Work / Visitors
- Information on Related Document Holdings :
The Condition of Japan Related Materials in Japan
－Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University / The Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum / The Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives
The Condition of Japan Related Materials in Europe
－The National Archives of Romania
－Freie Universität of Berlin Campus Library / Political Archive of Federal Foreign Office / Berlin State Library, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 21 (December 07, 2016)
- Documents Spotlight : "Learning about Prewar Diplomatic Telegrams and Official Notes" – Katsumasa Maruo, Senior Specialist for Archival Affairs at JACAR
- Outreach Activities : Publicity Work
- Information on Related Document Holdings : "The Condition of Japan Related Materials in the United States of America"
– Suzzallo and Allen Library and East Asia Library, University of Washington
– The National Archives at Seattle
– The Boeing Archives, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 20 (July 28, 2016)
- Documents Spotlight : "The Olympic Games and Japan" – Daisuke Hayashi, Researcher at JACAR
- Outreach Activities (Reports, Publicity Work, Visitors）
- Information on Related Document Holdings : (United States、Taiwan、Japan), etc.
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JACAR Newsletter Number 19 (February 04, 2016)
- Documents Spotlight : "Mentaiko and the Japanese People" – Yasuaki Maruyama, Inspector at JACAR
- Reports from JACAR Users – Kanako Fujino, Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library
- Outreach Activities（Publicity Work, Visitors）, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 18 (October 13, 2015)
- Reports from JACAR Users – KOSUGE Nobuko, Professor, Yamanashi Gakuin University, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 17 (May 5, 2015)
- Documents Spotlight : "Japanese Imperial Army and Navy's Disaster Relief Efforts (警備救護) after the Sakurajima Eruption" – HAMADA Hidetake, Inspector at JACAR
- Reports from JACAR Users – NAKAMURA Munetaka, Kanagawa Prefectural Archives
- Outreach Activities（Reports, Publicity Work, Visitors）
- Information on Related Document Holdings : "The Condition of Japan Related Materials in the United Kingdom", etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 16 (January 15, 2015)
- Documents Spotlight : "Introduction of South Manchurian Railway Company Related Documents" – ONO Taikan, Researcher at JACAR
- Reports from JACAR Users – Ion SCUMPIERU former diplomat, Bucharest-Romania
- Outreach Activities (Reports, Publicity Work, Visitors)
- Information on Related Document Holdings : "The Condition of Japan Related Materials in Singapore", etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 15 (Augst 8, 2014)
- Documents Spotlight : "How to search records including Photographs, a Map and Drawings"
- Reports from JACAR Users – MURAMATSU Genta, Center for the History of Meiji University
- Outreach Activities（Reports, Publicity Work, Visitors）
- Information on Related Document Holdings : "The Condition of Japan Related Materials in the United States of America", etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 14 (April 24, 2014)
- Greetings by the New Director-General – HATANO Sumio
- Message from the Ex-Director-Genaral – HIRANO Kenichiro, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 13 (March 27, 2014)
- Documents Spotlight : "How to trace your ancestry through "Butai Rekisi""
- Reports from JACAR Users – HARIMOTO Takako, Hikari City Library
- Outreach Activities (Reports, Publicity Work, Visitors)
- Information on Related Document Holdings : "The Condition of Japan Related Materials in Taiwan", etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 12 (December 11, 2013)
- Documents Spotlight : "Encounter with Captain Moriya Koyu" – HIRANO Kenichiro
- Outreach Activities （Reports, Publicity Work, Visitors）, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 11 (Aug 15, 2013)
- New Search and Browse Functionality via University of the Ryukyus Library Miyara Dunchi Collection
- New Refined Feature Searches by Language and by Included Photographs, Maps, and Illustrations
- Report on Presentation and Booth at the 2013 Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia
- JACAR’s Outreach Activities, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 10 (May 10 , 2013)
- New Entry in “Topics from JACAR” (Japanese only)
- Renewal of “Document List for Social Studies” (Japanese only)
- Association for Asian Studies 2013 Annual Conference
- JACAR’s Outreach Activities, etc.
Number.9～Number.1▼
JACAR Newsletter Number 9 (February 8, 2013)
- Internet Special Exhibition Update
- The 14th Library Fair & Forum at Pacifico Yokohama
- JACAR’s Outreach Activities, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 8 (May 10 , 2013)
- International Council on Archives Conference
- European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists Conference
- JACAR’s Outreach Activities, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 7 (July 2, 2012)
- New JACAR Introductory Movie Released
- Update on Internet Special Exhibition
- Information on JACAR’s Advisory Committee
- JACAR’s Outreach Activities, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 6 (March 28, 2012)
- Report on JACAR’s 10th Anniversary Symposium: “Retrospect and Prospect －The 10 Years of JACAR”
- Information on new JACAR leaflets
- Report on public activities, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 5 (November 16, 2011)
- JACAR updated its system on September 27, improving search and browse features
- Seats are available for the International Symposium on JACAR’s 10th Anniversary
- New documents are released
- JACAR has moved its office, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 4 (May 10 , 2013)
- JACAR Testimonials
- The latest internet exhibition : “Disasters and Resiliency: as seen in official documents”
- Participation in Annual Meeting of the Directors of Public Archives
- Search for bibliographic usage of JACAR documents
- Office relocation to Hongo, Tokyo
- Citing JACAR’s resources, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 3 (May 10 , 2013)
- Report on AAS / CEAL annual conference meetings in Hawaii
- JACAR website given facelift and new features added, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 2 (May 10 , 2013)
- Statement by the Director-General : JACAR‟s Response to the Earthquakes and Tsunami Disaster in Japan, etc.
JACAR Newsletter Number 1 (May 10 , 2013)
- Greetings from the Director-General on Releasing the Inaugural Issue: Celebrating our 10th anniversary, etc.