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Politics in Japan: Articles Databases

GOVT 296/ CEAS 296: This introductory course begins with an overview of the Japanese political system: its historical origins, institutional structures, and main actors. The course then moves on to explore specific policy areas.

ILLiad - Interlibrary Loan Services for requesting articles the library does not have

If you find an article that you would like access to but the library does not have it in print or online full text, you can request it through Interlibrary loan (ILL).

Find Articles in English

Academic Search Premier  A scholarly, multidisciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for 10,000+ publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and others. Also includes full-text access to 5,000+ journals.    
ABI/INFORM Collection Journal articles, working papers, and dissertations in business, finance, management, accounting, advertising, banking, insurance, marketing, public administration, real estate, and telecommunications.1991-current.  
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) Citations from Western-language journal articles, review articles, conference proceedings and chapters in edited volumes and Festschriften published anywhere in the world that deal with East, Southeast and South Asia and with the overseas Asian communities.1971-current, with more expansive coverage1992-current. 
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Indexes all federal government publications from 1976 to the present, including publications which we do have in our library but which may be available in other Depositories. 
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)  
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. 
Digital National Security Archive  Search Japan related.

JACAR - Japan Center for Asian Historical Records
This site provides access to official documents of the Japanese Cabinet, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the Army and Navy. 
Japan Times Archive
Japan Knowledge Library  
JSTOR 
PAIS International  
Project MUSE - Premium Collection  
Web of Science  
Covers over 10,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 110,000 conference proceedings.
The World and Japan 

Hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo, the site provides access to four databases: "Japanese Politics and International Relations," "Chronology of the 20th and 21st Centuries," "Foreign Policy of Asia-Pacific Countries," and "Abbreviations for International Relations."

Find Articles in Japanese

  • CiNii Articles
    Academic journals and bulletins. Use title, author, journal name or keywords to search Japanese academic articles published in academic society journals, university research bulletins or articles included in the National Diet Library's Japanese Periodicals Index Database.
  • NDL periodical index search (国立国会図書館雑誌記事索引検索)
    Academic AND popular magazines. Search the index of magazine/journal articles held at National Diet Library. This function is available through the NDL Search. Go to the "Advanced Search" tab and check ONLY the "NDL Periodical Index" box for the database. Search interface is also available in Japanese, Chinese (simplified) and Korean. (When using Japanese interface, go to the ”詳細検索" tab and tick "NDL雑誌記事索引").
  • Bibliography of Oriental Studies (東洋学文献類目検索)
    Search bibliographic information of journal articles and books included in the Annual Bibliography of Oriental Studies (東洋学文献類目検索) published by the Center for Informatics in East Asian Studies, Institute for Research in Humanities at Kyoto University. Two publicly available databases combine to cover the contents of the 1934 first issue to the present.