China and Korea Related JACAR Digital Archive Documents: Directions for Future Research and Archival Service
Topics What is JACAR? Providing documents Contributing to historians and policy makers
Digital archives established in Nov Documents available for free access: over 22,000,000 images Japan's past relationship with various neighboring Asian countries and regions Spans from the beginning of the Meiji era to the end of the Pacific War ( ) What is JACAR ?
Cross archival search JACAR National Archives of Japan The Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs National Institute for Defense Studies of the Ministry of Defense What is JACAR ?
Cross archival search JACAR Other governmental documents Diplomatic notes Military-related documents What is JACAR ?
Search in English Selecting - Subject titles - Keywords - Synonyms of keywords ex., (Sino-Japanese War) (China incident) Japanese page is the best organized of offered languages (JP, EN, CN, KR)
Example 1 Compilation of Miscellaneous Documents relating to Domestic Politics in various countries / China / relating to the Revolution Party (including refugee), Vol. 1, Ref. B August. 31, 1898
Compilation of Miscellaneous Documents relating to Domestic Politics in various countries / China/ Local Vol. 42-2, Ref. B May. 9, 1925 Example 1
Uncivilized Tribes Investigation Report Ref. A Mar., 30, Example 2
Uncivilized Tribes Investigation Report Ref. A Mar., 30, Example 2
Progressing Korea, Ref. A , March, 31, 1942 Example 3
Progressing Korea, Ref. A , March, 31, 1942 Example 3
Contributions Improving the quality of JACARs database: -Search precision Increasing the number of providing documents: -Providing an international public good for scholars and policy makers
Contributions Improving the quality of JACARs database: -Search precision Increasing the number of providing documents: -Providing an international public good for scholars and policy makers
Number of Access millionthousand
Collaboration Extension of the JACAR database (targeting period) Cross archival research International network of digital archives
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