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Trial access to The Japan Times Digital Archive
By Sarah Gilmore, on 28 February 2025
UCL has trial access to The Japan Times Digital Archive until 31st March 2025.
The Japan Times Digital Archive contains every published issue, from March 1897 to present (approx. 500,000 pages), including special supplements going back to the 1890s.
The Japan Times was launched on March 22, 1897 during the Meiji era. This was a time when Japanese society experienced political, social, and industrial revolution, from being an isolated feudal society to emerging as a great power on the world stage. Fundamental changes took place, to social structures, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The Japan Times has offered a unique point-of-view, different from other Japanese language newspapers, since its first issue. This is a rare resource of English language media during the Meiji and Taishō eras.
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