Japanese Studies
Selected information resources on Japanese Studies at University of Michigan.
Portal for databases - Humanities and Social Science
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Japan Data catalog for the Humanities and Social ScienceSearch available open access data sets in Japan.
Pre-modern text data sets
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日本古典籍データセットCenter for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
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日本古典籍くずし字データセットCenter for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
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小倉百人一首(国文学研究資料館所蔵)「小倉百人一首」の画像へのリンクと翻刻をデータ化
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江戸料理レシピデータセットCenter for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
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武鑑全集 Bukan zenshuComplete set of Kansei bukan 寛政武鑑. Center for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
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顔貌コレクション(顔コレ)美術作品に登場する顔の表現 Center for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
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Seal Script Dataset 篆書字体データセットCenter for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
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Data set Modern magazines『東洋学芸雑誌 (第1号-第87号) 』 『国民之友 (第1号-第140号) 』 『明六雑誌 (第1号-第43号) 』Kindai-OCR at the Center for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
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Kindai-OCROCR system for recognizing modern Japanese magazines Center for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
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Ogihan Nikki database 小城藩日記Database and Data sets. The Center for Regional Culture and History, Saga University, Japan.
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Pre-modern texts at the National Institute for Japanese Language and LiteratureCheck a list of data sets available at this institute. New data sets are added.
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歴史地名データNational Institutes for the Humanities
Modern texts data
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近代学芸雑誌 データ「東洋学芸雑誌」「明六雑誌」「国民之友」(as of Sept. 2018)
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言語資料・音声資料コーパス/データベースNational Institute for Japanese Language and Literature
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Aozora bunko data setsModern literature
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朝日新聞単語ベクトル data set朝日新聞記事(1984年8月2017年8月)に掲載された記事のうち、約800万記事(延べ23億単語)をもちいて学習した単語ベクトル。as of December/2021 Contact the Asahi for the use of data and the fee.
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日本経済新聞記事テキストデータサービスContact the Nikkei for the use of data and the fee.
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Corpus of Japanese Dialects:COJADS日本語諸方言コーパス National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics.
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Glossed Audio Corpus of Ainu FolkloreNational Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
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Transkribusa comprehensive platform for the digitisation, AI-powered text recognition, transcription and searching of historical documents.
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Miike Mine StampsThe stamps were extracted from a large compendium of historical documents from the Japanese company Mitsui Mi’ike Mine.
Image data
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IIIF Curation Platform IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework)Center for Open Data in the Humanities
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IIIF Discovery in JapanIIIF画像検索システム
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What is IIIF? {IIIF に関する日本語情報の私的なまとめ」"digitalnagasaki" by Kiyonori Nagasaki, Senior Fellow at International Institute for Digital Humanities, Japan.
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Index of the Mitsui Mi’ike Mine Archivethe University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Humanities
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NDL LabDatabase of digitized text material from the Meiji Era onwards, from the National Diet Library. Provides bibliographic data and scanned page images.
Social Science・Political Science data sets
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e-Stat Statistics of JapanPortal Site for Japanese Government Statistics.
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Data,Go.jpData sets by governmental, public, and NPO institutions.
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Miripoミクロデータ利用のためのポータルサイトMicrodata from e-Stat https://www.e-stat.go.jp/
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Stratification and Social psychology - SSP projectComprehensive Survey of Social Inequality in Contemporary Japan at the University of Osaka Graduate School of Human sciences.
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Research Centre for Information an Statistics of Social Science (RCISSS)RCISSS 一橋大学経済研究所社会科学統計情報センターattached to the Institute of Economic Research (IER) 一橋大学経済研究所.一橋大学経済研究所社会科学統計情報センター
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Institute of Economic Research (IER)一橋大学経済研究所
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Institute of Social and Economic Research大阪大学社会経済研究所
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Panel Data Research Center at Keio University慶應大学パネルデータ設計・解析センター
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Research Center for Japanese General Social Surveys (JGSS Research Center)Osaka University of Commerce 大阪商業大学
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Rikyo University Data ArchiveData related social life in Japan.
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Japanese Electoral Study (JES) 投票行動研究会Center of Civil Society: Inter-university Consortium for Social Sciences (CCS-ICSS)
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The UTokyo-Asahi Survey (UTAS)Election survey "conducted by Masaki Taniguchi of the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo and the Asahi Shimbun". 東京大学谷口研究室・朝日新聞共同調査. 政治家・有権者を対象としたアンケート調査.
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2015年SSM調査研究 社会階層と社会移動調査「研究報告書」2015年社会階層と社会移動調査研究会 University of Tokyo
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National SecurityMinistiry of Defense budget - statistic included in the "概要".
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Public opinion 世論調査(内閣府)CSV files after 2018.
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「政治参加と民主政治」山田真裕著”Shirizu Nihon no seiji”, vol. 4, 2015. ”offers a comprehensive overview of the social science literature on political participation, defined not only as voting in elections, but also involvement in election campaigns, local citizens movements, labor strikes, and demonstrations. " (Kenneth Mori MCELWAIN,https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyy028)
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GIS, Map and Statistics: Japan - Research GuideU-M Library Research Guide
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Geoshape"Geoshape repository is a data repository of releasing geometry of geographic features. It includes "Historical Administrative Boundaries Dataset Beta Version," that shows the historical change of administrative boundaries since 1920."
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データ&ランキング (U-M only)日経新聞調査 Search in Nikkei Telecom 21 database データ&ランキング
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Social Science and statisticsresearch guide link to databases
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Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)provides "a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset that reflects the complexity of the concept of democracy as a system of rule that goes beyond the simple presence of elections." V-Dem Institute University of Gothenburg
Newspaper data (please contact librarian)
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Asahi shinbun newspaper(commercial products)
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朝日新聞単語ベクトル朝日新聞記事(1984年8月2017年8月)に掲載された記事のうち、約800万記事(延べ23億単語)をもちいて学習した単語ベクトル。Contact the Asahi for the use of datasets. (commercial product)
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Asahi 朝日新聞メディア開発センターInformation about AI at Asashi Shinbun, etc.
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Nikkei newsNikkei Media Marketing (commercial products)
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Mainichi shinbun / Yomiuri shinbunNichigai Associate (commercial products)
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「現代における全国紙の内容分析の有効性」樋口耕一
Data repositories
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Japan Dataverse - Harverd DataverseSearch data related to Japan. Harvard University.
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Deep Blue DataUniversity of Michigan Library
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GESIS Leibniz-Institut fur SozialwissenchaftenGESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences from over 70 countries.
Data Science / Data management in Japan
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研究データ基盤整備と国際展開ワーキング・グループ報告書内閣府 国際的動向を踏まえたオープンサイエンスの推進に関する検討会
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Data ReportsMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry
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NII Research Cloud overviewNational Institute of Informatics
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Recent Trends of Japanese Social Science DataYasuyuki MINAMIYAMA (National Institute of Informatics) presentaton at the 2020 March Council of East Asia Libraries.
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Kyoto Universisty Research Data support system京都大学図書館機構 > 研究データの公開支援
Last Updated: Nov 25, 2025 1:59 PM
Subjects: International Studies