Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search Access information. Access on and off campus. Description. Access to the current issues as well as the complete archive of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. Issues from 1985 to the present are available as full text and are full-text searchable; Pre-1985 issues back to 1879 (Meiji 12) when the newspaper was first published are available in facsimile format. Within this facsimile content, most of the articles that can be searched using keywords are from the newspaper editions published in Tokyo, but pages from the editions published in Osaka are also stored, so it is possible to compare the two editions with different content by searching on publication date. The database also contains articles from the magazines 'AERA' and 'Shukan Asahi'. Furthermore, the Historical Photo Archive, a database of approximately 10 thousand photographic records mostly taken in Asia during the World War II period, is available as well. English-language News Database, Asahi Graph, Who's Who database, Image Database of Regional pages, Overseas Editions and Contemporary Words Chiezo are also available. Note: Previous platform of Asahi Shimbun Kikuzo - off campus access requires access via the VPN This article was published on 2024-08-21
