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News links

There are many news sources, but unfortunately, most of the information is provided in Japanese. Here are selected news links in English.

Most useful, recent news page on Japanese politics in English

• News on Japan (General news synthesis): Politics wire reports
• Japan Today's News on Politics

Major Japanese Newspaper in English

• Asahi.com: Newspaper compnany that has the largest circulation.
• Yomiuri online
• Mainichi daily news
• Nikkei.net interactive: Emphasis on economic and financial stories. Economy and Politics page is here.
• Japan Times: Newspaper for English readers in Japan.

Other news sites in English

• Kyodo News
• NHK online daily news: NHK is a public broadcast. News are avialable in streaming videos.
• Yahoo! News on Japan: Links to top articles by reputable sources
• Glocom Platform: Japanese Institute of Global Communications' web page
• Bloomburg's Japan followup
• BBC's news on Asia Pacific
• Financial Time's Japan Survey (2001)
• New York Times' Asia Pacific page

Journals in English

• Japan Echo: English-translated essays and papers by politicians, higher-ranked bureaucrats and academic figures
• Economist's Country briefings of Japan
• Social Science Japan Journal (SSJJ): Refereed academic journals run by the University of Tokyo. If you are a UBC studnet, sign in from here.
• Japanese Journal of Political Science (JJPS): Refereed academic journals on political science. If you are a UBC student, sign in from here.
• Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies (EJCJS): Online academic journals.
• Summary Report (1995-2000) of Japan Economic Institute of America
• Far Eastern Economic Review

News in Japanese

• Asahi.com： 政治 --> Asahi Kikuzo II Visual (Searchable Asahi Shimbun News Article Database 1945-) is now available via UBC Library!!
• Yomiuri Online： 政治
• 毎日.jp： 政治
• Nikkei Net： 政治
• Yahoo! Japan 政治ニュース
• 47 News: 共同ニュース（共同通信）
• 日本テレビ：日テレニュース24
• テレビ朝日：サンデープロジェクト

Journals and magazines in Japanese

• JMPA（日本雑誌協会）の雑誌種類別リンク
• AERA（目次のみ）
• 東洋経済（目次のみ）