Database of Information on Japanese
Since its foundation in 1948, the Institute has accumulated various research materials and information on Japanese in general, or those relating to Japanese language studies or teaching Japanese as a second or foreign language to non-natives. A project has been initiated to manage the preservation and use of such materials, which includes their classification, description and the digitization. The Database of Information on Japanese is being constructed as a part of this project for the dissemination of the information widely through internet.
http://www.kokken.go.jp/siryokan/
Contents of the Database include:
Research information
- Bibliographical database of Japanese language research journal articles(1954-2004, c.156,000 records)
- Bibliographical database of Japanese language research published overseas
Information regarding general language use in society
- Headline Database of Newspaper Articles relating to Japanese language and the use of language in our society. (1949-2007, c.137,000 records)
- Japanese Language Booklet Online in which trends in language issues are discussed based on analyses of general books, journals, and newspapers.
Digitized original research materials
- Image files of NIJLA reports.No.1– (in progress).
- Image files of maps from Language Atlas of Japanese (6 vols., 300 maps).
