Some free e-resources within Japanese studies

                                               General resources

• National Diet Library Digital Collection -国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション
• CiNii Research - cross search several types of academic materials, mainly Japanese language materials.
• IRDB - Japanese Institutional Repository over 700 universities and research institutions.
• J-Stage - Japanese Science and Technology Information Aggregator. Now it covers also humanities and social sciences. 
• e-Gav - official website of Gavernment of Japan                                           

                                                 Dictionaries

• Jisho Japanese-English dictionary by Jim Breen and managed by the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG). Around 170000 entries.  

• Weblio - covers more than 500 Japanese dictionaries

                                               Japanese studies

• Japan Past & Present - A global information hub and repository that promotes research and teaching in the Japanese humanities across disciplinary, temporal, and geographic border. Navigate from meny to find collaboratives, resources, projects, teaching aids, fundig etc.
• Council for Databases in the Humanities, Japan 人文系データベース協議会
• The World and Japan - National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Univeristy of Tokyo
• Japan Focus - The Asia-Pacific Journal
• Japan Lab - University of Texas at Austin
• Michigan University Library resource links - Ainu, Human rights, LGBTQ+, Labour relations, Okynawa Ryukyu, Satoyama etc.
• Resource HUB: Online resources for Japan Scholars - Japan Foundation

                                               Language

• Multi-database Search System for Historical Chinese Characters 史的文字データベース連携検索システム - Cross search system over two million historical Chinese characters from different organizations. 
• Center for Language Resource Development, NINJAL 言語資源開発センター　国立国語研究所
• Tofugu - Kanji learing programs
• Koji - 日本語史料のための軽量マークアップ言語
• グリフウィキ

                                               Religions

• SAT Daizôkyô Text Database 大正新脩大藏經 テキストデータベース
• Buddhist Studies Time Authority Databases
• Japanese Buddhist Statuary - A to Z photo dictionary
• Digital Dictionary of Buddhism 
• Dissemination of Research om Shonto and Japanese Culture - Kokugakuin University 
• Shinto Portal - Kokugakuin University                    

　　                                       Literature, history, art

• Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts 国書データベース
• Museum of Modern Japanese Literature - 日本近代文学館
• Aozora bunko 青空文庫 - Open Air Library. Several thousands of works of Japanese language fiction and non-fiction. These are copyright free resources.
• Digital Tale of Genji　- Aiming for a textual research platform for the Tale of Genji
• Overseas HEIAN literature information 海外へいあんぶんがく情報
• Jlit - Literary history, Japanes Author Index, Japanese calender etc.
• Japanese Literature in English - by Allison Markin Powell

• Cultural Japan - cross search of Japanese materials by museums, libraries etc. around the world.     

• Japan Search - a national portal platform for books, publication, official document etc.

• Historiographical Institute databases - 東京大学史料編纂所

• Japan Center for Asian Historical Records JACAR - アジ歴 

• Japanese Historical Text Initiative - University of California, Berkeley

• Khirin - Knowledgebase of Historical Resources in Institues - 国立歴史民俗博物館   

• Cultural Heritage Online 文化遺産オンライン           

• Gakufu navi - searh for music score

• H-Japan - Network on Japanese History and Culture

• 日本文学等テキストファイル

• Premodern Japanese Texts and Translations - by Michael Watson

• Selected Reference Sources on Edo-Period Illustrated Books - UCLA

                                                 Government and Statistics

• e-Stat - Portal site of official statistics of JapanCabinet office - Ministers, laws, white papers etc. 内閣府. White paper etc.
• Ministries and Agencies - Gavernment of Japan
• Kokkai gijiroku 国会議事録検索システム
• Statistics bureau of Japan
• Statistics & Other Data - Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
• White papers and other report - 白書、年次報告書 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
• Geospatial Information Authority (GSI) og Japan 国土地理院 - a short guire to GSI
• Diplomatic Blue books
• National Archives of Japan, Digital Archive
• National Institute of Science and Technology Polilcy 科学技術・学術政策研究所
• National Women's Education Center and other databases           
• 日本法令索引[明治前期編]　- National Diet Library                                               

                                                  Other resources

• Chiriin chizu 地理院地図 (GSI) - 地図閲覧サービス　Map over Japan
• Gaihozu Digital Archives 外邦図
• Japanese Historical Maps - University of California, Berkeley
• Constitutional Revision in Japan - research project 
• Center for informatics in East Asian Studies, Institute for Research in Humanities
• IDE JETRO digital archives　アジア経済研究所デジタルアーカイブス
• Media Arts Database - National Center for Art Research
• JFROL Japanese Film Resources Online
• Kyoto Univresity Rare Materilas Digital Archive
• Newspaper Clippings Collection - Kobe University Library
• NHK Archives - Archives of National Broadcast. NHK started 1953. 
• Research Navi - National Diet Library
• Reaearch Access for Japanese Museums, Libraries, and Archives - North America Coordinationg Council on Japanese Library Resources
• 写真原板データベース　日本写真家協会
• Resources for Tohoku disaster 11.3. 2011
• Mangapedia
• 新暦と旧暦の変換
• Unseen Japan 
• WAN - Women's Action Network