Links to references

: 学会名鑑

Research Societies, People, and Databases jpn

Gakkai Meikan, or the scholarly society directory, presents information concerning major Japanese scholarly societies who work in cooperation with the Science Council of Japan. It lists basic information about activities, such as the number of members, frequency of publication, and meetings

: Webcat Plus

Research Societies, People, and Databases jpn

: Resesarchmap

Research Societies, People, and Databases eng

Researchmap is a directory of researchers in Japan. It lists most of the researchers working at universities, national research institutions, and some private institutions. It also accepts registration from graduate students by request. At times, the directory contains duplications and out-dated information

: 地域研究コンソーシアム

Research Societies, People, and Databases eng

The Japan Consortium for Area Studies consists of institutions and organisations that focus on areal studies. Its list of members (navigation links in sidebar: ‘About the Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JACS)’ » ‘Members’) can also be used as a collection of links to institutions and organisations

: CiNii

Research Societies, People, and Databases eng

CiNii is a bibliographic database service for scholarly literature published in Japan; it mainly contains post-WWII journal articles and bibliographical records from university libraries’ catalogues. CiNii is comprised of CiNii Articles and CiNii Books. Depending on the circumstances, CiNii Articles can provide full text articles (sometimes through local repositories).

: 日本思想史文献データベース検索

Research Societies, People, and Databases jpn

The Database of Japanese Intellectual History contains bibliographical information regarding Japanese intellectual history, from antiquity to the present day, published after 1965; data covers widely for example religions and ideologies. The interface can be changed into English by clicking the language link on the left hand side of the screen

: JICA研究所

Domestic and International Affairs, Research Societies, People, and Databases eng

JICA Research Institute, a research section of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, focuses on supporting developing countries. The institute provides its publications as well as some data sets. A multimedia page releases podcast programmes about the world economy, ODA, and future strategies