Web Directory

» 100 Years of Japanese Motoring
   Provides little known history of the start of motorized transportation in Japan.
   http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~iwat/

» Ao's Japan
   Overview and introduction to attractions, temples and shrines, brief guide of major cities, history, nuclear radiation and environmental issues.
   http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/aoh/

» Aspects of Japanese Shipping History
   Outlines trends in the development of Japan's commercial shipping prior to World War I. Argues that the promotion of the industry was undertaken primarily not for commercial, but for strategic imperialist reasons.
   http://ideas.repec.org/p/cep/stijsp/376.html

» Business and Politics in Early 20th Century Japan
   Seeks to clarify the contributions and limitations of Japanese business diplomacy. Argues that Japanese business diplomacy, was insufficiently influential to prevent political and military conflict.
   http://ideas.repec.org/p/cep/stijsp/429.html

» Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1889)
   Full text in English of Japan's former constitution, from Hanover University.
   http://history.hanover.edu/texts/1889con.htm

» Dancing People are Happy People
   Essay on the introduction of square dancing to the people of Nagasaki in 1946 and its increase of social mixing between sexes and cultures.
   http://www.uwosh.edu/home_pages/faculty_staff/earns/niblo.html

» Emperor Hirohito in 20th Century History: The Debate Rekindles
   Examines a new debate on Hirohito and his role in WWII and history, and as at once a product and an active agent of Japan's modern historical process.
   http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp92.html

» Fukuzawa Yukichi
   Short college essay on Fukuzawa, who was one of the Meiji Era's most influential figures.
   http://www.zombiezodiac.com/rob/fukuzawa.htm

» Great Japanese Inventors in History
   List and description of several Meiji Era Japanese inventors, with descriptions of in their creations and biographies.
   http://www.batfa.com/greatjapanese.html

» Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
   Essay on Hirohito and the Japanese government coming to grips with Japan's decision to go to war and their post-war relationship with the United States.
   http://www.jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op17.html

» History Textbook Controversies in Japan
   Provides full-text access to the ERIC Digest of this name which looks at Japanese textbooks and how they cover Japanese history from the early 20th Century.
   http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/japan.htm

» History of Cultural Relations Between Europe and Japan
   Sources, data, tables, texts related to the history of Euro-Japanese interchange, from Prof. Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu.
   http://www.flc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~michel/serv/eujap/

» History of Japanese Railways
   Chronological listing of railroads from 1872 to 1907 (the first line, redcap, women employed, and horsedrawn). A few illustrations, including a print of an 1870s train.
   http://www.rtri.or.jp/japanrail/History1_E.html

» Imperial Japanese Navy Page
   Contains pictures of former vessels in the wartime navy, as well as information on their guns, torpedoes, sensors, names, and officers.
   http://www.combinedfleet.com/

» Japan 1868
   Site on relations between France and Japan in 1867-1869.
   http://membres.multimania.fr/japon1868/

» Japan Center for Asian Historical Records
   Provides electronic access to digital images of historical records about modern Japan-Asia relations held by Japanese national institutions. Includes records held by the National Archives of Japan, the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign A
   http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/index.html

» Japanese Historical Text Initiative
   Digitized, searchable database of important Japanese historical documents, with English translations. Includes ancient chronicles such as the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, medieval stories such as Okagami, and documents of the modern Japanese state such as Koku
   http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/JHTI/

» Japanese History
   History of Japan. Overview, and ancient to modern Japan
   http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html

» Japanese History Documentation Project
   Includes an encyclopedia, introduction to Japanese history, and booklists.
   http://www.openhistory.org/jhdp/

» Japanese Militarism & Diaoyutai (Senkaku) Island
   Essay by a Kyoto University professor attacking Japanese nationalism and asserting that the Diaoyutai islands are rightfully China's.
   http://www.skycitygallery.com/japan/diaohist.html

» Largest Cities in Japan: Population from 1890
   Shows populations in major Japanese cities every decade from 1890.
   http://www.demographia.com/db-jp-city1940.htm

» MIT Visualizing Cultures -- Japan
   Visual culture (art, photography, video, etc) of Japan since the mid-19th century. The aim of the collection, created by Pulitzer-Prize winner John Dower, is to gain new perspectives on "cultures" in the broadest sense. "Cultures" include Westernization,
   http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/home/

» Manifestations of Gender Distinction in the Japanese Language
   Explains historical development of the Japanese language and diversity of its gender specific constructs and their usage.
   http://www.coolest.com/jpfm.htm

» Nengo Dates
   Offers quick conversion from the traditional Japanese calendar system from 1868 to the Gregorian calendar.
   http://www.lioncoins.com/dates.htm

» Politics and the Economy in Pre-War Japan
   Discusses the influences that led to the economic policies pursued in the interwar period.
   http://ideas.repec.org/p/cep/stijsp/381.html

» Secret of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto)
   Overview of history and discovery of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto), one of the territories still disputed between Japan and Russia.
   http://www.karafuto.com/

» The Confusion Era
   Describes postwar American involvement in remodeling Japanese society, along with pictures of several posters used for information and propaganda.
   http://educate.si.edu/migrations/sackler/salthome.html

» The Currency Museum
   Bank of Japan virtual museum exhibit of old currency in Japan, as well as money used during Japan's colonial empire.
   http://www.imes.boj.or.jp/cm/english_htmls/index.htm

» Timeline of Japanese History
   Brief outline of historical periods from the Jomon Period to the present.
   http://www.askasia.org/teachers/essays/essay.php?no=131/

» Whale Meat in the Traditional Japanese Diet
   From the Jomon period to 1987.
   http://luna.pos.to/whale/jwa_trad.html