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China and Korea Related JACAR Digital Archive
Documents: Directions for Future Research and Archival
Service
TopicsWhat is JACAR?
Providing documents
Contributing to historians and policy makers
Digital archives established in Nov. 2001
Documents available for free access: over 22,000,000 images
Japan's past relationship with various neighboring Asian countries and regions
Spans from the beginning of the Meiji era to the end of the Pacific War (1868-1945)
What is JACAR ?
Cross archival search
What is JACAR ?
Cross archival search
What is JACAR ?
Search in EnglishSelecting - Subject titles - Keywords - Synonyms of keywords ex., “ 日中戦争” (“Sino-Japanese War”) ≒“ 支那事変” (“China incident“)
Japanese page is the best organized of offered languages
(JP, EN, CN, KR)
Example 1
Compilation of Miscellaneous Documents relating to Domestic Politics in various countries / China / relating to the Revolution Party (including refugee), Vol. 1, Ref. B03050063900 August. 31, 1898
Compilation of Miscellaneous Documents relating to Domestic Politics in various countries / China/ Local Vol. 42-2 , Ref. B03050148300 May. 9, 1925
Example 1
Uncivilized Tribes Investigation Report Ref. A06032548600 Mar., 30, 1920.
Example 2
Uncivilized Tribes Investigation Report Ref. A06032548600 Mar., 30, 1920.
Example 2
Progressing Korea, Ref. A06032012200, March, 31, 1942
Example 3
Progressing Korea, Ref. A06032012200, March, 31, 1942
Example 3
Contributions
Improving the quality of JACAR’s database: -Search precision
Increasing the number of providing documents:
-Providing “an international public good” for scholars and policy makers
Contributions
Improving the quality of JACAR’s database: -Search precision
Increasing the number of providing documents:
-Providing “an international public good” for scholars and policy makers
Number of Accessmillion thousan
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Collaboration
Extension of the JACAR database (targeting period)
Cross archival research
International network of digital archives
Place: Room 319B, Hawaii Convention CenterTime: 2:45PM-4:45PMPanel: #157 ‘Digital Archives and the Study
of Japanese Foreign Relations’ Panelists:
Dr. Robert Eskildsen, J. F. Oberlin UniversityProf. Takeshi Hamashita, Ryoukoku UniversityDr. Ken Kotani, National Institute for Defense StudiesProf. Kanji Akagi, Keio University
See you at the AAS tomorrow