Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) is a digital archive of Asian historical records.
JACAR has built and operates an online database for releasing Asian historical records, that are historical documents of Japan concerning to the modern Japanese relations with other countries, particularly those in Asia. The documents of the archive are provided by the National Archives of Japan, the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and the National Institute for Defense Studies of the Ministry of Defense of Japan.NEWS RELEASE
Links to Document Holding Institutions
- National Archives of Japan
- Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Center for Military History, the National Institute for Defense Studies, Ministry of Defense
- University of the Ryukyus Library
- The Institute for Economic and Business Research Shiga University
- Hokkaido Prefectural Library
- Archives of Hokkaido
- Kobe University Library
- Research Support Office, Faculty of Economics, Oita University
- Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
- The Oriental Library (Toyo Bunko)
- Japan Press Research Institute
- Yamaguchi University Library（under construction）