Newspaper Archives
Guide
Here you'll find a list of newspapers to which the Central Library subscribes. The latest issue of each newspaper is available in the 3rd floor newspaper area (except for those not available in a print edition.)
Below is a guide to the archives for various newspaper categories, including daily publications with a nationwide circulation in Japan, as well as trade, sports, foreign-language, local, and campus newspapers.
National Newspapers
Trade Journals
The latest issue of each newspaper is available in the 3rd floor newspaper area.
Print editions are kept at the 5th floor stacks counter.
| Periodical name | Print edition |
|---|---|
| Reduced-size edition | |
| Archived reduced-size edition | |
| Call number | |
| Database (see Notes) | |
| Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Five years of back issues: 3rd floor newspaper area | |
| 1987–6 years ago | |
| S07-N6, 7th floor, main stack room | |
| Nikkei Telecom | |
| Nikkei MJ | None |
| Five years of back issues: 3rd floor newspaper area | |
| 1989–6 years ago | |
| S07-N7, 7th floor, main stack room | |
| Nikkei Telecom | |
| Nikkei Kinyu Shimbun | None |
| 1993–2008 | |
| S07-N8, 7th floor, main stack room | |
| Nikkei Telecom | |
| Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (S07-N3) | Short-term storage (three months) |
| CD-ROM: Apr. 2003–present, 5th floor stacks counter | |
| Oct. 1961–Mar. 2003 Dec. 1969 and Jan. 1970 missing |
|
| S07-N3, 7th floor, main stack room | |
| Factiva.com | |
| FujiSankei Business.i (Nihon Kogyo Shimbun) |
Short-term storage (three months) |
| None | |
| None | |
| - | |
| Factiva.com | |
| Nikkei Veritas | Short-term storage (three months) |
| None | |
| None | |
| - | |
| None | |
| Sankei Express | Short-term storage (three months) |
| None | |
| None | |
| - | |
| None | |
| Zenshigaku Shimbun (S07-Z1) | Short-term storage (three months) |
| None | |
| Print edition 1976–1979 | |
| S07-Z1, stack no.11 | |
| None | |
| Nihon Kyoiku Shimbun (S07-N9) | None |
| 2011–2014 : 3rd floor newspaper area | |
| 1991–2010 | |
| S07-N9, 7th floor, main stack room | |
| None |
- Go directly to the database to check the date ranges that can be searched or browsed in the database.
- Databases can also be accessed from off campus. However, an academic user ID and password are required. See Databases (Off-Campus Use) for access.
- For details on how to access material on microfilm, microfiche, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM media, contact the 3rd floor main counter.
- Articles that appeared in regional editions may not be included.
Sports Newspapers
The latest issue of each newspaper is available in the 3rd floor newspaper area.
Print editions are kept at the 5th floor stacks counter.
| Periodical name (call number) | Print edition | Database (see Notes) |
|---|---|---|
| Nikkan Sports | Short-term storage (three months) | Factiva.com |
| Sports Nippon | Short-term storage (three months) | None |
| Daily Sports | Short-term storage (three months) | Factiva.com |
| Sankei Sports | Short-term storage (three months) | Factiva.com |
- Go directly to the database to check the date ranges that can be searched or browsed in the database.
- Databases can also be accessed from off campus. However, an academic user ID and password are required. See Databases (Off-Campus Use) for access.
Foreign-Language Newspapers
The latest issue of each newspaper is available in the 3rd floor newspaper area.
Print editions are kept at the 5th floor stacks counter.
"None" in the "Print edition" field indicates that the library does not currently have a subscription to the print edition.
| Periodical name (call number) | Print edition |
|---|---|
| Back issue | |
| Database (see Notes) | |
| The Japan Times / International New York Times | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Factiva.com | |
| The Japan News*1 | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Factiva.com, Yomidas Rekishikan | |
| The New York Times (Z07-O3) | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Micro: 1946–1990, 1991 (Jan.–Mar.) | |
| Factiva.com | |
| The Times (Z07-T3) | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Micro: 1788–1966 | |
| The Times Digital Archive 1785–1985 Factiva.com |
|
| Le Figaro | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Micro: 1936 | |
| Factiva.com | |
| Suddeutsche Zeitung | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Factiva.com | |
| People's Daily (international edition) (S07-J5) | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Factiva.com | |
| People's Daily (S07-J59) | Short-term storage (three months) |
| DVD-ROM: 1946–2004, 3rd floor main counter Micro: 1946–1976, special material stack room |
|
| Xinmin Evening News | Short-term storage (three months) |
| China Times | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Factiva.com | |
| Dong-a Ilbo | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Factiva.com | |
| Bungei-ho (S92-B1) | Short-term storage (three months) |
| 1952–1966, stack no. 11 | |
| Ryugakusei Shimbun | Short-term storage (three months) |
| Die Zeit (Z07-Z1) | None |
| Micro: 1965–1970, special material stack room | |
| Factiva.com | |
| Le Monde (Z07-M29) | None |
| Micro: 1945–1990, special material stack room | |
| Factiva.com | |
| Wall Street Journal (Z67-W1) | None |
| Dec. 1905, 1906–1950; 7th floor main stack room | |
| Factiva.com | |
| The Wall Street Journal Western ed. (Z67-W1) |
None |
| Micro: 1986–1988, 1989 (Jan.–May), special material stack room | |
| Factiva.com | |
| The Wall Street Journal Eastern ed. (Z67-W1) |
None |
| Micro: 1968–1976, 1977 (Mar.–Aug.), 1978 (Jun.–Dec.), 1979–1981, 1982 (Jan.–Jun.), 1989–2010; special material stack room | |
| Factiva.com |
- 1: Name changed from the Daily Yomiuri.
- Go directly to the database to check the date ranges that can be searched or browsed in the database.
- Databases can also be accessed from off campus. However, an academic user ID and password are required. See Databases (Off-Campus Use) for access.
- For details on how to access material on microfilm, microfiche, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM media, contact the 3rd floor main counter.
- Articles that appeared in regional editions may not be included.
- Database is not accessible by alumni or the general public.
Local Newspapers
Back issues are in short-term storage (three months only), kept at the 5th floor stacks counter.
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Kanto, Koshinetsu | Hokuriku, Tokai |
|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido Shimbun ★ | Shimotsuke Shimbun ★ | Kitanippon Shimbun ★ |
| To-o Nippo ★ | Saitama Shimbun | Hokkoku Shimbun ★ |
| Iwate Nippo ★ | Tokyo Shimbun ★ | Hokuriku Chunichi Shimbun |
| Akita Sakigake Shimpo ★ | Jomo Shimbun ★ | Fukui Shimbun |
| Yamagata Shimbun ★ | Ibaraki Shimbun ★ | Shizuoka Shimbun ★ |
| Fukushima Minyu | Chiba Nippo | Chunichi Shimbun ★ |
| Kahoku Shimpo ★ | Kanagawa Shimbun | Gifu Shimbun ★ |
| Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun ★ | Ise Shimbun | |
| Shinano Mainichi Shimbun ★ | ||
| Niigata Nippo |
| Kinki | Chugoku, Shikoku | Kyushu, Okinawa |
|---|---|---|
| Kyoto Shimbun ★ | San-in Chuo Shimpo | Nishinippon Shimbun ★ |
| Kobe Shimbun ★ | Nihonkai Shimbun | Saga Shimbun ★ |
| Osaka Nichinichi Shimbun | Sanyo Shimbun ★ | Nagasaki Shimbun ★ |
| Nara Shimbun | Chugoku Shimbun | Oita Godo Shimbun |
| Kinan Shimbun | Yamaguchi Shimbun | Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun ★ |
| Kii Minpo | Shikoku Shimbun ★ | Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun ★ |
| Tokushima Shimbun | Minami-Nippon Shimbun | |
| Ehime Shimbun | Okinawa Times | |
| Kochi Shimbun |
Newspapers flagged with the ★ symbol can also be viewed via the Factiva.com database. (The date ranges that can be searched or browsed vary depending on the newspaper.)
To-o Nippo, Izu Shimbun, and Ryukyu Shimpo can also be viewed via the Factiva.com database. (The date ranges that can be searched or browsed vary depending on the newspaper.)
Access to Factiva.com is also available off-campus. Click here for off-campus access.
Kindai University Campus Newspapers
The latest issue of each newspaper is available in the 3rd floor newspaper area.
Back issues are kept at the 5th floor stacks counter.
| Periodical name | Back issue | Database |
|---|---|---|
| Kinki Daigaku Shimbun | Short-term storage (12 months) Note: Reduced-size editions from 1974 to 2004 (call number S07-K5) are available in the 7th floor main stack room |
None |
| The Kinki Times | Short-term storage (12 months) Note: Print editions from 1955 to 1978 (call number Z07-K1) are available in stack no. 11. |
None |
| Kindai Sports | Short-term storage (12 months) | None |
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