MINNEAPOLIS, USA. January 22, 2020 – A full-image/full-text digital archive of The Japan News, an English-language daily published by The Yomiuri Shimbun in Japan, is now available from East View.

Launched in 1955, The Japan News is a proverbial roadmap documenting the rapid change that transformed postwar Japan—once the juggernaut of the Pacific—for Asian studies students and scholars who may not be able to read Japanese.

The Japan News capitalizes on the unparalleled editorial prowess of renowned publication The Yomiuri Shimbun (読売新聞), a leading Japanese newspaper with one of the largest circulations in the world, to deliver international and Japanese news content from a Japanese perspective, all in English. This coming April will mark the 65th anniversary since The Yomiuri Shimbun started publishing an English-language newspaper.

The Japan News Digital Archive (1955-2019) features 300,000 pages of full page-level digitization with original graphics and text (including advertisements) that is 100% browsable and searchable on the East View Global Press Archive^® platform. It includes every issue of the paper published under a variety of masthead names.

“The Japan News Digital Archive has finally made it possible to find any story from all the pages printed over the last 65 years,” said Fumihiro Kitayama, Managing Editor of The Japan News. “I believe this newly-launched archive from East View will serve as a valuable resource for researchers and students of the Japanese and Asian Studies and their understanding of the Japanese society and culture.”

To learn more or to request a free trial, please contact your East View representative or see www.eastview.com/japan-news.

About Global Press Archive

East View Global Press Archive^® (GPA) is a groundbreaking program from East View Information Services to create the most comprehensive collection of digital news sources from around the world. GPA is the result of a landmark initiative of Stanford Libraries and the Hoover Institution Library & Archives to digitally preserve and make more accessible thousands of original print newspaper publications collected by the Hoover Institution and now housed by Stanford Libraries. Over time, GPA will present thousands of global newspapers as searchable online archives, covering a diverse range of languages and countries. Learn more at www.eastview.com/gpa.