Kikuzo is a newspaper database for Asahi shinbun containing 12 million articles (as of Aug. 2010) published from 1879 to present. It also includes articles from the weekly magazines Aera as well as Shūkan Asahi, from the annual new-word dictionary Chiezō, Asahi shinbun jinbutsu dētabēsu, and Aashi shinbun rekishi shashin ākaibu.

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• Asahi Shimbun from 1985 to present, Shukan Asahi, AERA
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• Contemporary Dictionary Chiezo
• Who’s Who Database
• Historical Photo Archive
• Pre-war 1926 to 1945 Database
• Meiji + Taisho Era Database
• Asahi Graph