Kizuko II Visual for Libraries – Trial ended 30 Oct 2015

Kikuzo II Visual, an online commercial database of the Asahi Shimbun, was widely refurbished in April 2010. By adding image data of the pages printed during the Meiji, the Taisho and the early Showa periods, it became one of the largest newspaper databases of Japan, and presently contains more than 13 million items of the articles and the advertisements of the paper since its first issue in 1879. Full-text searching is available for post-1985 articles.

This trial can accommodate two (2) simultaneous users.

Please send additional comments to Chiaki Sakai.

Kikuzo Premium Value Pack – Trial ended 31 March 2014

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.

Please send additional comments to Chiaki Sakai.

*Premium Value Pack includes:

  • Asahi Shimbun from 1985 to present, Shukan Asahi, AERA
  • Asahi Shimbun Reduced-size Facsimile Edition (post-war Showa period 1945 to 1989.)
  • Contemporary Dictionary Chiezo
  • Who’s Who Database
  • Historical Photo Archive
  • Pre-war 1926 to 1945 Database
  • Meiji + Taisho Era Database
  • Asahi Graph