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Current newspapers available in Komaba Library

Komaba library subscribes to the following daily newspapers.
The recent newspapers can be found on the 1st-floor lounge of Komaba Library. 
They are not cataloged in the OPAC.
Most newspapers are disposed of after a certain period.

  • 朝日新聞 Asahi Shinbun
  • 毎日新聞 Mainichi Shinbun
  • 日本経済新聞 Nihon Keizai Shinbun
  • 読売新聞 Yomiuri Shinbun
  • 産経新聞 Sankei Shinbun
  • 東京新聞 Tokyo Shinbun
  • 日刊スポーツ Nikkan Sports
  • The Japan Times
  • International New York Times
  • 人民日報 People's Daily
  • 東亜日報 The Dong-a Ilbo

Reduced Size Edition

The reduced size edition of the back issues of Asahi Shinbun (Tokyo Version), Mainichi Shinbun, Nihon Keizai Shinbun, and Yomiuri Shinbun are available on the 3rd floor of the Komaba Library.

Newspaper Articles Available Online

Some newspaper articles are available on the Internet or in databases.

Access them from Database List.

  • Japanese newspapers
    • Asahi Shimbun Digital News Archives "KIKUZOU II Visual"
    • Maisaku (Mainichi Shinbun)
    • Yomidasu Rekishikan (Yomiuri Shinbun)
    • Nikkei Telecom 21 (Nikkei Newspapers; Nihon Keizai Shinbun, Nikkei Sangyo Shinbun, Nikkei MJ) 
  • International newspapers
    • pressreader
    • LexisNexis Academic

Newspapers located out of Komaba Library

  • Current Holdings of Newspapers in the University of Tokyo Library System (in Japanese) 
    URL:http://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/library/contents/newspaper
  • Multi-media and Socio-Information Studies Archive, affiliated with Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies / Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
    Many newspapers are located in the Multi-media and Socio-Information Studies Archive, affiliated with Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies / Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies in the Hongo Campus.http://www.center.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english
  • National Union Catalog of Newspaper (available through NDL Search)
    http://iss.ndl.go.jp/?locale=en

    The National Diet Library serves this catalog database.
    You can search for the institutions that hold the newspaper and see the list of newspapers they own.

University of Tokyo News Paper (Tokyo Daigaku Sinbun)

The recent issues of the University of Tokyo News Papers are located on the 1st-floor lounge of Komaba Library, and the bound issues are located on the 3rd floor reduced size edition newspaper corner.