Asian Resources in the Japan Center for Asian

Asian Resources in the Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) Hidehiko Hamada (Deputy Director – General, JACAR ) CEAL Committee on Public Service Sheraton Chicago Hotels & Towers (Chicago Ballroom 10) March 25, 2009/3/25 1

Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) : Established on Nov. 30, 2001 Utilize the most advanced technology with the aim of providing anyone the means to peruse, print, and download image-data of records at anytime, from anywhere, at no charge. 2009/3/25 2

Full-fledged digital archive • Digitalized images of historical records and database of cataloged informationaccessible through the Internet. • At the start of 2009, approximately 17, 500, 000 images had been made available to the public. (every year, 2, 000~3, 000 images) • By 2012, the goal is to have released 30, 000 images. 2009/3/25 3

Website Features • Digital archive accessible without user registration. Website, in addition, includes English, Chinese, and Korean interfaces (though search is only available in Japanese and English). • Documental materials (primarily government documents) date from the Meiji Era to the end of the Second World War. 2009/3/25 4

Documents made public in 2008 (example) “Sento Shoho” (“Detailed Battle Engagement Report” ) “Record of International Military Tribunal for the Far East” 2009/3/25 5

“Sento Shoho” “Battleship Yamato Detailed Engagement Report” (ref. no. C 08030564900) p. 52 2009/3/25 6

“Record of International Military Tribunal for the Far East” (ref. no. A 08071243700) p. 4 2009/3/25 7

• Number of web users has ranged daily from 2000 to 2500 people. (most recently) • Roughly eighty percent of high school teachers did not know JACAR. (according to an awareness survey) • Accordingly, from the end of last year, we are putting forth effort to demonstrate our presence to this demographic. 2009/3/25 8

JACAR’s Public Relations activities Key activities of this term • Concise JACAR • Ad-poster • Movie file 2009/3/25 9

Top page of JACAR website Download Dj. Vu Plug-in 下� Dj. Vu Plug-in 다 운로드 2009/3/25 10

Top page of JACAR website Search 阅览资料 자료열람 2009/3/25 On-site exhibitions 特别站 특별전 11

Top page (Chinese, Korean) Chinese 2009/3/25 Korean 12

Search screen Top page in Chinese → Japanese 2009/3/25 Top page in Korean → English 13

Search result screen 2009/3/25 14

Treaties of amity between Japan and Qing Reference Code A 03023009200 (p. 68～ translated into Chinese) 2009/3/25 15

Catalog display screen Reference Code 查询编码 2009/3/25 Reference Code 레퍼런스 코드 16

・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of Chinese Communist Party ・Japanese-Korean pamphlet, involved in Soviet publication (Problem concerning Korean Revolution) 2009/3/25 17

・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of Chinese Communist Party ・Japanese-Korean pamphlet, involved in Soviet publication (Problem concerning Korean Revolution) 2009/3/25 18

・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of Chinese Communist Party ・Collection of literature on east problems 2009/3/25 19

・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of Chinese Communist Party ・Collection of literature on east problems 2009/3/25 20