- 1937 Nanking Massacre
Includes graphic photos from the Nanking Massacres.
www.nanking-massacre.com
- 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Historic_Earthquakes/Hyogo_ken_Nanbu__Japan___January_17__1995
- 1995 Subway Gas Attack@
dir.yahoo.com/.../20th_Century/1990s
- A-Bomb Dome@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Hiroshima/Entertainment_and_Arts
- A-Bomb WWW Museum
Includes a description of the first atomic bomb, photos from the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, and interviews with A-bomb survivors.
www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB
- Advanced Japanese Destroyers of World War II
Examines the Fubuki and their successors.
www.friesian.com/destroy.htm
- Ainu Museum
Cultural education facility dedicated to the transmission, preservation, research, and study of Ainu culture.
www.ainu-museum.or.jp
- Asian Women's Fund (AWF)
Its primary aim is to extend atonement and support to those who suffered as wartime comfort women.
www.awf.or.jp
- Association for the Advancement of Liberalist View of History
Addresses topics in modern Japanese history, such as WWII war crimes, comfort women, post-war reparations, and race relations.
www.jiyuu-shikan.org/e/index.html
- Asuka Historical Museum
Devoted to the dynasty the ruled Japan from 593 to 710. Features palace ruins and museum housing period pottery, scrolls, and historical texts.
www.asukanet.gr.jp
- Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
Offers a brief description of the destruction provoked by the atomic bomb in Nagasaki.
www.csi.ad.jp/suzuhari-es/1000cranes/nagasaki/index.html
- Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by The Manhattan Engineer District, June 29, 1946
Report describing the effects of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. From the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/abomb/mpmenu.htm
- Basho, Matsuo (1644-1694)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Poets/Basho__Matsuo__1644_1694_
- BBC News: Scarred by History - The Rape of Nanjing
2005 article covering one of the great atrocities of modern times and those who fight the Japanese government to recognize true accounts.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/223038.stm
- Black Ships & Samurai
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Exhibit from MIT examines the first encounter between Americans and Japanese in 1853.
ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027j/black_ships_and_samurai/bss_intro.html
- Bushido: The Way of the Warrior
Explains the development of the traditional code of the Japanese samurai.
mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/bushido/bindex.html
- Buson, Taniguchi (Yosa) (1715-1783)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Poets/Buson__Taniguchi__Yosa___1715_1783_
- Center for Research on Japan's War Responsibility (JWRC)
Includes information about textbook controversy, comfort women, and other topics. Publishes quarterly journal.
www.jca.ax.apc.org/JWRC/center/english/index-english.htm
- Chinese Alliance for Commemoration of the Sino-Japanese War Victims
Collecting materials on the suffering and losses incurred by the Chinese people in the second Sino-Japanese War as well as raising people's awareness of Japanese militarism.
www.ww2.org.hk
- Comfort Women
Explores the stories of people forced to serve as comfort women for the Japanese army during WWII.
research.unc.edu/endeavors/win97/comfortl.html
- Comfort Women: A History of Trauma
Focuses on the experiences of Taiwanese women.
taiwan.yam.org.tw/womenweb/conf_women/index_e.html
- Comfort Women: A Web Reference
Links to items about the women who were held in sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
userwww.sfsu.edu/~soh/cw-links.htm
- Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1889)
Text of Japan's first European-style constitution, which established the Diet while maintaining the sovereignty of the emperor.
history.hanover.edu/texts/1889con.html
- Contemporary Japan: The Meiji Restoration and Modernization
Covers the development of Japan into an industrial, capitalist state on Western models.
afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/modernhist/meiji.html
- Crown Princess Masako
Facts, profile, and links from Who2.com.
www.who2.com/princessmasako.html
- Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
Text of the 1920 book featuring three 11th century diaries: the Sarashina Diary, the diary of Murasaki Shikibu, and the diary of Izumi Shikibu.
digital.library.upenn.edu/women/omori/court/court.html
- Dissident Voice: Rape of Nanking Reloaded
Article containing statements made by Professor Higashinakano of the Asia University in Japan about factual fabrications in the Nanking Massacre.
www.dissidentvoice.org/June04/Fiyouzat0623.htm
- Documents Relating to the Development of the Atomic Bomb and its use on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Links to primary and secondary sources regarding the bombing of Hiroshima.
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hiroshim.htm
- Enola Gay and the Bombing of Hiroshima in World World II
Official site of Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay. Includes bio of Tibbets, specs of the Enola Gay B-29, overview of the event of Aug. 6, 1945, and more.
www.theenolagay.com
- Family Japanese-POW
Information, mailing list, and links on the Hellships by John Lewis.
www.west-point.org/family/japanese-pow
- Famous Women of Japanese History
Brief profiles of Hôjô Masako, Oichi, Tokuko (Kenrei-Mon-In), and Tomoe Gozen.
samurai.bigsitecity.com/women.html
- Fukuoka City History
Highlights temples, shines, and ruins.
universiade.fjct.fit.ac.jp/en/fukuoka/history.html
- GenerAsian at NYU: Belittlement of Lost Lives
Article covering the ongoing debate over the Nanking Massacre.
www.nyu.edu/clubs/generasian/fall00/News/nanking_massacre_2.htm
- H-Japan
Forum to discuss Japanese history, culture, religion, and society.
www.h-net.org/~japan
- H-US-Japan
Edited, international, nonpartisan list enabling researchers of Japan-U.S. relations to exchange opinions about the significance of current affairs and historical events.
www.h-net.org/~usjp
- Hagakure@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Tsunetomo__Yamamoto__1659___/Hagakure
- Hideyoshi, Toyotomi (1537-1598)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Hideyoshi__Toyotomi__1537_1598_
- Hiro's Home Page
Offers a guide for tourists to the city of Hiroshima and the Chugoku Area, as well as pictures and history of damage caused by the atomic bomb in 1945.
mothra.rerf.or.jp
- Hirohito (1901-1989)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Royalty/Hirohito__1901_1989_
- Hiroshima Archive
Study guide to the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, featuring a gallery of postwar photographs and links to related resources.
www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA
- Hiroshima Peace Park@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Travel_and_Transportation/Points_of_Interest
- Hiroshima Peace Site
An appeal from the city of Hiroshima for a lasting world peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons. Includes historical information about the Hiroshima bombing.
www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp
- Hiroshima: Was it Necessary?
Argues that the atomic bombing on Hiroshima was probably unnecessary. Includes a bibliography and a letter from historians to the Smithsonian about the controversial Enola Gay exhibit.
www.doug-long.com
- Immortal Geisha
Presents history and traditions of geisha, including notes on the differences between geiko and maiko, the stages of a maiko's training, and geisha makeup and hairstyles. Immortal Geisha also features 1917 Miyako Odori (Cherry Dance) programmes from Kyoto.
www.immortalgeisha.com
- Iris Chang's Errors in 'The Rape of Nanking'
Questions some of the information reported by Iris Chang in The Rape of Nanking. Includes population, burial, and historical evidence.
www.jiyuu-shikan.org/nanjing
- Israelites Came To Ancient Japan
Theories about how things in Japan have relation to the ten lost tribes of Israel.
www5.ocn.ne.jp/~magi9/isracame.htm
- Issa, Kobayashi (1763-1827)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Poets/Issa__Kobayashi__1763_1827_
- Japan-Guide.com: Samurai
Basic historical information on the members of the military class, the Japanese warriors.
www.japan-guide.com/e/e2127.html
- Japanese Army's Atrocities - Nanjing Massacre
Online archive of historical documents related to the Nanjing Massacre.
www.cnd.org/NJMassacre
- Japanese Aviation & Military Web Ring
Association of web sites dedicated to the study of Japanese Aviation & Military history until 1945.
www.j-aircraft.com/jring
- Japanese Export Furniture
Examines the production and export of hybrid furniture based on Eastern and Western ideas during the Meiji Period.
www.euronet.nl/users/artnv/japanexport.html
- Japanese Modern State Formation
Briefly describes the end of the Tokugawa period and the highlights of the Meiji Restoration.
www.emayzine.com/lectures/JAPmeiji.html
- Japanese Tanks and Vehicles
Photos of Japanese tanks and trucks from World War II.
2ch.kakiko.com/syasin/in.htm
- Japanese War Crimes
www.centurychina.com/wiihist
- Kansai Digital Archives
Text about and photos of tangible and intangible cultural assets in the Kansai area; focus is on historic temples and shrines.
www.kiis.or.jp/kansaida/index-e.html
- Kinuko Memorial
In loving memory of a wife and survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima, who dedicated to her efforts to promote a nuclear-free world.
www.members.shaw.ca/kinukomemorial
- Komachi, Ono no (c.833-857)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Poets/Komachi__Ono_no__c_833_857_
- Kusado Sengen
Excavated medieval town in Japan.
www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~suzuki-y/index_e.html
- Kyuba no Michi: The Way of Horse and Bow
Covers the origins of the samurai, Bushido, traditional weapons, and art as well as quotes and stories of famous samurai.
victorian.fortunecity.com/duchamp/410/main.html
- Making History: Meiji Japan and the West
Describes the West's opinion of Meiji imperialism from the annexation of the Kingdom of the Ryukyus in 1879 to the annexation of Korea in 1910.
www.themargins.net/bib/front/intro4.htm
- Meiji Period, The
Uses text, photographs, and illustrations to describe the evolution of Japan from a feudal society to a world power during the reign of the Emperor Meiji, 1868-1912.
www.taisho.com
- Meiji Period: Satsuma Rebellion
Describes the events that led Saigo Takamori to resign from the government and become the leader of the seven-month rebellion, also known as the Seinan War and the War of the Southwest.
www.taisho.com/satsuma.html
- Meiji Restoration/Revolution
Provides an overview of Meiji-era economic reforms and photos of its leaders, including Emperor Meiji, Ito Hirobumi, Matsukata Masayoshi, and Kido Takayoshi.
www2.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/meiji.htm
- MetroActive News & Issues: The Rape of Nanking
Interview with author Iris Chang about her book The Rape of Nanking and her work trying to bring details of Japanese war crimes in China to light.
www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.12.96/cover/china1-9650.html
- Militarism, Colonialism, and the Trafficking of Women: Comfort Women Forced into Sexual Labor for Japanese Soldiers
From the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars.
csf.colorado.edu/bcas/sample/comfdoc.htm
- Military Sexual Slavery by Japan
Includes reports and pictures of the victims.
uripeace.ce.ro
- Modern History Sourcebook: Okuma: From Fifty Years of New Japan, 1907-08
Excerpt from Shigenobu Okuma's chronicle of Japan's progress towards modernization.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1908okuma.html
- Modern History Sourcebook: The Nanking Massacre - 1937
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/nanking.html
- Morita, Akio (1921-1999)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../20th_Century/People
- Musashi, Miyamoto (1584-1645)@
Learn about Miyamoto Musashi, the master swordsman and author of the renowned Go Rin No Sho. Sites offer biography, important events of his life, as well as annotations and the translation of the Book of the Five Rings.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Martial_Artists/Musashi__Miyamoto__1584_1645_
- Museum Meiji-mura
Open-air museum preserving and exhibiting Japanese architecture of the Meiji period (1868-1912). Includes map, photos, and visitor information.
www.meijimura.com
- Museum of The Little Prince in Hakone, The
Museum dedicated to Antoine de Saint-Exupery and his story, The Little Prince. Includes a virtual tour.
www.tbs.co.jp/l-prince/en
- Nagasaki in the Meiji Restoration
Examines the relationship between the Choshu statesman Kido Takayoshi and the British arms merchant Thomas Blake Glover.
www.uwosh.edu/home_pages/faculty_staff/earns/meiji.html
- Nanjing Incident: Recent Research and Trends
From the Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies. April 2002 article by David Askew.
www.japanesestudies.org.uk/articles/Askew.html
- Nanjing Massacre Record
Provides a graphic account of the Nanjing Massacre, including photos and a translation of a historical record from Nanjing University.
www.centurychina.com/wiihist/njmassac/index.html
- Nanking 1937
Exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre.
www.princeton.edu/~nanking
- Nanking Atrocities
Academic reference written in 2000 that documents the history of the massacre.
www.nankingatrocities.net
- Nara Imperial Palace Site
Offers information on efforts to stop the proposed plan to build a highway over the UNESCO World Heritage site. Also provides historical facts and images.
www.geocities.co.jp/NatureLand/5571
- National Museum of Japanese History
Also known as the Rekihaku. Includes overview of exhibits and museum guide.
www.rekihaku.ac.jp
- Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group (IWG)
From the National Archives and Records Administration. Oversees U.S. documents declassified under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, as well as Japanese Imperial Government records.
www.archives.gov/iwg/index.html
- NOVA: Sinking the Supership
Interactive site to accompany the PBS NOVA television documentary which chronicles the tragic World War II story of the Yamato, the largest battleship ever built.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/supership
- Ogasawara
Historical and genealogical information on the surname which was descended from the 56th Japanese emperor, Emperor Seiwa.
members.aol.com/uchuujin/oga.html
- Organization of the Imperial and Satsuma Armies, The
Details the structure, equipment, and personnel of the competing forces.
www.russojapanesewar.com/satsuma.html
- Origins of the Samurai
Describes the development of the warrior class from the 4th through the 8th centuries.
www.judoinfo.com/samurai.htm
- Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum: A Cultural Monument
One traveler's account of the comics and animation museum in Takarazuka, Japan.
www.awn.com/mag/issue3.5/3.5pages/3.5leger.html
- Personal Record of Hiroshima A-Bomb Survival
Memoir by Takeharu Terao. Includes reader responses.
www.coara.or.jp/~ryoji/abomb/e-index.html
- Photographic Views of Meiji: A Portrait of Old Japan
Gallery of hand-colored photographs from the 1870s and 1880s by Felice Beato, Raimund von Stillfried, and Kusakabe Kimbei.
albumen.stanford.edu/gallery/gadd
- Photographs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Gallery of images showing the results of the two atomic bomb blasts delivered during World War II.
www.gensuikin.org/english/photo.html
- Political Development in the Meiji Period
Highlights changes to Japanese politics and culture including the resurgence of imperial power, the adoption of some Western customs, economic and educational reforms, and an expansionist foreign policy.
intra.colby-sawyer.edu/honors99u/Ernie.htm
- Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures
Presents portrait photographs of statesmen, government officials, military officers, businessmen, scholars, and artists who had an impact on building modern Japanese society. From the National Diet Library.
www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e
- Premodern History of Odawara, A
From pre-modern times to the beginning of the Meiji era.
www.zombiezodiac.com/rob/odawara.htm
- Rape of Nanking: An Undeniable History in Photographs
A photographic history of the Japanese invasion of China, in particular the massacres in Nanking. By James Yin and Shi Young.
www.tribo.org/nanking
- Rare Film Documents Devastation at Hiroshima
QuickTime footage of the aftermath of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. From CNN.
www.cnn.com/WORLD/9608/10/japan.hiroshima.film/index.html
- Rekishi Kaido
A bridge to Japanese history and culture for the Kansai area.
www.kiis.or.jp/rekishi/kaido-e.html
- Remembering Nagasaki
Photographic essay of and discussion about the bombing of Nagasaki.
www.exploratorium.edu/nagasaki
- Samurai Archives
Includes history of the Japanese samurai warriors and battles.
www.samurai-archives.com
- Satsuma Rebellion in Japan 1877
Capsule summary of the last and most serious challenge to Meiji authority.
www.onwar.com/aced/data/sierra/satsuma1877.htm
- Schauwecker's Guide to Japan: Edo Period
Recites the chronology of Edo period from 1603 - 1867.
www.japan-guide.com/e/e2128.html
- Schauwecker's Guide to Japan: History
Features an overview and descriptions of the different periods of Japanese history.
www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html
- Schauwecker's Guide to Japan: Japanese Emperors
www.japan-guide.com/e/e2135.html
- Schauwecker's Guide: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Basic overview of the era with links to further resources.
www.japan-guide.com/e/e2130.html
- Scientific Data of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Disaster
Provides data on physical, medical, and epidemiological aspects.
www-sdc.med.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/n50/start-E.html
- Shikibu, Lady Murasaki (978?-1025?)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Literary_Fiction/Shikibu__Lady_Murasaki__978__1025__
- Shonagon, Sei (c.965-1017?)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Nonfiction/Shonagon__Sei__c_965_1017__
- South Korean Atomic Bomb Victims
Introduces civic activities which support South Korean atomic bomb victims.
www.hiroshima-cdas.or.jp/home/yuu/indexen.htm
- Status of the Emperor
Considers how the Emperor's role changed with the post-War constitution.
lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+jp0204)
- Surviving the Atomic Attack on Hiroshima, 1945
Excerpts from Michihiko Hachiya's diary of his experience. From EyeWitness to History.
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/hiroshima.htm
- The Hellships of World War II
Information, photos, and links.
harrisonheritage.com/adbc/hellship.htm
- The Nanking Incident As I See It
Historian Akira Nakamura argues that the story of the Nanjing Massacre is one of the biggest lies ever told in history.
www.jiyuu-shikan.org/nanjing/nak.html
- Theodore Roosevelt: The Threat of Japan
1909 letter from Roosevelt to the incoming Secretary of State concerning his thoughts about Japanese immigrants to America and American relations with Japan.
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/trjapan.htm
- Toguri, Iva Ikuko@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Toguri__Iva_Ikuko
- Trotsky Institute of Japan@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Community/History
- Tsunetomo, Yamamoto (1659-?)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Philosophers/Tsunetomo__Yamamoto__1659___
- U.S. Library of Congress Country Study - Japan
Thorough introduction to Japan, with sections on history, society and geography.
lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/jptoc.html
- Voice of Hibakusha
Text of video taped interviews with survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima.
www.inicom.com/hibakusha
- War Rape
U.N. speech on Japanese comfort women.
www.webcom.com/hrin/parker/c95-11.html
- Washington State University World Civilizations: Ancient Japan
Resources on early Japanese culture, Buddhism, and history.
www.wsu.edu/~dee/ANCJAPAN/CONTENTS.HTM
- Washington State University World Civilizations: Feudal Japan
Explains the Heiji war, bakufu, and medieval Japanese Buddhism including Zen and Nichiren. Also includes related links and articles.
www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/FEUJAPAN/FEUJAPAN.HTM
- Washington State University World Civilizations: Tokugawa Japan
Explores the history of Japan during 1603 - 1868. Also includes articles about Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Onin war.
www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/TOKJAPAN/CONTENTS.HTM
- Welcome to Edo
Enthralling virtual tour of Tokyo past, augmented by text and illustrations that borrow from Ukiyo-e traditional prints.
www.us-japan.org/edomatsu
- Wikipedia: Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hyperlinked article describing the destruction of the two Japanese cities on August 6 and 9, 1945. Includes descriptions of both cities during the war, the effects of the atomic bombs, and cultural notes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
- Wikipedia: Five Charter Oath
1868 document, also known as the Imperial Oath on the Five Principles, that laid out the Meiji government's emphasis on modernization.
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Charter_Oath
- Wikipedia: Imperial Household of Japan
Hyperlinked article about the imperial family or koshitsu. Includes profiles of family members, as well as information on the order of succession.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Household_of_Japan
- Wikipedia: Meiji Era
Describes the reign of the Meiji Emperor and the period during which Japan modernized and became a world power.
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_era
- Wikipedia: Nanjing Massacre
Hyperlinked article about the 1937 incident, also known as the Rape of Nanking, in which Japanese troops conducted atrocities against Chinese civilians in and around Nanjing, China.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre
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