Asahi Shimbun Reduced-size Facsimile Edition 1879〜1999
The menu is designed for those wishing to retrace past news and do historical searches.
In addition to publication date and title, it is also possible to categorize searches based on names, places, and topical keywords. An image of the actual page from the time is viewable via a PDF file.
【Note】 [Meiji/Taisho], [Showa (Pre-World War II)] are optional contents for users of Kikuzo II Visual.
Keyword
Keyword
In the "Compressed Edition 1945〜1984", certain keywords attached to article's headline and article itself are used to conduct a search. A search for a particular word or a term from a particular article is not possible.
A search is simply conducted by putting in a desirable word and a date of issue. Also, you could modify a search by multiple conditions such as such as using "categorize" in the "search option."
When you have more than two words for a search, insert a space between the two words, so articles in which contain those words will appear as the search result.
Also, you could press "AND""OR""NOT" buttons after each word, then signs "&""+"and "#" will appear in the search window respectively. Those signs would also help narrow down your search.
Proceed to Search
By clicking the button, a search will start. You could also hit the enter button of your keyboard.
Clear
By clicking the button, all requests you had made in the previous search will be all cleared.
Articles/Advertisements
It is possible to select article search and advertisement search.
Searching with Chinese character variants
It is possible to search with notations, including Chinese character variants, contracted sounds, double consonants, and middle points (・).
Searching 沢田 (Sahada) returns both 沢田 (Sahada) and 澤田 (Sawada).
This eliminates the need to search with the OR operator (沢田+澤田).
（Example）沢(Saha)—澤(Sawa)、島(Shima)—嶋(Shima)、国(Kuni)—國(Kuni)
（Example）
John・F・Kennedy will also return John F Kennedy
World・Cup will also return World Cup
Searches including synonyms
It is possible to do searches with synonyms.
Recommended search
Recommended search
Addition of a simple 'Recommended search' function A 'Recommended search' function that can simply search the main pages of the newspaper, indicated by ◆◆ marks against the article headlines for search has been added. Historical events can be searched and displayed with one click.
Date Search
Date Search
It is possible to search based on date. At the present time, the Meiji/Taisho (1879-1926) database and Showa (Pre-World War II 1926-1945) database are optional services.
From the Meiji/Taisho (1879-1926) database it is possible to do keyword searches of all articles and advertisements from the Tokyo headquarters edition.
From the Osaka headquarters edition, it is possible to do keyword searches on articles and advertisements from the inaugural issue of January 25, year 12 of the Meiji era (1879) until July 10, year 21 of Meiji (1888), as well as from more than 2000 important articles selected from the Meiji and Taisho era.
For all other searches on the Osaka headquarters edition, it is possible to search and browse by date on images of the newspaper. From the 1926-1945 (Showa Pre-World War II Database) and 1945-1989 (Showa Post-World War II Database) ,1989-1999(Heisei Database), only searches designating a date will return results from the Osaka headquarters edition news page images.
About Meiji/Taisho News Page Database(in Japanese)
Date of Issue
Date of Issue
It is possible to designate the date by clicking on the "Date" box.
By checking "From" , "To" and "Only" boxes, you can limit the search date.
Date of Issue Search
This displays a list of issues based on date of issue. It is possible to view date of issue, issuing company (Tokyo headquarters, Osaka headquarters, Seibu headquarters, Nagoya headquarters), type of publication, newspaper image and thumbnail list.
Issuing company
The default setting is that issuing companies 'Tokyo' and 'Osaka' are checked, with articles from both those issuing companies being searched.
For example, if 'Osaka' is unchecked, only those articles from the Tokyo headquarters edition will be searched
Morning/Evening Editions
The default setting is that the 'Morning edition', 'Evening edition', 'Extra edition', 'Appendixes' and 'Supplement' are all checked, and all are searched.
By unchecking, a search of the 'Morning edition' only, or the 'Extra edition' only, etc. can be specified.
Specifying pages
Using a search that specifies a page number, it is now possible to display the newspaper image by page for each date. For example, newspaper images for 'Page 1 only' can be displayed.
Search Options
Target of the Search
You could choose three different categories to narrow down your search. They are: "headlines and keyword", "headline" and "headlines, keyword, and category." In the original settings, "headlines and keyword" is applied.
Category
In order to use this function, you must choose "headlines, keyword, and category" to conduct the search. When you click "Specify" button, small window will appear in the search window. You could either choose from "major category" and "medium category."
By ticking the square of the category, and press "and" "or" or "not" button, the selected category will be entered into the search box.
Help / Reference
Date Search help
This is a help page for how to use the "Date Search" function.
Western year--Nengo (Era) year conversion table
This is a year-by-year conversion table between Japanese nengo (era) years and western years.
(Example)
Western year 1964
Nengo (Era) year Showa 39
Calendar reference
Using the calendar, it is possible to specify which date to search. It is also possible to specify whether to display articles from the Tokyo headquarters edition or Osaka headquarters edition.
Chronological Table Reference
Important news events from history are viewable on the chronological table.
Keywords on the chronological table become search keywords when clicked.
Historical Keyword Reference
Important news events from history are viewable by keyword.
It is possible to view based on 50-character Japanese syllabary, field and personal name.
Keywords become search keywords when clicked.
List
List
Number of headlines
You could choose the number of headlines shown on a single page between 50 to 100. The original setting is 50 headlines
Sequence
You could arrange the sequence of the headlines. The original setting is the oldest article to be shown on the top of the list. You could either choose the original setting or list the oldest headline available on the top of the list.
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