Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) is a digital archive of Asian historical records.

JACAR has built and operates an online database for releasing Asian historical records, that are historical documents of Japan concerning to the modern Japanese relations with other countries, particularly those in Asia. The documents of the archive are provided by the National Archives of Japan, the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and the National Institute for Defense Studies of the Ministry of Defense of Japan.

National Archives of Japan

Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Center for Military History, the National Institute for Defense Studies, Ministry of Defense

University of the Ryukyus Library

The Institute for Economic and Business Research Shiga University

Hokkaido Prefectural Library

Archives of Hokkaido

Kobe University Library

Research Support Office, Faculty of Economics, Oita University

Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

The Oriental Library (Toyo Bunko)

Japan Press Research Institute

Yamaguchi University Library

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