Fung Library

Documentation Center on Contemporary Japan Collections

The DCJ collects materials on postwar Japan, weighted heavily toward the social sciences. Particular emphasis is placed on resources related to political science, diplomacy, economics and labor, and social-cultural phenomena. In addition to its selection of mainstream studies, the DCJ collects non-trade publications, journals, newsletters, scholarly papers, and reports issued by government ministries and institutions, private sector think tanks, and university affiliated research and policy institutions.

The DCJ's collection includes approximately 200 serials and 9,000 monographs in both English and Japanese (searchable in HOLLIS); 7,000 monographs in English and Japanese on post-war Japan; and extensive Newspaper Clipping Files. Since its inception in 1988, the DCJ has clipped and filed thousands of articles drawn from Japan Times, Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, as well as Japan Digest, a daily fax service from Washington, D.C. The clipping file, available on-site in the library only, covers over 130 categories relating to contemporary Japan as well as the general Asia-Pacific context.

The DCJ also offers access to several Japan-related Digital and Web Resources, which are accessible on-site only. To use these resources, please consult the DCJ Librarian, Kazuko Sakaguchi, via e-mail.