Yomiuri Database Service “Yomidas”

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You can search and view over 18 million articles, from the ﬁrst issue
in 1874 to the present, which can be searched all at once without
being aware of Japanese by eras.

Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras (1874-1989)

Contains images of the newspaper page, with searchable keywords on
individual articles.

Regional Sections (Showa Era, 1933-2001)

A total of 2.76 million pages of articles from across the country areavailable.

Heisei and Reiwa Eras (from 1986 onward)

Articles since September 1986 are available in a full-text format, with
250,000 articles added each year.

NEW !
Images of full pages of the newspaper from January 1, 2023 arecontained in this section.
You can see the size of the article inrelation to the entire page and grasp
the impact it has had at the time.

The Japan News is The Yomiuri Shimbunʼs English-language daily. Many
stories in this section link to their
Japanese originals in the Heisei &Reiwa Eras section, a feature that
can help students of the Japaneselanguage.

Proﬁles of 23,000 note
worthy people.

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Search windowSearch results

First, enter your search term in the search window.

Headlines will be listed as a search result. You can narrow

by Japanese era divisions.

criteria in the “reﬁne search” area on the left.

The database will be searched without being separated
You can also specify your search results by adding ﬁlters

Clippings images and pages
Clipping

down the number of results by adding ﬁlters or change

Text format （from 1986 onward）

PageJapanese

You can see the articles as a clipping image and also as apart of the entire one-page image. The blue thumbtackpinpoints where your article is.

Articles from 1986 onward are contained in text format andare searchable for both headlines and full-text articles.

（ from January 1, 2023 onward）

The entire one-page images of the newspaper after January
1,2023 are available for search.

You can search by page name, publication date, and regions.
Images are also linked form articles of the Yomiuri Shimbun.

English（ from 1989 onward）
The Japan News, The Yomiuri Shimbunʼ s English-language daily is available in text format.
You can search by entering search terms or simply by setting search criteria by clicking “Addsearch ﬁlters” .

Examples of phrase searches.
Searching for a phrase that is enclosed

An AND/OR search where spaces canin double quotation marks.

separate parts of the phrase.

“in Tokyo on Monday”

in Tokyo on Monday… in Tokyo on Monday afternoon …

… in Tokyo on Monday afternoon …

Monday in a building in the Tokyo,…

Monday in a building in the Tokyo,…

Toggle the window between English and Japanese.

JapaneseYou can toggle between English and Japanese in The

Japan News and Heisei and Reiwa (1986 onward) articlesof The Yomiuri Shimbun.

EnglishHelpful for language learning
English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries areprovided on the site and are available for instant use.

Enter the full name, ﬁrst name or family name and click theFrom person to article

searchable via katakana. Names of non-Japanese may be

You can switch from the page on a personʼ s biographicalsome cases. If it does not return the desired results, try

search for more articles, click on “Search for more related

Search button. Some stage names or other assumed names arecontained via their Western (alphabetical) spellings, but only indata to articles related to that individual. If you wish tosearching for the name in katakana.

articles” button at the bottom of the page.

Yomiuri Shimbun Mini Diﬁnitions
In Text View in the period from 1986 onward, text in green has a link to a Yomiuri Shimbun Mini Deﬁnition. Click on the text to see
a pop-up window with explanatory text.

Glossary and Reference
The Glossary and Reference contains hints and tips to eﬃciently search the Yomidas. This feature is available from the link at thebottom of all search word entry pages and search results pages. Youʼ ll see links for the “Table of weights and measurements” ,“Past prime ministers” and “Chronology.”

Chronological Search (From the Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras)
You can specify the articles from major events in a chronological list by clicking the “Chronological Search” button at the bottom of
the main page under “Current Topics.” This is especially useful when the speciﬁc word or kanji of a particular historical event isunclear.

Saved articles
The Saved Articles feature allows you to save articles foreasy retrieval in your own folders.

Saved searches
You can save search settings for The Yomiuri Shimbun andThe Japan News in order to follow a particular subject.

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Ver. January 2024
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