Historical Japanese American Newspapers Online

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(This page's most recent update is November 2024)

Most Japanese language online historical newspapers are either from the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection or from World War II Interment camps.

The Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection through Stanford University’s Hoover Institution Library & Archives and the Japanese Diaspora Initiative (JDI) is “currently the world’s largest online archive of open-access, full‑image Japanese American and other overseas Japanese newspapers. Most publications present a mix of content in Japanese and English, with formats and the proportionality of Japanese/English often changing as a reflection of shifting business and social circumstances.”

There are about 130 free titles of Japanese American newspapers available for online searching.  There are a few that require a login to the Stanford University network. These are not included in the list below.


Here are the titles by state:

Arkansas

Arizona

California

Colorado

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

New York

Utah

Washington

Wyoming

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