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Akira SUEHIRO Collection Akira SUEHIRO was a prominent scholar of Asian economics. His collection which in total incorporates 2,233 items is mainly comprised of books and journals in the Thai language on the economy, society, and political history of Thailand.
Yumio SAKURAI Collection Yumio SAKURAI was a distinguished scholar of historical area studies. His collection comprises 2,112 pieces and is currently housed in the Asian Research Library.
【DIGITAL COLLECTIONS】Asian Research Library Digital Collections High resolution digital images are now available .
【DATABASE】Zhonghua Zaizao Shanben 中華再造善本（China Rare Book Reprinted Collection） U-PARL has provided a database of Zhonghua Zaizao Shanben Shujuku.
【DATABASE】Zhonghua jingdian guji ku 中華經典古籍庫 Database of Chinese Classics Announcing the opening of the Zhonghua jingdian guji ku 中華經典古籍庫 (Database of Chinese Classics)!
【DATABASE】Shen Bao Announcing the opening of the Shen Bao 申報, one of the titles in the Database of Chinese Modern Documents.
【DATABASE】People’s Daily U-PARL has provided a database of the People’s Daily, a leading daily newspaper in contemporary China.
Asian Research Library Resources Moved to Main Library Third Floor Looking toward the opening of the Asian Research Library, U-PARL has been collecting new Asian research resources. These resources, which had been temporarily accessible in the stacks of the General Library, have been available on the third floor of the main building since May 22, 2018.
Opening of Temporary Access to Asian Research Library Resources! Opening of Temporary Access to Asian Research Library Resources!
Rare Chinese books and calligraphic models High resolution digital images of rare Chinese books and calligraphic models are now available on Flickr.
【DATABASE】 The Times of India Announcing U-PARL's new introduction of The Times of India to the Proquest Database
The Tanaka Takeo Photo Collection New Collection!!! These materials belong to the former collection of Tanaka Takeo (1891-1966), which was acquired from an antiquarian bookshop in Osaka in October 2014.
【DATABASE】Encyclopaedia of Islam Online U-PARL has recently acquired the rights to use Encyclopaedia of Islam Online (2nd and 3rd edition).
Database of Chinese Classic Ancient Books U-PARL installed the large database Zhongguo jiben guji ku 中国基本古籍庫 (Database of Chinese Classic Ancient Books) (accessible from the　university network), as the first large collection for the Asian Research Library.
Maps of the Korean Peninsula U-PARL acquired 180 maps of the Korean Peninsula dating to the colonial period (1910-1945) from the holdings of an antiquarian bookshop in Tokyo.
The Yumio SAKURAI Collection Yumio SAKURAI (桜井由躬雄1945-2012) was a prominent scholar of history and area studies and a professor at the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Letters. His collection consists of an estimated 1000 Vietnamese books and 50 books in Western languages.
The Akira SUEHIRO Collection Akira SUEHIRO (1951- ) was a prominent scholar of Asian economics and a professor at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Social Science. The collection contains an estimated 2200 Thai books and 300 books in Western languages focusing on the economy, management and commerce of Thailand. The most remarkable part of the collection are its holdings of rare economic journals dating to the period from the 1980s to the 2000s.
Collection of Literacy Education Materials Donated by the Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) The collection has been developed by the Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) since the 1970s. It contains about 2,300 items of “non-formal” literacy education materials for adults, which have been prepared by local governments and NGOs in the Asia-Pacific region. The texts are in 28 languages and have been published in 25 countries.