How to find materials related to Islam in Japan in the Digital Collections of the National Diet Library
You could browse books from the National Diet Library Japan on the internet.
FIHRIST 101
This is the brief introduction to FIHRIST, an online catalogue of Islamic manuscripts.
The Maze of Bookshops
This column by Project Research Fellow Emiko SUNAGA introduces Urdu Bazaar, Asia's leading book market in Pakistan.
Introduction to the Automated Storage
Are you acquainted with the Automated Storage? The General Library of UTokyo is equipped with a huge underground Automated Storage capable of storing about 3 million books. Here is a report by the U-PARL staff who went on an excursion to the Automated Storage, which is usually closed to access.
The Ever-Changing “Ikubaku 幾何”
A column piece by Professor Hideki KIMURA, specialist in Chinese linguistics, is now available online.
Thailand’s “Cremation Volumes”: A Treasure Trove of Socio-economic History Research
Professor SUEHIRO, a concurrent professor of U-PARL, introduces Thailand’s “Cremation Volumes” in this article. Readers who are interested in Thailand and economic and social history should not miss it!