Publishing and copyrights

Statistics / Book reviews / History of publishing ・ Publishing studies / Copyrights / Library catalogs ・ Bibliographies ・ Indexes

Statistics

• Index Translationum Statistics （UNESCO）　　　Translated publications
• All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association ・ Research Institute for Publications ; Japanese Publishing Statistics　　　Data for the previous year from "Annual Report on the Publication Market"
• Survey of Selected Service Industries ; Survey Results （Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry）　　　"Publishing Industry", 2005 and 2008-
• Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association ; Newspaper Ads Data Archive

Best sellers

• All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association ・ Research Institute for Publications ; Monthly Bestsellers　　　Data from "A monthly report of publications", 2006- last month's issue
• Tohan ; Bestsellers　　　Annual records 1990-, first half records 2010-, monthly/weekly records (latest four)
• Nippan ; Best Seller List　　　Annual/first half records (latest three), monthly/weekly records (latest five)
• Nippon Chosya Hansoku Center ; Information on Publishing Business　　　Annual records 1870-

Circulations

• Unyo!　　　Free paper, by title
• Statistics Bureau ; Comprehensive Statistics　　　Data from "Publishing Year-book"
  ＞ Japan Statistical Yearbook　　　"Culture"＞"Publishing ・ Mass communication"
• Japan Magazine Publishers Association　　　By title, circulation issue with print certificate
  ＞ Circulation of Magazines with Proof of Print Certification　　　Quarterly records 4.2008-
• Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association ; Facts and Figures about Japanese Newspapers ; Circulation　　　Nationwide, annual records 2000-
• Freepaper Navi　　　Free paper, by title

Book reviews

• All Reviews
• Book review press Search　　　From "Book review press", 10.2007-, search only (no text)
• Hanmoto.com ; Books in Book Reviews　　　Over 100 magazines and newspapers (includes national newspapers), 12.2010-, search only (no text)

History of publishing ・ Publishing studies

• Publishing-related Bookshelves （Chiyoda Public Library）　　　List of publishers' history books
• 50-Year History of Japan Magazine Publishers Association and Japan Book Publishers Association
• Japan Society of Publishing Studies
• Timeline: 100 Years of Publishsing in Japan
• Nunokawa Collection (Search Guide) （National Diet Library）
• Gaikotsu Collection （University of Tokyo）　　　Newspaper history, sample pages
• Publishing and Advertisement Database in Meiji Era （National Institute of Japanese Literature）

Prohibited books

• Naimu-sho Itaku Bon Search System （Chiyoda Public Library）
• Gordon W. Prange Collection (Search Guide) （National Diet Library）
  ＞ How to Search Gordon W. Prange Collection (Search Guide)

Copyrights

• Copyright Research and Information Center
  ＞ CRIC Library
  ＞ Copyright Documents Search　　　1993-2011
  ＞ Related Organizations

Library catalogs ・ Bibliographies ・ Indexes

• Printing Library
• Printing Museum Library
• Old Book Trade Catalog Search System （Chiyoda Public Library）　　　Meiji era- Showa era, approximately 10,000 items
• Nunokawa Collection (Search Guide) （National Diet Library）