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Summary

In the Asahi Shimbun Reduced-size Facsimile Edition, it is possible to search on articles from 4 eras: [Meiji/Taisho], [Showa (Pre-World War II)], [Showa Post-World War II], [Heisei].
The following is the time period of the page image of each main branch of the Asahi Shimbun from 1879 to 1999.

The Asahi Shimbun Tokyo headquarters editionsJuly 1888-December 1999
The Asahi Shimbun Osaka headquarters editionsJanuary 1879-December 1999
The Asahi Shimbun Seibu headquarters editionsSeptember 1940-December 1999
The Asahi Shimbun Nagoya headquarters editionsSeptember 1940-December 1999
The Asahi Shimbun Hokkaido branch editionsNovember 1940-December 1999 *Some editions are not available.
  • [Meiji/Taisho], [Showa (Pre-World War II)] are optional contents for users of Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search.

Regarding compilation of news pages

For the Osaka and Tokyo,Seibu,Nagoya,Hokkaido editions, supplements and special editions are also compiled.
The Asahi Shimbun Company is digitizing previously published news pages (on microfilm) by scanning and converting them into PDF documents. As a rule, we use the final edition. However, in some cases the early edition may have been used.

  • Please be aware that some news pages may have smudges or slight damage due to their original condition.

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