Finding Japanese Books

This page has been made to help JPGS subscribers find Japanese books. Regardless of subject or language. There is no single easy way to find everything that you may want, but each link or suggestion on this page has proven proven useful to us in our searches and is likely to help you too.
URL
Source
Comment
http://www.books.or.jp/
Japan Book Publishers Assn
This is probably the best place to search for books published in Japan. Almost totally in Japanese. But still useful if you and your computer only work in English. You will get a lot more out of this website if you can understand at least some Japanese. The website will be useless probably if your computer cannot display Japanese characters.
http://isbn-center.jp
Japan ISBN Center
Unfortunately this website is not English-friendly, but this is the best source for Japanese ISBN searching and information.
http://www.ndl.go.jp/
National Diet Library
Like the British Library or the U.S. Library of Congress. As with the above websites, this one is not totally alphabet-friendly.  Help searching NDL.



http://www.jla.or.jp/index-e.html
Japan Library Assn
Library addresses and links to library websites throughout Japan. Very good but little in English.
http://acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/
AcqWeb (USA)
Designed to help librarians and others search for books worldwide.
http://literarymarketplace.com

Literary Market Place (LMP & ILMP)
This is a goldmine of publisher and publications trade information. (Not for searching book or periodical  titles.). Click the link: "Click Here for Advanced Search". Much basic info is available free once you register but pay (subscribe) and get more options and detail.
More possibly useful contacts.
http://market.bookservice.co.jp
Kuroneko Yamato Bookservice
Kuroneko (black cat) is a leading UPS-type delivery service throughout Japan. They also handle orders for books, DVD, CD, etc. Mostly for Japanese and in Japan but also can order from overseas.
http://www.amazon.co.jp
Amazon
This is the Japanese Amazon. Both Japanese and imported English books. Worth looking at.
http://imcbook.net
Intercontinental Marketing Corp.
This is a totally biased plug for the company from which JPGS was born. IMC handles all kinds of publication import/export, mostly English but some Japanese and a little Chinese. Supplies companies, libraries, booksellers and perhaps you. (imcbook LLC)
http://web.ait230.tokushima-u.ac.jp/index/organ/
Tokushima U list/links
A large list with a number of  links. Academic. Mostly in Japanese.
http://fruit.naro.affrc.go.jp/eng/common/kouritu-e.html
Agricultural Research Sites
Links to Prefectural Agricultural Research Sites. And more through links.










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