Green box page: Japan

Japan

General Information Sources in ET2

Europa World Plus [including Europa World Year Book] is available to authorized IUB users only.

The World Factbook, PrEx3.15: (latest shelved SuDoc reference); for holdings and locations of other print editions see IUCAT.

The World Factbook

World Development Indicators, HC59.69.W68 (latest shelved ET2 reference desk); for other editions see IUCAT.

World Bank Data Catalog [includes World Development Indicators]

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 1996-

Country Information [from the State Dept. Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1/20/2001-]

Background Notes [from the State Dept., 1990- ]

Japan: A Country Study, D101.22:550-30/992 (SuDoc stacks)

Japan: A Country Study

East Asian Collection [from IUB Wells Library]

Census/Population

International Data Base (IDB) (population statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau)

World Population Policies; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

World Population Policies 2009

Population Census

Crime

International Crime Statistics, 1950-1999, not all years available; for holdings and shelving locations, see IUCAT.

Crime Statistics [1970- ; from UNODC]

Culture/Cultural Policy

Unesco Institute for Statistics Data Centre

World Heritage List [Mostly cultural but also includes some natural properties]

Earthquake and Tsunami

Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake [from Statistics Bureau]

Countermeasures for the Great East Japan Earthquake [from Japanese government]

Damage situation and Police Countermeasures [statistics on deaths/missing persons/injured persons and property damage from National Police Agency of Japan]

NISA [Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency]

Fukushima Nuclear Accident [from IAEA]

Economy/Commerce

U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library [includes Country Commercial Guide]

Trade Policy Review: Japan; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Trade Policy Reviews

OECD Economic Surveys: Japan; available online [IU authorization required] and in print; to access search title in IUCAT.

OECD Country Web Sites: Member Countries

Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific

Japan and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

Hundred-Year Statistics of the Japanese Economy; shelved in ALF; go to IUCAT to request.

Bank of Japan

Economic Affairs

Investing in Japan

Education/Literacy

Ethnologue (summary information on languages)

IBE Databases [from International Bureau of Education] include World Data on Education and Country Dossiers.

International Conference on Education: National Reports [1932- ]

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators is available online 1998- from OECDiLibrary [IU authorization required]; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Education [from Ministry of Education]

Environment/Sustainable development

Nations of the Earth Report, v.2 (summary data) (shelved ALF); to request see IUCAT.

Earth Summit (full report) GE170.U556 1993 (high-use CD-ROM)

The National Information pages of the UN Division for Sustainable Development include reports to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and other environmental information.

Rio+20 [United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development]

State of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews is available online from OECDiLibrary; see IUCAT for access [IU authorization required]; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, search title Environmental Performance Reviews Japan in IUCAT.

Environmental policy [from Ministry of Environment]

Government information/Official publications/Statistics

Nations of the World, from the Law Library of Congress, includes links to legal and governmental resources.

Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Embassy of Japan

Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet

Statistics Bureau

Japan Statistical Yearbook

Japan Statistical Yearbook, HA1832.A4 (Research Collection stacks)

Statistical Handbook of Japan

Historical Statistics of Japan

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of Japan's statistical yearbooks, see East Asian & Pacific Statistical Yearbooks at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.

Human rights/Social conditions

Human Development Report, HD75.H85 (latest at ET2 reference desk); for holdings and locations of other print editions, see IUCAT.

Human Development Reports, 1990-

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; for holdings and locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices [1999-]

Social Indicators [from the United Nations]

Global Health Observatory [from WHO]

Politics/Government

FIRST [Facts on International Relations and Security Trends] provides information on such topics as conflicts and military expenditures.

For a comprehensive listing of online country information resources, see Foreign Information by Country from the University of Colorado Boulder.