An Introduction to The National Language Research Institute: A Sketch of its Achievements
Third Edition(1988)/ HTML Version(1997)

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II.6.7 Collection of Newspaper Clippings of Articles Related to the Japanese Language ( 1950 - 1987 )


We cut out newspaper articles related to the Japanese language and arranged them in a bound volume. Since March, 1949, a wide range of articles have been collected on the Japanese language in general, Japanese writing, phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, dialects, and linguistic life, problems related to the Japanese language and the writing system, Japanese language education, etc., from the morning and evening editions of national newspapers ("Asahi," "Mainiti," "Yomiuri," "Nihon Keizai," etc.), regional newspapers ("Tokyo," "Nisi Nihon," "Hokkaido," etc.), and weekly publications ("Nihon Dokusyo Sinbun," "Syu~kan Dokusyozin," "Tosyo Sinbun," etc.). The number of newspaper clippings, slightly under 600 in the first year (1950) has increased to approximately 4,000 per year. These are stored in the National Language Research Institute Library and are available to researchers both inside and outside the Institute. This research was directed by the office which is presently called the Office for Information and Data and its predecessors.

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