Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African and Asian Studies.
This article was written by guest contributor Xia-Kang Ziyi (Kyushu University). The author bio is below. One of the biggest … Continue reading Overview of NDL Kotenseki OCR: The Key to Early Modern Japanese Archives?
Japanese historians often cite the minutes of the Imperial Diet[1] to demonstrate changes in state policy and the views of … Continue reading Politicians Speak: An Introduction to the Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet
This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities) … Continue reading Suggesting a Language-Specific Gender Perspective for AI Translation Research
This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities) … Continue reading From Print to Place: Creating an Integrative Geolocalization Workflow Using Citizen Scientists and Computer Vision AI
Those of us who use languages written in the Latin alphabet likely don’t think much about how we input text. … Continue reading Chorded Input and the Japanese Language: An Introduction and Invitation
I have taught an introductory English-language course to religions in Japan for several years making use of available online resources … Continue reading Online Teaching Resources on Shinto
In my first Editor’s Digest, I explored all publications in The Digital Orientalist within Northeast Asian Studies from September 2023 … Continue reading Editor’s Digest October 2025: Northeast Asian Studies
I recently started working at the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU). When I was preparing for my move to … Continue reading The Resource Guide for Japanese Studies and Humanities in Japan: A Brief (Re-?)Introduction
For the past year and a half, I have worked as a digitisation quality assurance and team leader at Royal … Continue reading Digital Storytelling in the Digitisation of Japanese Botanical Specimens in RBG, Kew’s Collections
Celebrity diaries constitute an essential resource for researching modern Japanese history. Scholars examine the diarists’ lives, thoughts, social networks, and … Continue reading Unearthing Modern Japan’s Subterranean Networks with the National Diet Library’s (NDL) Full-Text Search System (Part 3): Celebrity Diaries and Spatial Politics in Wartime Tokyo