Dictionary Tools and their Recognition of Kyūjitai

Between 2024 and 2025, I worked on my thesis for my Masters in East Asian Studies at New York University. … Continue reading Dictionary Tools and their Recognition of Kyūjitai

Mapping Prefectural-Level Financial Mobilisation in Wartime Japan

The Japanese government was able to sustain total war against the Allied Powers for almost half a decade after losing … Continue reading Mapping Prefectural-Level Financial Mobilisation in Wartime Japan

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