Library

RAYMOND ALLEN LIBRARY



The Library stocks a wide variety of resources on Japan and Asia including DVDs, books, newspapers in English and Japanese and English language newspaper clippings on Japan. Real-time news wire services from Reuters, Dow Jones, Kyodo News and Internet access are available.

The Library Committee sponsors Book Break events withauthors of timely and interesting works. Please see the Book Break page for details and upcoming events.

View some of our member's books which are available in the library.

The Library is open Monday to Friday, 10:30-19:00 and on Saturdays 13:00-17:00. It is closed on Sundays and Japanese National Holidays.

K.V. NARAIN WORKROOM



The Narain Workroom has 12 workbooths with wired and wireless Internet access for your laptop and 3 telephone booths. It is accessible to regular and guest members 24 hours a day, all year round because FCCJ is where the news is made.

Library Resources

The Library is well-stocked with tools to help you work.

Newspapers and Periodicals

We carry over 125 magazines and periodicals from around the world, and nearly 40 newspapers. View the list of newspapers and periodicals.

Reference Books

From dictionaries to Who's Who in Japan, the FCCJ reference collection
contains nearly 300 titles..

Research and News Databases

Databases and wire services in the FCCJ library as of July 16, 2008

Databases:

  1. Economist.com: http://www.economist.com
  2. HighBeam Research ( former Electric Library): http://www.highbeam.com
  3. Encyclopedia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com
  4. Far Eastern Economic Review: http://www.feer.com
  5. Factiva.com: http://global.factiva.com
  6. JIJI – Web News Service: http://jijiweb.jiji.com
  7. LexisNexis: http://www.nexis.com
  8. Nikkei Premium: http://telecom21.nikkei.co.jp/nt21/service/np
  9. WSJ interactive: http://interactive.wsj.com
  10. Nikkei Veritas: http://veritas.nikkei.co.jp/e

Wire Services:

  1. 1. Kyodo World Service
  2. 2. Rueters 3000 xtra.
  3. 3. Bloomberg terminal

In case you want to use those databases, please come to the library to do so. Sorry you cannot access to them from your PCs at home.