―Data and services from organizations other than the National Diet Library

The National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive uses data and services provided by the following organizations. Please review the disclaimers and the service descriptions below.

Performing searches and displaying search results

Metadata received from other providers is generally used as-is for performing searches and displaying the results in the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive. Please refer to the List of Searchable Databases for more information about these organizations.

Location data

The National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive uses the following API, provided by Yahoo Japan Corporation, to attach location data (latitude, longitude) or address data (including prefecture and municipality) to metadata and to display locations for categories.

• Yahoo Geocoding API (link to external site)
A latitude and longitude can be obtained for metadata containing prefecture, municipality, or other address data using the Yahoo Geocoding API.

• Yahoo Reverse Geocoding API (link to external site)
Address data can be obtained for metadata containing a latitude and longitude using the Yahoo Reverse Geocoding API.

Translation

National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive uses the automatic translation service of KODENSHA Co., Ltd.(link to external site) to provide translation of content as follows.

• When there is no corresponding English, Chinese, or Korean for an existing Japanese page, the content is automatically translated and displayed in the language specified. In some cases, an English page is displayed instead of an automatic translation into Chinese or Korean.
• To translate a search term from English, Chinese, or Korean and search for the corresponding term in Japanese, select the Translate check box on the search screen.