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Termination of Yahoo Geocoding API and Yahoo Reverse Geocoding API, and introduction of jageocoder

March 6th, 2024


Until now, location information (latitude and longitude) and address information (names of prefectures, cities, towns, and villages, etc.) have been added to metadata using the Yahoo! Geocoding API and Yahoo! Reverse Geocoding API provided by Yahoo Japan Corporation, and have been used to display category locations, etc. However, we have decided to discontinue the use of these APIs. Instead, we have decided to supplement location and address information by introducing jageocoder.

The public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2022 are now opened to the public.

February 14th, 2024

An additional 453 videos* of press conferences and meetings, etc. held by the Nuclear Regulatory Authority in 2022 are now available.
With this latest addition, we now have a collection of the Nuclear Regulation Authority's videos from September 2012 to December 2022.
*HINAGIKU collects some of the videos that have been posted on the Nuclear Regulation Authority's website and video channel (YouTube).

List of data available from the public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority via HINAGIKU

Termination of the automatic translation service

February 7th, 2024

We have terminated the use of the automatic translation service by KODENSHA Corporation we have been using. As a result, only Japanese and English will be available for language selection. Even if English is selected as the display language, the Japanese page will be displayed if an English page does not exist.

Photographs of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

January 15th, 2024

It has been nearly 29 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on January 17th, 1995. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from two archives will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from January 15th to January 31st, 2024.

The two archives are the Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection and the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI).
Both archives are located in Kobe and collect a variety of records related to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
They are also working on a number of initiatives intended to hand down experience from the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and to apply those lessons to future needs. You can search materials from these archives via HINAGIKU.

Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection

Overview of the collection

The Kobe University Collection includes books, research reports, survey reports, statistical compilations and other printed matter as well as CD-ROMs and other electronic media, videos, audio cassettes, microforms, photographs, and maps.
Moreover, it includes a Digital Gallery, from which photographs or audio and other materials are accessible, as well as news material footage by local TV station "Sun Television". On the page of fixed-point photographs (Japanese) , you can see the status of restoration at the same place after the earthquake disaster.

Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI)

Overview of the collection

The DRI archives documentation and items created or used during the recovery and reconstruction of the affected communities in the aftermath of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995.
It also archives publications about disaster prevention and about the damage caused by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and other disasters.
The DRI website also features a project entitled "Earthquake Disaster Resource Narrative - A Story".

New content from HINAGIKU (64): The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum

January 12th, 2024
New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum is a prefectural facility in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which opened in September 2020.
The museum features exhibits of the reality of the unprecedented disaster caused by the combined effects of an earthquake and tsunami which led to the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident as well as serves as a forum at which residents who were affected by the disaster can tell their stories.
The museum also houses an archive for the collection, preservation, and exhibition of testimony to Fukushima's recovery, which is also a platform for disseminating information on the experiences and lessons of Fukushima both domestically and internationally.
The museum's reference room holds books on the Great East Japan Earthquake and books on nuclear disasters as well as records of earthquakes and other disasters from various municipalities, all of which can be searched for in HINAGIKU.

List of data available from The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum

Photographs of Chuetsu Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU), 2023

October 20th, 2023

It has been nearly nineteen years since the Chuetsu Earthquake struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23, 2004. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Nagaoka City Historical Archives* will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from October 20th to November 5th.
*On July 1st, 2023, the name of the archive was changed from "the Historical Archive Section in Nagaoka City Central Library" to "the Nagaoka City Historical Archives".

In addition to local historical materials, the Nagaoka City Historical Archives also makes records of the Chuetsu Earthquake and other events available to the public. It collects documentary materials related to disasters and reconstruction in Nagaoka City and works with citizen volunteers to organise and preserve them, passing on the experiences and memories of the disaster to the future.

(Hinagiku Top Page) Great Kanto Earthquake images to remain on display

September 20th, 2023

Due to popular demand, the images of the Great Kanto Earthquake that appear on the Hinagiku top page will remain on display until October 19th, 2023.

Special feature on the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

September 1st, 2023
100 years have passed since the Great Kanto Earthquake of September 1st, 1923.
The following four images related to the Great Kanto Earthquake will be displayed on the top page of HINAGIKU from September 1st to September 20th, 2023.
Also, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake, a page entitled "Special feature on the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake - Researching records and photographs in HINAGIKU and other websites" has been published. This page introduces useful information for researching the Great Kanto Earthquake (HINAGIKU, National Diet Library's research guide, databases and websites for reference). Also, the current exhibitions and articles in the National Diet Library monthly bulletin are introduced there. Please visit it.

Materials which are exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU
  Description Source
Kanda Bridge 関東戒厳司令部 編『大正震災写真集 : 大正十二年九月』,偕行社,1924.
Wreckage of Tokyo City Trains 大阪毎日新聞社 編『関東震災画報』第1輯,大阪毎日新聞社,大正12.
Fire Diagram 東京市庶務課 編『東京大正震災誌』,東京市,1925.
Burnt Ministry of Finance Vault Watched Over by Guards 東京日日新聞社 編『関東大震画報』,東京日日新聞社,大正12.

All images are available in the National Diet Library Digital Collections through HINAGIKU.

Photographs of Digital Archives of Kumamoto Disasters: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

April 13th, 2023

It has been seven years since the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, a series of earthquakes that affected Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14th, 2016, at 9:26 p.m.
HINAGIKU collaborates with "Digital Archives of Kumamoto Disasters" operated by Kumamoto Prefecture. You can search materials related to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake of that archive via HINAGIKU. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five materials from "Digital Archives of Kumamoto Disasters" will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from April 13th to April 27th, 2023.

"Digital Archives of Kumamoto Disasters" makes photographs, videos, documents, and other materials collected from a wide range of local governments and related organizations publicly available to preserve the experiences and lessons learned from the Kumamoto earthquake and the July 2020 heavy rains for future generations and to apply them to future disaster response.
The "Fixed point shooting", "Storytelling", "Recording and Verification", and "Utilization" categories on the Kumamoto Earthquake page include materials and other resources that can be used for disaster prevention and mitigation education and disaster prevention measures.

Hinagiku resumes cooperation with the Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection

March 28th, 2023
Although Hinagiku suspended cooperation with the Kobe University Library's Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection in September 2022 due to a system update at the Kobe University Library, cooperation has been resumed as of March 28th, 2023, under the new name the Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection.

New content from HINAGIKU (63): 2014 Kamishiro Fault Earthquake Archive (Shinshu University Hirouchi Lab)

February 13th, 2023
New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

2014 Kamishiro Fault Earthquake Archive (Shinshu University Hirouchi Lab)
2014 Kamishiro Fault Earthquake Archive is a database of digital records and memories that is made publicly available via the Internet as part of a joint project by the municipalities of Otari and Hakuba together with Shinshu University to preserve and utilize data on the 2014 Kamishiro Fault earthquake.
List of data available from 2014 Kamishiro Fault Earthquake Archive (Shinshu University Hirouchi Lab)

Photographs of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

January 16th, 2023

It has been nearly 28 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on January 17th, 1995. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI)
will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from January 16th to January 30th, 2023.

Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI) is an archive which collects such items as records of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. You can search materials of that archive via HINAGIKU. It is also working on a number of initiatives intended to hand down experience from the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and to apply those lessons to future needs.

Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI)
Overview of the collection
The DRI archives documentation and items created or used during the recovery and reconstruction of the affected communities in the aftermath of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995.
It also archives publications about disaster prevention and about the damage caused by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and other disasters.
The DRI website also features a project entitled "Earthquake Disaster Resource Narrative - A Story".

Photographs of Chuetsu Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU), 2022

October 21st, 2022

It has been nearly eighteen years since the Chuetsu Earthquake struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23, 2004. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Historical archive section in Nagaoka City Central Library will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from October 21 to November 6.

In addition to local historical materials, the Historical archive section in Nagaoka City Central Library also makes records of the Chuetsu Earthquake and other events available to the public. It collects documentary materials related to disasters and reconstruction in Nagaoka City, and works with citizen volunteers to organise and preserve them, passing on the experiences and memories of the disaster to the future.

List of data available from the Historical archive section in Nagaoka City Central Library

The public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2021 are additionally opened to the public.

October 7th, 2022

The videos* of the press conferences and the meetings etc. which were held in the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2021 are additionally opened to the public. With this latest addition, all videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority from September 2012 to December 2021 are collected on HINAGIKU.
*HINAGIKU collects a part of the videos that have been posted on the video channel (YouTube).

List of data available from the public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority via HINAGIKU

The Great East Japan Earthquake Archives Fukushima was closed.

September 27th, 2022

The Great East Japan Earthquake Archives Fukushima was closed on September 27th, 2022.
As a result, the service to search for the Great East Japan Earthquake Archives Fukushima from the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU) has ended.
Reference:Searchable database list

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection (Kobe University Library) Temporarily Suspends Cooperation with Hinagiku

September 9th, 2022
Due to a system update of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection at the Kobe University Library, this database cannot currently be search or browsed via Hinagiku, and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection itself, however, can be accessed, searched, and browsed as usual at the following new URL.
https://da.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/da/eqb/?lang=1

New content from HINAGIKU (62): Digital Archive Map of Disaster Monuments (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED))

July 1st, 2022
New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

Digital Archive Map of Disaster Monuments (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED))
The Digital Archive Map of Disaster Monuments database is built in collaboration with a number of institutions and provided by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), and Kochi University.
This database records the locations of and inscriptions found on monuments that memorialize earthquake and other disasters throughout Japan. Using the map, users are able to locate and to browse monuments on the Web-GIS as well as to view details of the monuments by clicking on the icons on the map.
The monuments cover the Great East Japan earthquake, the 1933 Showa Sanriku earthquake, the 1896 Meiji Sanriku tsunami, and many other natural disasters.
Monuments memorializing earthquakes and volcanos are listed by year and name of disaster, storms and floods are listed by the year and month in which they occurred.

List of data available from Digital Archive Map of Disaster Monuments

Photographs of Digital Archives of Kumamoto Disasters: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)


April 14th, 2022

It has been six years since the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, a series of earthquakes that affected Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14th, 2016, at 9:26 p.m.
HINAGIKU collaborates with "Digital Archives of Kumamoto Disasters" operated by Kumamoto Prefecture. You can search materials related to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake of that archive via HINAGIKU. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five materials from "Digital Archives of Kumamoto Disasters" will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from April 14th to April 25th, 2022.

Data from the Ibaraki Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake Digital Archive now available on HINAGIKU

March 18th, 2022

With the closure of the Ibaraki Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake Digital Archive, the National Diet Library has received permission to archive and make its data available to the public on HINAGIKU.

List of data available from the Ibaraki Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake Digital Archive (Transferred)

The public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2020 are additionally opened to the public.

March 18th, 2022

The videos* of the press conferences and the meetings etc. which were held in the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2020 are additionally opened to the public. With this latest addition, all videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority from September 2012 to December 2020 are collected on HINAGIKU.
*HINAGIKU collects a part of the videos that have been posted on the video channel (YouTube).

List of data available from the public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority via HINAGIKU

New content from HINAGIKU (61): Project "What Can We Do Now?"

March 7th, 2022

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

Project "What Can We Do Now?"
Project "What Can We Do Now?" is a voluntary organization that was established in March 2011. The Great East Japan Earthquake brought about unprecedented devastation. Various domestic and international civic groups, NPOs, NGOs, and many volunteers engaged in support activities for the victims in various places, and also rushed to the affected areas, wondering what they can do to help.
The project was launched with the aim of conveying this "now" to the whole country through the power of regular citizens, planning a TV broadcast, and broadcasted a program produced by regular citizens on BS National TV for one year.
After that, the project shifted to the web to disseminate information.
HINAGIKU now offers access to these videos provided by Project "What Can We Do Now?".
(Reference)
Report on the Project "What Can We Do Now?": From the Passage of 10 Years after the Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)

List of data available from Project "What Can We Do Now?"

New content from HINAGIKU (60): ABC TV The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 1995 recorded interview video archives

February 25th, 2022

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

ABC TV The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 1995 recorded interview video archives
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake was the first major earthquake in history where the fateful moment and the subsequent reconstruction process were recorded in detail on video. ABC (Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation) retains an expansive library of archived footage from the event and the aftermath.
ABC wanted to share the lessons conveyed by these images for the benefit of future generations, as well as to make use of these valuable images for disaster prevention and mitigation in the future. With this in mind, ABC released portions of their Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Video Footage Archive to the public online in January 2020, the 25th anniversary of the earthquake.
List of data available from ABC TV The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 1995 recorded interview video archives

Addition of the National Diet Library collection of flyers and other materials related to earthquake disasters

January 26th, 2022

The National Diet Library digitized 107 flyers and other materials related to earthquake disasters, and collected them in HINAGIKU. A total of 363 items have been released, including 256 items from fiscal year 2018. The digitized images of flyers and other materials are available only at the National Diet Library, not outside the National Diet Library.

List of data available from National Diet Library collection of flyers and other materials related to earthquake disasters via HINAGIKU

Photographs of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

January 17th, 2022

It has been nearly 27 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on January 17th, 1995. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from two archives will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from January 17th to January 31st, 2022.

The two archives are the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI) and the Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection.
Both archives are located in Kobe and collect a variety of records related to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
They are also working on a number of initiatives intended to hand down experience from the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and to apply those lessons to future needs. You can search materials from these archives via HINAGIKU.

Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI)
Overview of the collection
The DRI archives documentation and items created or used during the recovery and reconstruction of the affected communities in the aftermath of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995.
It also archives publications about disaster prevention and about the damage caused by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and other disasters.
The DRI website also features a project entitled "Earthquake Disaster Resource Narrative - A Story".

Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection
Overview of the collection
The Kobe University Collection includes books, research reports, survey reports, statistical compilations and other printed matter as well as CD-ROMs and other electronic media, videos, audio cassettes, microforms, photographs, and maps.
Moreover, it includes a Digital Gallery, from which photographs or audio and other materials are accessible. On the page of fixed-point photographs (Japanese) , you can see the status of restoration at the same place after the earthquake disaster.

There is also a comprehensive search function for Earthquake related materials cross-search that can be used to search both archives at once.

Photographs of Chuetsu Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU), 2021

October 22nd, 2021

It has been nearly seventeen years since the Chuetsu Earthquake Struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23rd, 2004. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Historical archive section in Nagaoka City Central Library will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from October 22nd to 31st.

New content from HINAGIKU (59): Archive of the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution

October 1st, 2021

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

Archive of the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution
The archive of the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution holds documentation and items created or used during the process of recovery and reconstruction of the afflicted communities in the aftermath of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995. It also holds publications about disaster prevention and the damage caused by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and other disasters.
List of data available from Archive of the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution

New content from HINAGIKU (58):Iwaki 3.11 Memorial and Revitalisation Museum disaster Archival Search

September 8th, 2021

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

Iwaki 3.11 Memorial and Revitalisation Museum disaster Archival Search
This archive enables searching materials about the Great East Japan Earthquake, mainly photographs of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture.
List of data available from Iwaki 3.11 Memorial and Revitalisation Museum disaster Archival Search

Photographs of Digital Archives of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)


April 14th, 2021

It has been five years since the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, a series of earthquakes that affected Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14th, 2016, at 9:26 p.m.
HINAGIKU collaborates with "Digital Archives of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake" operated by Kumamoto Prefecture. You can search materials of that archive via HINAGIKU. To commemorate the anniversary of this tragic natural disaster, five materials depicting the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from April 14th to April 25th, 2021.

Data from the Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives now available on HINAGIKU

March 19th, 2021

With the closure of the Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives, the National Diet Library has received permission to archive and make its data available to the public on HINAGIKU. The archive's search functionality remains unchanged.

List of data available from the Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives (Transferred).

The public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2019 are additionally opened to the public.

March 8th, 2021

The videos* of the press conferences and the meetings etc. which were held in the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2019 are additionally opened to the public. With this latest addition, all videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority from September 2012 to December 2019 are collected on HINAGIKU.
*HINAGIKU collects a part of the videos that have been posted on the video channel (YouTube and niconico).

List of data available from the public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority via HINAGIKU

With the closure of the archives of the agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake, the NDL has taken over the data of the archive, and it is now available on HINAGIKU.

March 4th, 2021

With the closure of the archives of the agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' (JA: Japan Agricultural Cooperatives, JF: Japan Fisheries Cooperatives, JForest: Japanese Forest Owners' Cooperatives, etc.) activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake, the National Diet Library have received permission to take over the data of these archives, and to make it available to the public on HINAGIKU.
You can search the data in the same way as before it was taken over. The pages you access will be websites archived by the Web Archiving Project (WARP).

List of data available from the archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake (Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.) (Transferred)

Photographs of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

January 15th, 2021

It has been nearly 26 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on January 17th, 1995. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from January 15th to January 31st, 2021.

Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection is an archive which collects such items as records of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. You can search materials of that archive via HINAGIKU.

Reference:
In this Collection comprised of about 61,000 items, about 5,300 digitalized items are opened to the public on the web (as of November 30th, 2020), and you can search materials in some ways as follows.
Digital Gallery
Photographs or Audio Materials and others are viewable. On the page of fixed-point photographs, you can see the status of restoration at the same place after the earthquake disaster.
Advanced Search screen
You can search the materials by entering some keywords or conditions.
All kinds' of material list (in Japanese)
You can see the list of materials with each type of category, and also check only newly arrived materials.

Archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake were closed.

December 9th, 2020

Archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake were closed on November 30, 2020.
As a result, access from the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU) to the database, which can still be searched on HINAGIKU, is not available.
The transfer of materials to HINAGIKU is being coordinated with Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.

Photographs of Chuetsu Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU), 2020

October 23rd, 2020

It has been nearly sixteen years since the Chuetsu Earthquake Struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23rd, 2004. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Historical archive section in Nagaoka City Central Library will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from October 23rd to November 1st.

New content from HINAGIKU (57): Tsumugi: The Otsuchi Disaster Archive

July 3rd, 2020

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

Tsumugi: The Otsuchi Disaster Archive
Tsumugi is an archive for information about the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the town of Otsuchi, Iwate. It holds documents created by the government, private enterprise, and individuals of the memories, lessons learned, and future plans for the town so that this information can be passed on to future generations for use in planning measures to prevent and mitigate future disasters.
List of data available from Tsumugi: The Otsuchi Disaster Archive

Photographs of Digital Archives of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

April 14th, 2020

It has been four years since the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, a series of earthquakes that affected Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14th, 2016, at 9:26 p.m.
HINAGIKU collaborates with "Digital Archives of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake" operated by Kumamoto Prefecture. You can search materials of that archive via HINAGIKU.
To commemorate the anniversary of this tragic natural disaster, five materials depicting the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from April 13th to April 24th, 2020. Click any of the materials and visit "Digital Archives of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake", where they are displayed in detail.

Documents, videos, and photos of International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2019: "Facilities and archives commemorating the disaster" have been released.

April 3rd, 2020

The National Diet Library (NDL) and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) of Tohoku University held the International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive. The presentation materials, videos and photos of this symposium have been released in HINAGIKU.

For details, please see from the following page.
International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2019: "Facilities and archives commemorating the disaster" (held on January 11th, 2020)

New content from HINAGIKU (56): Online Database of Materials on Earthquake Disaster, Tohoku University Library

February 28th, 2020

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

Online Database of Materials on Earthquake Disaster, Tohoku University Library
This website is the online version of a database operated by the Tohoku University Library and includes materials such as flyers, pamphlets, community papers, or public-relations publications but no books or commercial magazines, which are now searchable via HINAGIKU.
Some of these materials are not available online but some are available as PDF files.

List of data available from Online Database of Materials on Earthquake Disaster, Tohoku University Library via HINAGIKU

New content from HINAGIKU (55): Keep telling the stories of the Chuetsu Earthquake for future generations

January 22nd, 2020

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU).

Keep telling the stories of the Chuetsu Earthquake for future generations
This archive preserves and publicizes digital content that describes in words and pictures the experiences of people in Nagaoka and neighboring municipalities who were affected by the Chuetsu earthquake. It also contains books and other materials on earthquakes. The stories and photos from this archive are now searchable via HINAGIKU.
List of data available from Keep telling the stories of the Chuetsu Earthquake for future generations via HINAGIKU

Photographs of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

January 17th, 2020

It has been nearly 25 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on January 17th, 1995. HINAGIKU collaborates with the Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection. You can search materials of that archive via HINAGIKU. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from January 17th to January 31st, 2020. By clicking each photograph, you can move to the page of the Collection, where these photographs are displayed in detail.

Reference: Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection

This Collection is an archive which collects such items as records of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. About 5,200 digitalized items of about 60,000 collections are opened to the public (as of December 15th, 2019), and you can search materials in some ways as follows.

New content from HINAGIKU (54): Database of Disaster Photos

January 10th, 2020

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

Database of Disaster Photos
The Database of Disaster Photos is operated by the Institute of Scientific Approaches for Fire and Disaster and comprises photographs that were taken during disaster investigations or acquired while collecting archival materials.
Photographs of earthquake disaster are searchable via HINAGIKU.

List of data available from Database of Disaster Photos via HINAGIKU

International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2019: "Facilities and archives commemorating the disaster" (held on January 11th, 2020)

November 7th, 2019

International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2019: "Facilities and archives commemorating the disaster" (held at Tohoku University on January 11th, 2020).
The National Diet Library (NDL) and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) of Tohoku University will hold the International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive. First, a special lecture will introduce the efforts of the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hawaii as an overseas example of an earthquake disaster facility. Second, as examples from Japan, we will report on the current situation of earthquake archives and earthquake disaster facilities throughout the country, including the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU). Last, we will discuss how earthquake archives and earthquake disaster facilities can build relationships to increase their utilization.

For details, please see the Events page on the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU).
International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2019: "Facilities and archives commemorating the disaster" (held on January 11th, 2020)

New content from HINAGIKU (53): Citizens group to think recovery support of Ishinomaki city

November 5th, 2019

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU).

Citizens group to think recovery support of Ishinomaki city
HINAGIKU archives the records of actions by Citizens group to think recovery support of Ishinomaki city in the last 8 years.
List of data available from Repository of Citizens group to think recovery support of Ishinomaki city via HINAGIKU

Photographs of Chuetsu Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU), 2019

October 23rd, 2019

It has been nearly fifteen years since the Chuetsu Earthquake Struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23rd, 2004. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Historical Archive Section at the Nagaoka City Central Library will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from October 23rd to October 31st.

Strengthened security for HINAGIKU

October 7th, 2019

In order to strengthen security, the HINAGIKU portal was made compliant with Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS), as described below.

  1. URLs for browser access are starting with https.
  2. Example:
    http://kn.ndl.go.jp became https://kn.ndl.go.jp
  3. URLs for API access are starting with https.
  4. Examples:
    For SRU: http://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/sru became https://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/sru
    For OpenSearch: http://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/opensearch became https://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/opensearch
    For OAI-PMH: http://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/oaipmh became https://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/oaipmh
※URLs that start with http are redirected to https.
※URLs that start with http://kn2.ndl.go.jp will also change to https in the near future.

The public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2018 are additionally opened to the public.

June 24th, 2019

The videos* of the press conferences and the meetings etc. which were held in the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2018 are additionally opened to the public. With this latest addition, all videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority from September 2012 to December 2018 are collected on HINAGIKU.
*HINAGIKU collects a part of the videos that have been posted on the video channel (YouTube and niconico).

List of data available from the public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority via HINAGIKU

Searching by Subject now available

June 11th, 2019

The Let's try using HINAGIKU! webpage now offers the ability to search by subject matter. We have prepared a list of subjects related to earthquakes as well as a list of keywords for each subject. Select keywords from the list to search for content.
Try it and see how easy it is to find what you are looking for!


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Strengthened security for HINAGIKU

June 7th, 2019

In order to strengthen security, the HINAGIKU portal will soon be made compliant with Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS), as described below.

Sometime in September 2019 the following changes will be implemented.
  1. URLs for browser access will start with https.
  2. Example:
    http://kn.ndl.go.jp will become https://kn.ndl.go.jp
  3. URLs for API access will start with https.
  4. Examples:
    For SRU: http://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/sru will become https://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/sru
    For OpenSearch: http://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/opensearch will become https://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/opensearch
    For OAI-PMH: http://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/oaipmh will become https://kn.ndl.go.jp/api/oaipmh
※URLs that start with http will be redirected to https.
※URLs that start with http://kn2.ndl.go.jp will also change to https in the near future.

Photographs and video footage of "Digital Archives of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake": Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

April 15th, 2019

It has been three years since the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, a series of earthquakes that affected Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14th, 2016, at 9:26 p.m.
HINAGIKU collaborates with "Digital Archives of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake" operated by Kumamoto Prefecture. You can search materials of that archive via HINAGIKU.
To commemorate the anniversary of this tragic natural disaster, five materials depicting the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from April 15th to April 26th, 2019. Click any of the materials and visit "Digital Archives of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake", where they are displayed in detail.

New content from HINAGIKU (52): Repository of Natural Disaster Documents of IWATE (Iwate University)

March 13th, 2019

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU).

Repository of Natural Disaster Documents of IWATE (Iwate University)
This archive contains materials from the Iwate University Library and Research Center for Regional Disaster Management related to natural disasters in Iwate Prefecture and the Great East Japan Earthquake "2011.3.11".
List of data available from Repository of Natural Disaster Documents of IWATE (Iwate University) via HINAGIKU

New content from HINAGIKU (51): 311 Iwate NPO Flyer Archive (IWATE Fukkou Collaboration Center)

March 11th, 2019

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU).

311 Iwate NPO Flyer Archive (IWATE Fukkou Collaboration Center)
The IWATE Fukkou Collaboration Center established this archive for collecting flyers and materials of organizations that carried out disaster support activities in Iwate Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
In the archive, by seeing these flyers and materials, you can see how the activities of various organizations have changed over time.
List of data available from 311 Iwate NPO Flyer Archive (IWATE Fukkou Collaboration Center) via HINAGIKU

New content from HINAGIKU (50): National Diet Library collection of flyers and other materials related to earthquake disasters

March 11th, 2019

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU).

National Diet Library collection of flyers and other materials related to earthquake disasters
The National Diet Library digitized 256 flyers and other materials related to earthquake disasters, and collected them in HINAGIKU. The digitized images of flyers and other materials are available only at the National Diet Library, not outside the National Diet Library.
For details on records and other materials related to the Great East Japan Earthquake collected by the National Diet Library, please refer to "Collection of records".
List of data available from National Diet Library collection of flyers and other materials related to earthquake disasters via HINAGIKU

Photographs of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

January 17th, 2019

It has been nearly 24 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on January 17th, 1995. HINAGIKU collaborates with the Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection. You can search materials of that archive via HINAGIKU. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from January 17th to January 31st, 2019. By clicking each photograph, you can move to the page of the Collection, where these photographs are displayed in detail.

Reference: Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection

This Collection is an archive which collects such items as records of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. About 5,200 digitalized items of about 58,000 collections are opened to the public (as of December 12th, 2018), and you can search materials in some ways as follows.

Resumption of using Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Library Catalog

November 12th, 2018

The inability to search or display search results for materials from the data provider, "Japan Atomic Energy Agency Library Collection" has been fixed as of November 12th, 2018.

Reference
Resumption of using Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Library Catalog

Photographs of Chuetsu Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU), 2018

October 23rd, 2018

It has been nearly fourteen years since the Chuetsu Earthquake Struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23rd, 2004. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Historical Archive Section at the Nagaoka City Central Library will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from October 23rd to October 31st.

New content from HINAGIKU: Iwate Future Organization (49)

September 20th, 2018

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

Iwate Future Organization
Between 2011 and 2018, Spanish painter José María SICILIA visited on multiple occasions areas afflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake, including Kamaishi, Ofunato, Rikuzentakata, Minami Soma, and Fukushima. While there he held workshops for children and others, in which he taught the participants how to express their experiences during the disaster as well as their childhood memories in art. Iwate Future Organization is a non-profit organization, originally known as the IAM Group, which has been accompanying and reporting on all of Mr. SICILIA's activities. Thanks to the generosity of Iwate Future Organization, Hinagiku now offers access to these reports as well as photographs of the workshops and artwork created by the participants.

List of data available from Iwate Future Organization via HINAGIKU.

Related to the release of this new content, an exhibition and a lecture will be held at the International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL).
The exhibition will run from Thursday, September 20th, 2018 to Sunday, February 24th, 2019, and the lecture will take place on Friday, September 28th, 2018, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Both will feature an introduction to the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Hinagiku.

Please visit the blew page of ILCL website for further details.

Agreement with the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience

2018/09/10

On August 31, 2018, the National Diet Library and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience concluded a cooperation agreement before Japan's National Disaster Prevention Day, September 1. For details, please refer to "Agreement with the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience".

Newly Released Materials Related to the Great East Japan Earthquake at the National Diet Library: Yoshida-ke monjo restoration work

August 31st, 2018

The Yoshida-ke monjo is a set of historical documents designated by Iwate Prefecture as a tangible cultural properties that were badly damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake.
The National Diet Library began conservation and restoration work on the Yoshida-ke monjo in October 2012, finally completing the project in September 2014.
The NDL is now pleased to release 40 photographs of the restoration and repair work.

List of data available from the National Diet Library: Yoshida-ke monjo restoration work via HINAGIKU

About use of Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Library Catalog

August 7th, 2018

The materials of the data provider, Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Library Catalog, are currently unavailable. It is undetermined when the situation will be resolved. Sorry for any inconvenience.

When using the materials of the data provider, Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Library Catalog,
please use the JAEA Library OPAC.

The public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2017 are additionally opened to the public.

July 19th, 2018

The videos* of the press conferences and the meetings etc. which were held in the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2017 are additionally opened to the public. With this latest addition, all videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority from September 2012 to December 2017 are collected on HINAGIKU.
*HINAGIKU collects a part of the videos that have been posted on the video channel (YouTube and niconico).

List of data available from the public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority via HINAGIKU

New content from HINAGIKU: The Day Before Project from the Cabinet Office (48)

June 8th, 2018

New content from the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

●The Day Before Project from the Cabinet Office
The Day Before Project is an activity of the Cabinet Office, in which victims of natural disasters are interviewed about their experiences. Each episode features an interview in which the guest is asked "What would you do if you could go back in time to the day before the disaster?"
The interviews touch upon the following topics.
1. What did you do immediately after the disaster?
2. What did you gain from your experience, and what did you lose?
3. What would you do if you found yourself in the midst of another disaster?
4. How have you prepared for future disasters?
Hinagiku contains an index to 403 episodes of The Day Before Project, searchable by episode title or name of the disaster.

Transcriptions of each The Day Before Project episode can be accessed from either a search result page or a detailed information page on the Hinagiku website. These transcriptions were acquired in the past from the Cabinet Office website by the National Diet Library Web Archiving Project (WARP).

List of data available from The Day Before Project from the Cabinet Office via HINAGIKU.

Photographs of Kumamoto Earthquake Digital Archive: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

April 16th, 2018

It has been two years since the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes, a series of earthquakes that affected Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14th, 2016, at 9:26 p.m.
HINAGIKU collaborates with the Kumamoto Earthquake Digital Archive operated by Kumamoto Prefecture. You can search materials of that archive via HINAGIKU.
To commemorate the anniversary of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs depicting the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from April 16th to April 30th, 2018. Click any of the photos and visit the Kumamoto Earthquake Digital Archive, where they are displayed in detail.

"Kumamoto Earthquake Digital Archive" From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (47)

March 29th, 2018

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU).

Kumamoto Earthquake Digital Archive
Kumamoto prefecture established this Archive for recording the experiences and lessons of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes and transmitting the actual condition of the damage and know-how learned during the Earthquake disaster restoration process to posterity.
This Archive collects the photographs, videos, and materials including document related to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes from Kumamoto prefecture, municipalities in the prefecture, corporations, volunteer organizations such as NPO and others.

List of data available from Kumamoto Earthquake Digital Archive via HINAGIKU.

"Iwate Earthquake Tsunami Archive "Hope"" from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (46)

March 15th, 2018

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU).

Iwate Earthquake Tsunami Archive "Hope"
Iwate prefecture established this Archive in collaboration with municipality and relevant organizations concerning disaster prevention for transmitting the state of the reconstruction and recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake including tsunami to posterity and applying the lessons of these experiences to future activities and disaster prevention education domestically and overseas. It shows clearly the process of each activity such as emergency disaster control measures by classifying materials concerning the disaster of the earthquake and tsunami under six topics and defining the time base of each topic.

List of data available from Iwate Earthquake Tsunami Archive "Hope" via HINAGIKU.

"AJINOMOTO" from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (45)

March 1st, 2018

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU).

●AJINOMOTO
HINAGIKU archives the records of the "Health/Nutrition Seminars" from October 2011 to October 2017.
The Seminars are the main activities carried out by the Ajinomoto Group's Red Apron Project to support Tohoku.

List of data available from AJINOMOTO via HINAGIKU.

New Data Providers that distribute metadata by API has added.

February 28th, 2018

The number of Data Providers whose metadata can be obtained by Application Programming Interface (API) has increased among the Data Providers whose metadata are publicly available on HINAGIKU. For details, please refer to "The List of Data Providers whose metadata is available" on the page of "Application Programming Interface (API)". When you use the API, please also refer to the "About-API use application".

Reference:The list of new Data Providers whose metadata can be obtained by API.

Repository IDData Provider
200001Other Providers (Persons)
200060Fukushima Nuclear Accident Archive (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
200061Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Miyagi
200067Urayasu Disaster Archive
200069Tohkai Shimpo*
200072yu keikaku jimusyo*
200073Otsuchi Town Waterworks Office*
200074Takata Driving School*
200076Architect Partnership in Morioka*
*The content metadata of the Data Provider are created by the NDL.

Photographs of Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

January 17th, 2018

It has been nearly 23 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on January 17th, 1995. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from January 17th to January 31st, 2018. By clicking each photograph, you can move to the page of the Collection, where these photographs are displayed in detail.

Reference: Kobe University Library Digital Archive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection


This Collection is an archive which collects such items as records of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. About 5,150 digitalized items of about 57,000 collections are opened to the public (as of November 26th, 2017), and you can search materials in some ways as follows.

The public relations videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2016 are additionally opened to the public.

December 7th, 2017

The videos* of the press conferences and the meetings etc. which were held in the Nuclear Regulation Authority for 2016 are additionally opened to the public. With this latest addition, all videos of the Nuclear Regulation Authority from September 2012 to December 2016 are collected on HINAGIKU.
*HINAGIKU collects a part of the videos that have been posted on the video channel (YouTube and niconico).

The English version of "Help" of HINAGIKU has been opened to the public and "Material types" of HINAGIKU has been revised.

November 22nd, 2017

The English version of "Help" of the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) has been opened to the public and "Material types" of HINAGIKU has been revised. "Help" describes the retrieval method etc. on HINAGIKU, and"Material types" describes 5 categories of the metadata collected in HINAGIKU: "Document", "Website", "Pictures","Sound and Videos" and "Other".

"Help"
"Material types"

Photographs of Chuetsu Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

October 23rd, 2017

It has been nearly thirteen years since the Chuetsu Earthquake Struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23rd, 2004.
In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Historical Archive Section at the Nagaoka City Central Library will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from October 23rd to October 31st.

Temporary Unavailability of HINAGIKU in October 2017

October 6th, 2017

Content of some Date Provider will be unavailable due to power outage for scheduled inspection during the following period. The search function is availabe as usual.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this outage.

Period unavailable (Japan Time)
Oct. 7th (Sat) 19:00 - Oct. 8th (Sun) 18:00

Affected Data Providers
  • AERO ASAHI CORPORATION
  • Architect Partnership in Morioka
  • Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
  • Geospatial Information Authority of Japan(GSI)
  • Higashi Nihon Gekisai Fukko Shinbun
  • Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library
  • House of Councillors internet deliberation relay
  • House of Representatives Internet TV
  • ICT Project for Preserving Community Ties "Telling the Story of the Great East Japan Earthquake" (Higashimatsushima Library)
  • Japan Foundation
  • Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC)
  • Japan Platform (JPF)
  • Japanese Government Internet TV
  • Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM)
  • Kokusai Kogyo
  • Ministry of Defense
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan
  • NAIIC (National Diet of Japan, Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission)
  • National Diet Library
  • National Diet Library Digital Collections
  • Nippon Foundation
  • Nuclear Regulation Authority
  • Nuclear Regulation Authority(Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident)
  • Other Providers (Organizations)
  • Other Providers (Persons)
  • Otsuchi Town Waterworks Office
  • Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social responibility) (PASCO CORPORATION)
  • Prime minister's office of Japan
  • Shinchi Town Library (Fukushima Prefecture)
  • Syasin Kikaku
  • Takata Driving School
  • Tohkai Shimpo
  • Tokyo Bookbinding Club
  • Tokyo Electric Power Company
  • yu keikaku jimusyo

Reference
2017-9-25 Temporary Unavailability of Some Online Services in October 2017

English, Chinese and Korean URLs now available on Hinagiku top page.

September 1st, 2017

Now the Hinagiku homepage has four language URLs; English, Chinese and Korean in addition to Japanese, which makes it possible to directly access the homepage of each language.

<Reference: Hinagiku Top Page URL>
(Before) http: //kn.ndl.go.jp/

(After) Japanese: http: //kn.ndl.go.jp/
English: http: //kn.ndl.go.jp/en/
Chinese: http: //kn.ndl.go.jp/zh/
Korean: https://kn.ndl.go.jp/ko/

An English version of a Chronological Table of HINAGIKU has been opened to the public.

July 25th, 2017

An English version of a Chronological Table of the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) delineating significant milestones in the project's development has been opened to the public.

"Chronology(History)"

Video of National Diet deliberations now available in HINAGIKU(3)

June 22nd, 2017

Videos of plenary sessions and committee meetings related to the Great East Japan Earthquake from the 184th to the 190th Diet sessions are now available in HINAGIKU. These videos were originally broadcast on the House of Representatives Internet TV and House of Councillors on the House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay (Japanese only).

With this addition, the HINAGIKU site now hosts videos of plenary sessions and committee meetings related to the Great East Japan Earthquake from the 177th Diet session, which took place immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March, 2011, to the 190th Diet session in 2016.

These videos include the following content.

From the House of Representatives Internet TV:

Plenary sittings as well as the following committees

  • Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Committee on Environment, Committee on Budget, 1st Working Group of Committee on Budget, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, Special Committee on Disasters, Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake, Special Committee on Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues

From the House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay:

Plenary sessions and the following committees

  • Committee on Education, Culture and Science, Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Committee on Economy and Industry, Committee on Land and Transport, Committee on Environment, Committee on Budget, Committee on Audit, Committee on Oversight of Administration, Special Committee on Disasters, Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Special Committee on Nuclear Power Issues, Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Power Issues

List of data available from the House of Representatives Internet TV
List of data available from the House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay

Additional materials of Nuclear Regulation Authority (Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident).

May 10th, 2017

 Materials* of Nuclear Regulation Authority (Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident) released on Hinagiku were provided by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission archives materials published at press conferences, homepages, etc. on the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident. This time, a part of materials containing F and R as the initial letter of the file number, will be released. With this release, all materials provided by the Nuclear Regulation Authority regarding Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident have been made public.
* HINAGIKU has acquired materials which the former Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and other institutions owned and published for approximately one year after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

(Reference) Initial letters of the file names

  • F ・・・Materials which were kept at the Local Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters (released)
  • FF ・・・Materials provided by Fukushima Prefecture (released)(Published on Hinagu December 1st, 2016)
  • FK ・・・Notice materials which the former Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency received from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (released)(Published on Hinagu December 1st, 2016)
  • R ・・・Materials which were kept at the former Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (released)

List of data available from Nuclear Regulation Authority (Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident) via HINAGIKU

Video of National Diet deliberations now available in HINAGIKU(2)

April 26th, 2017

 

Videos of plenary sessions and committee meetings related to the Great East Japan Earthquake from the 181st to the 183rd Diet sessions are now available in HINAGIKU. These videos were originally broadcast on the House of Representatives Internet TV and House of Councillors on the House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay (Japanese only).
With this addition, the HINAGIKU site now hosts videos of plenary sessions and committee meetings related to the Great East Japan Earthquake from the 177th Diet session, which took place immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March, 2011, to the 183th Diet session in 2013.

These videos include the following content.

From the House of Representatives Internet TV:
Plenary sittings as well as the following committees

  • Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Committee on Environment, Committee on Budget, 1st Working Group of Committee on Budget, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, Special Committee on Disasters, Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake, Special Committee on Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues

From the House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay
Plenary sessions and the following committees
  • Committee on Education, Culture and Science, Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Committee on Economy and Industry, Committee on Land and Transport, Committee on Environment, Committee on Budget, Committee on Audit, Committee on Oversight of Administration, Special Committee on Disasters, Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake
     

List of data available from the House of Representatives Internet TV
List of data available from the House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay

Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey Digital Archive (Fukushima Medical University)" from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (44)

March 31st, 2017

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

  • Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey Digital Archive (Fukushima Medical University)

Archives of the materials in which Fukushima Medical University Radiation Medical Science Center recorded their activities at Fukushima Medical University and Fukushima Medical University Radiation Medical Science Center after the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.

List of data available from Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey Digital Archive (Fukushima Medical University) via HINAGIKU

Additional materials of Nuclear Regulation Authority (Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident)

March 22nd, 2017

Materials* of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident) released on HINAGIKU were provided by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission archives materials published at press conferences, on websites, and etc. on the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.
*HINAGIKU has acquired materials which the former Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and other institutions owned and published for approximately one year after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

This time, a part of materials containing F and R as the initial letter of the file number will be released.

(Reference) Initial letters of the file names

  • F ・・・Materials which were kept at the Local Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters (released)
  • FF ・・・Materials provided by Fukushima Prefecture (released) (Published on HINAGIKU December 1st, 2016)
  • FK ・・・Notice materials which the former Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency received from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (released) (Published on HINAGIKU December 1st, 2016)
  • R ・・・Materials which were kept at the former Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (released)

List of data available from Nuclear Regulation Authority (Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident) via HINAGIKU

New arrival of various photographs from the Historical Archive Section of the Nagaoka City Central Library

March 10th, 2017

Additional content to the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

  • The Historical Archive Section of the Nagaoka City Central Library added new content

The Historical Archive Section of the Nagaoka City Central Library has published 133 photographs related to the Great East Japan Earthquake. These photographs were taken in the shelters provided by Nagaoka City for refugees from Fukushima Prefecture, especially from Minamisoma City, as part of its aid for the disaster-stricken area.

Examples:

List of data related to the Great East Japan Earthquake provided by the Historical Archive Section of the Nagaoka City Central Library in HINAGIKU

"Nuclear Regulation Authority (Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident)" from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (43)

"Nuclear Regulation Authority (Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident)" From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (43)

December 1st, 2016

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

 

  • Nuclear Regulation Authority (Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident)

 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission archives materials published at press conferences, homepages, etc. on the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident. Among the materials owned and published by the former Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and other institutions, materials which were published approximately one year after the Great East Japan Earthquake are included. It consists of radiation monitoring results, damage situation reports, notices from the Tokyo Electric Power Company, etc.

 

Materials released on HINAGIKU were provided by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. This time, materials with file names starting with the letters FF and FK are published. Materials with file names starting with the letters F and R are currently under preparation.

 

(Reference) Initial letters of the file names

  • F・・・Materials which were kept at the Local Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters (released)
  • FF・・・Materials provided by Fukushima Prefecture (released)
  • FK・・・Notice materials which the former Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency received from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (released)
  • R・・・Materials which were kept at the former Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (released)

 

List of data available from Nuclear Regulation Authority (Archived Information on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident) via HINAGIKU

International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2016: "Advancing and deepening Disaster Archives six years after the earthquake disaster"

November 22nd, 2016

The National Diet Library (NDL) and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) of Tohoku University are pleased to hold a symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive at the auditorium of IRIDeS, Tohoku University, on January 20th, 2017. The symposium will feature a special lecture by Professor Andrew Gordon, The JDArchive Project Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University, current case reports and so on.
 
For details, please see Events page on the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive.

 

Updated brochures "National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU" are available in Japanese and English

Updated PDF brochures "National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU" are available in Japanese and English. They are on the page of the Brochure.

November 9th, 2016

Updated PDF brochures "National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU" are available in Japanese and English.
They are on the page of the Brochure.

Photographs of Chuetsu Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

October 21st, 2016

It has been nearly twelve years since the Chuetsu Earthquake Struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23rd, 2004.
In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Historical Archive Section at the Nagaoka City Central Library will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from October 21st to November 6th.

HINAGIKU new system is now available.

September 28th, 2016

From September 28th, 2016, HINAGIKU has migrated to a new system. Basically the screen design has not been changed; the new system can be used in the same way as before.
However, please note that the map display and the timeline display have been removed from the search results display.

 

Because the URL of the News page has been changed, please link to the new URL if necessary.

Notice of HINAGIKU migration to the new system

Notice of HINAGIKU migration to the new system

August 23rd, 2016

In HINAGIKU, it is scheduled to be the new system migration from Wednesday, September 28th, 2016.
For this reason, the date of HINAGIKU is not updated in the following period, please acknowledge beforehand.

 
(Period no data update)
From August 24th, 2016 to September 27th, 2016.
※ System stop of HINAGIKU with the migration work is not scheduled.

Added videos from Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan website.

Added videos from Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan website.

August 2nd, 2016

The videos of the press conferences and the meetings, etc., which were held in the Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan from mid-September 2014 to early December 2015 have been added. With this latest addition to HINAGIKU, all videos of the press conferences and the meetings from September 2012 to early December 2015 are published.
 
(※HINAGIKU publishes a part of the videos that have been posted on the video channel (YouTube and niconico))

Video of National Diet deliberations now available in HINAGIKU (1)

Additional videos of the Diet Internet deliberation relay available now in Hinagiku

March 31st, 2016

 

Videos of the plenary sittings and committee meetings related to the Great East Japan Earthquake from the 177th Diet session (after March 11th, 2011, when the Great East Japan Earthquake occured) to the 180th Diet session are available now in Hinagiku. The videos of the House of Representatives were originally provided on the House of Representatives Internet TV, and those of the House of Councillors on the House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay (Japanese only).

 

The videos newly collected in Hinagiku are as follows:
  • House of Representatives Internet TV
    Videos of the plenary sitting and committee meetings from the 177th Diet session (adjournment inspection) to the 180th Diet session
  • House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay
    Videos of the plenary sitting and committee meetings from the 177th Diet session (after April 29th, 2011) to the 180th Diet session
     

 

       

List of data available from the House of Representatives Internet TV

     

List of data available from the House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay

 

Add various photographs from Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library

Add various photographs from Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library

March 11th, 2016

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

 

  • Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library added New content

On October 23rd, 2015, the Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library published 19 photographs which are holdings at the Collection of Post-disaster Reconstruction in Nagaoka city. This time, more photographs have been published on March 11th, 2016. By this release, 2,055 photographs which were taken of the damage situation at 20 schools elementary and junior high schools in Nagaoka city by the "Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake in 2004," will be to be able to browse through HINAGIKU. The record content are as follows.

 

・October 23rd, 2015 (added): Photographs which were taken of damage situation at Sakanoue elementary school in Nagaoka city by the Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake in 2004 (19 items)
・March 11th, 2016 (newly added ): Photographs which were taken of damage situation at 19 schools elementary and junior high schools in Nagaoka city by the Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake in 2004 (2,036 items)

 

 

Example:The picture of Fukasawa elementary school damaged by the Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake in 2004. (The musical instruments which fell on a floor)

List of data available from Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library in HINAGIKU

 

Fukushima Nuclear Accident Archive (FNAA): New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (41)

Fukushima Nuclear Accident Archive (FNAA): New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (41)

February 9th, 2016

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Fukushima Nuclear Accident Archive (FNAA)

This archive by Japan Atomic Energy Agench enables search and browse of information from the websites of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, national and local governments, research institutes, etc. about the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Cross search of related published information databases such as JOPSS, JAEA OPAC, INIS Repository, CiNii Articles, is also provided.

National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) provides search of information on the Internet about the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
 
 
List of data available in Fukushima Nuclear Accident Archive (FNAA) in HINAGIKU
Fukushima Nuclear Accident Archive (FNAA)

Aomori Digital Archive System was closed.

Aomori Digital Archive System was closed.

January 8th, 2016

Aomori Digital Archive System was closed on January 8th, 2016, and cannot currently be searched or browsed from HINAGIKU.
Content of Aomori Digital Archive System are scheduled to be transferred to Aomori Disaster Archive.
 

Mie Disaster Mitigation Archive: New content in HINAGIKU (40)

Mie Disaster Mitigation Archive: New content in HINAGIKU (40)

December 7th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Mie Disaster Mitigation Archive

Digital archive about disaster prevention and mitigation by the Mie Prefecture Mie University Mie Disaster Mitigation Center. Content includes testimonial videos and information collected from tsunami monuments, local histories, and other information related to the Tonankai Earthquake of 1944.
 
Mie Disaster Mitigation Archive(in Japanese)
 
 

NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive(HINAGIKU) system maintenance notice : December

NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive(HINAGIKU) system maintenance notice:December

December 2nd, 2015

NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive(HINAGIKU)(https://kn.ndl.go.jp/) will be unavailable due to system maintenance during the following periods:
 
From December 14th to December 28th, 2015 (Japan Time)
 
 
We apologize for any inconvenience.
 

International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2015: "Disaster Archives as community memories for the future"

International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2015: "Disaster Archives as community memories for the future"

November 3rd, 2015

The National Diet Library (NDL) and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) of Tohoku University are pleased to hold a symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive at the auditorium of IRIDeS, Tohoku University, on January 11th, 2016.
The symposium will feature discussion of the advantages and challenges of maintaining digital archives of disaster records and the significance of these archives for the affected municipalities.
 
For details, please see Events page on the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive.

Syasinkikaku: New content in HINAGIKU (39)

Syasinkikaku: New content in HINAGIKU (39)

October 23rd, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Syasinkikaku

Aerial photographs of 11 spots affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture, taken at four different points in time (before, soon after, 1 year after, and 2 years after the earthquake) from the same location by Syasinkikaku.(NDL limitation opening to the public in the building.)
 
 
Example: The Watarityo Torinoumi_area before the earthquake
List of data available in Syasin Kikaku in HINAGIKU
 

Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library: New content in HINAGIKU (38)

Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library: New content in HINAGIKU (38)

October 23rd, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library

The materials related to the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake are published from the Nagaoka Post-Disaster Reconstruction Collection.
 
 
Example:Appearance of Nagaoka Sakanoue Elementary School in the morning after the earthquake (Part 1).
List of data available from Historical archive section at the Nagaoka Central Library in HINAGIKU
 

Add various maps from Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social Responsibility) (PASCO CORPORATION)

Add various maps from Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social Responsibility) (PASCO CORPORATION)

September 16th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

 

  • Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social Responsibility) (PASCO CORPORATION)

Photos and maps related to the Great East Japan Earthquake from Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social Responsibility) (PASCO CORPORATION) are available. The record content is as follows.

 

・April 7th, 2015 (added): High Resolution Panoramic Aerial Photographs (12 items)
・September 1st, 2015 (newly added ):The estimated flooded area map from a satellite, etc. (61 items), Maps (35 items)

 

 

Example:Estimated flooded area map (Miyagi Pref.)

List of data available from Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social rResponsibility) (PASCO CORPORATION) in HINAGIKU

Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social rResponsibility) (PASCO CORPORATION)

 

Kokusai Kogyo : New content in HINAGIKU (37)

Kokusai Kogyo : New content in HINAGIKU (37)

September 8th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Kokusai Kogyo

Aerial photographs (Diagonal photographs) of 72 spots affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture, were taken from March 2011 to March 2015 with stationary measurement by Kokusai Kogyo.
 
 
Example:Taro area of Miyako City (spot 1 Photo date April 5th, 2011)
List of data available in Kokusai Kogyo in HINAGIKU
Kokusai Kogyo
 

Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet: New content in HINAGIKU (36)

Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet: New content in HINAGIKU (36)

August 14th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet

Videos related to the Great East Japan Earthquake from the Prime Minister's Office of Japan (YouTube) are available.
 
 
Example:Prime Minister Abe's message in a day of 3.11【2015】
List of data available from the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet in HINAGIKU
Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet
 

Add videos from Japanese Government Internet TV

Add videos from Japanese Government Internet TV

August 14th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Japanese Government Internet TV

Videos related to the Great East Japan Earthquake from Japanese Government Internet TV are available. The record content is as follows.
 
・June 26th, 2014 (added):videos including memorial ceremonies of the Great East Japan Earthquake (17 items)
・June 10th, 2015 (added):Videos including the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai Events (20 items)
・August 10th, 2015 (newly added ):videos including the address by the Prime Minister to the Memorial Ceremony Marking the Fourth Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake (7 items)
 
 
Example:The address by the Prime Minister to the Memorial Ceremony Marking the Fourth Anniversary―March 11th, 2015 of the Great East Japan Earthquake
List of data available from Japanese Government Internet TV in HINAGIKU
Japanese Government Internet TV
 

Materials from Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive are now available

Materials from Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive are now available

July 14th, 2015

 

The Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive, which had been in coordination with the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU). was closed on November 30th, 2014.

Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive was closed.

 

Due to the closure of the Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive, the National Diet Library has received permission to provide the materials via HINAGIKU from 7 groups and 11 people out of the copyright holders who had provided their content via the Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive.

Materials which completed preparation have already begun provided via HINAGIKU. From now on, all of the subject material will be available.

 

The main materials are as follows:

 

・Otsuchi Town Waterworks Office
Includes photographs of waterworks restoration work conducted in Otsuchi Town, Iwate prefecture, after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
 
・Takata Driving School
Includes photographs of Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, after the Great East Japan Earthquake. There are aerial photographs and photographs of Rikuzentakata Driving School, which became the base of supplies assistance and reconstruction activities.
 
・Tohkai Shimpo (Tohkai Shimpo Co.,)
The Tohkai Shimpo is a newspaper published by the Tohkai Shimpo Co., headquartered in Rikuzentakata, Iwate. Newspaper of the following period are included.
 (a)All pages from March 1st, 2011, (Vol.15976) to June 30th, 2011 (Vol. 16079).
 (b)Articles which have been accepted in the Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive and their pages from March 1st, 2011, to June 12th, 2011, and from July 8th, 2011, to July 28th, 2011.
For more information, please refer to Tohkai Shimpo : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(29).
 
・Architect Partnership in Morioka
Includes photographs of landscape of Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture, before the Great East Japan Earthquake.
 
・Yu Keikaku Jimusyo (Only on the premises of the National Diet Library)
Includes photographs of the landscape of Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture, taken in August 8th, 2003, before the Great East Japan Earthquake.

 

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: New content in HINAGIKU(35)

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: New contents in HINAGIKU(35)

July 6th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Videos related to the Great East Japan Earthquake from the MHLW channel (the official YouTube channel of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) are available.
As of July 6th, 2015, 24 videos on decontamination and other topics are available via the HINAGIKU website.
 
 
Example:Special training in practical skills for decontamination, Part 2 (Using radiation counters)
List of data available from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare via HINAGIKU
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
 

Urayasu Disaster Archive : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (34)

Urayasu Disaster Archive : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (34)

July 6th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Urayasu Disaster Archive

The archive was constructed by Urayasu city in Chiba prefecture, which was affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The archive contains personal pictures and experiences collected from citizens, academic materials and research records written by private research institutes and universities, as well as pictures, videos and official documents.
 
 
 
List of data available inUrayasu Disaster Archive in HINAGIKU
Urayasu Disaster Archive
 

Memories of Hamadoori: Disaster Archive for the future : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archivein (HINAGIKU) (33)

Memories of Hamadoori: Disaster Archive for the future : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archivein (HINAGIKU) (33)

June 29th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Memories of Hamadoori: Disaster Archive for the future

The Earthquake Archive Room at Iwaki Meisei University collects and preserves information in a variety of media, including written records, videos, testimony, and books, on earthquakes that affected the Hamadoori district.
"Memories of Hamadoori" is an archive managed by the Earthquake Archive Room of Iwaki Meisei University, containing a variety of testimony and videos.

As of June 29th, 2015, 228 photos and 9 testimony records are accessible via HINAGIKU.
 
 
Example:A fishing boat abandoned at a wharf (1)
List of data available in Memories of Hamadoori: Disaster Archive for the future in HINAGIKU
Memories of Hamadoori: Disaster Archive for the future
 

The archive on the Great East Japan Earthquake in Miyagi: New content in HINAGIKU (32)

The archive on the Great East Japan Earthquake in Miyagi: New content in HINAGIKU (32)

June 19th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • The archive on the Great East Japan Earthquake in Miyagi

In order not to forget the memory of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Miyagi Prefecture and its 33 cities, towns and villages are collecting, publishing, and handing down related records to future generations astheir duty.
 
 
List of data available from the record of The archive on the Great East Japan Earthquake in Miyagi in HINAGIKU
The archive on the Great East Japan Earthquake in Miyagi
 

311 Documentary Film Archive (YAMAGATA International Documentary Film Festival) : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archivein (HINAGIKU) (31)

311 Documentary Film Archive (YAMAGATA International Documentary Film Festival) : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archivein (HINAGIKU) (31)

May 12th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • 311 Documentary Film Archive (YAMAGATA International Documentary Film Festival)

The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF) launchesd the 311 Documentary Film Archive, a project for collecting and preserving documentary films and production materials on the Great East Japan Earthquake.

As of May 12th, 2015, 55 films are searchable on HINAGIKU.
 
 
Example:Nuclear Nation (Japanese title: Futaba kara tooku hanarete)
List of data available from the 311 Documentary Film Archive (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival) in HINAGIKU
311 Documentary Film Archive (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival)
 

House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(30)

House of Representatives Internet TV : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(30)

May 8th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay

Of the videos of the House floor proceedings which had been publicized in the House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay (Japanese only), HINAGIKU collects the plenary sittings and meetings related to the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Videos of the plenary sittings and committee meetings held between March 11th, 2011 (the day the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred) and March 25th, 2011 of the 177th session of the Diet (from January 24th, 2011 to August 31st, 2011).will be available from now on.

Videos of the plenary sittings and committee meetings held after March 26th, 2011 are currently under preparation.
 
 
Example: :Special Committee on Audit of House ofCouncillors(March 11th, 2011 in the 177th session of the Diet)
List of data available from the House of Councillors Internet deliberation relay
 

Disaster Information Laboratory and Catalog, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention: New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(28)

Disaster Information Laboratory and Catalog, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention: New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(28)

April 16th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention

Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) website publishes materials on natural disasters and disaster prevention. Preliminary reports a of survey taken after the Great East Japan Earthquake, 2011, and photos of monuments to the tsunami, etc. created by NIED are available on a "Special site for the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake", including photographs etc. Some of them are collected in HINAGIKU.
As of April 16th, 2015, part of them, 25 reports and photos are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example of data: Investigation of active faults caused by the earthquake that occurred directly beneath Fukushima Prefecture on April 11th, 2011 (preliminary report) (surveyed on April 14th, 2011, issued by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention)
 
List of data available from the record of 'Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention' in HINAGIKU
 
Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
 

  • Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention Catalog

A system for searching materials held by the Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention.It collects and provides materials related to natural disasters, disaster prevention, etc.
As of April 16th, 2015, 2,557 bibliographic data of books and magazines related to the Great East Japan Earthquake in Catalog of Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention in Japan are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example of data: List of data available from the record of 'Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention Catalog' in HINAGIKU
 
Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention Search

Tohkai Shimpo : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(29)

Tohkai Shimpo : New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(29)

April 16th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 
Tohkai Shimpo
The Tohkai Shimpo is a newspaper published by the Tohkai Shimpo Co., headquartered in Rikuzentakata, Iwate. The target readership of the Tohkai Shimpo is the former Kesen-gun, which comprises the cities of Ofunato and Rikuzentakata as well as the town of Sumita.

HINAGIKU has archived the following documents from the Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive.
 
 

  • All pages from March 1st, 2011, (Vol.15976) to June 30th, 2011 (Vol. 16079).
  • Articles which have been accepted in the Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive and their pages from March 1st, 2011, to June 12th, 2011, and from July 8th, 2011, to July 28th, 2011.

 
 
Example:Tohkai Shimpo Extra edition on March 12th, 2011.
List of data available from Tohkai Shimpo
 

Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social responsibility) (PASCO CORPORATION): New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(27)

Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social responsibility) (PASCO CORPORATION): New contents of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(27)

April 7th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social responsibility) (PASCO CORPORATION)

To assess disaster situation and provide the information, PASCO provides data of affected areas taken by aircraft or satellite on the "List of Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social resposibility)", including photographs etc. Some of them are collected in HINAGIKU.
As of April 7th, 2015, 12 High Resolution Panoramic Aerial Photographs of maritime areas in Miyagi prefecture affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake from "March 2011 Information on The Great East Japan Earthquake 2011" are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example:Higashi Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture (taken on April 1st, 2011)
 
List of data available from the Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social responsibility) (PASCO CORPORATION) in HINAGIKU
 
List of Post-disaster Images Acquisition (Corporate Social resposibility)
 

Koriyama Disaster Archive, Kuji-Noda-Fudai Disaster Archive from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (26)

Koriyama Disaster Archive, Kuji-Noda-Fudai Disaster Archive from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (26)

April 1st, 2015

Kuji-Noda-Fudai Disaster Archive Koriyama Disaster Archive from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (26)
New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Koriyama Disaster Archive

The archives was constructed as a joint project by Koriyama city, Tomioka town, Futaba town and Kawauchi village in Fukushima prefecture, which were all affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The archive contains personal pictures and experiences collected from citizens, in addition to pictures and official documents.
 
List of data available from Koriyama Disaster Archive
Koriyama Disaster Archive
 

  • Kuji-Noda-Fudai Disaster Archive

The archive was constructed as a joint project by Kuji city, Noda village and Fudai village in Iwate prefecture, which were all affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The archive contains personal pictures, videos and experiences collected from citizens, in addition to official documents.
 
List of data available from Kuji-Noda-Fudai Disaster Archive
Kuji-Noda-Fudai Disaster Archive
 

Brochures in nine languages (Arabic, simplified Chinese, German, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish) are available

Brochures in nine languages (Arabic, simplified Chinese, German, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish) are available

March 13th, 2015

 In addition to brochures in English and Japanese language, brochures of HINAGIKU in Arabic, simplified Chinese, German, French, Korean, Russian and Spanish language are now available.
 Please see the web page below.
 
2 About the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU)
 
Brochures are distributed at the exhibition of the Public Forum Event in the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai from 14th to 18th March 2015.

House of Representatives Internet TV from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (25)

House of Representatives Internet TV from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (25)

March 11th, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • House of Representatives Internet TV

The videos of the House floor proceedings, available on the House of Representatives Internet TV, related to the Great East Japan Earthquake in plenary sitting or meetings are collected in HINAGIKU.
This time, videos of the plenary sitting and committee meetings held between March 11th, 2011 and August 31st, 2011 will be available. The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11th, 2011 in the 177th session of the Diet (from January 24th, 2011 to August 31st, 2011).
 
The proceedings videos of the House of Councillors are currently under preparation.
 
Example: :Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake of House of Representatives(May 20th, 2011 in the 177th session of the Diet)
List of data available fromHouse of Representatives Internet TV in HINAGIKU
 

"niconico" from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (24)

niconico from the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (24)

March 3rd, 2015

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) 
 

  • niconico

This video distribution and sharing website is managed by DWANGO Co., Ltd. and niwango. Inc.. In HINAGIKU, it is possible to search an interview, event or program, etc which were originally niconico official live.

Niconico also publishes the special page, "Collected features of the Great East Japan Earthquake 3.11". This page aggregates all the information about contributed videos and niconico official live, related to the Great East Japan Earthquake.

(※ To watch an interview, event or program, etc which was originally niconico official live, You have to register as a niconico member (free) or niconico premium member (surcharge) on the web site .)
 
List of data of niconico
niconico
 

Nuclear Regulation Authority : New content in HINAGIKU (23)

Nuclear Regulation Authority : New contents in HINAGIKU (23)

February 26th, 2015

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Nuclear Regulation Authority

Videos which are published on video channel of the Nuclear Regulation Authority on YouTube or niconico are available.
As of Feburary 26th, 2015, 712 videos of meetings of the nuclear regulations authority commission or review meetings on conformity to the new regulatory requirements for nuclear power plants, etc. are available via the Internet on HINAGIKU.
 
Example: "Observation by members of nuclear regulations authority on Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station, September 15th 2012, Part2"
 
List of data available from the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, in HINAGIKU
 
Nuclear Regulation Authority
 

Add vertical photographs from GSI website.

Add vertical photographs from GSI website.

January 28th, 2015

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Geospatial Information Authority of Japan

These vertical and oblique aerial photographs from the website of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) were taken from May 2011 to April 2012 of areas affected by the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake.
 
In HINAGIKU, oblique aerial photographs(1656 items) had been published from August 27th, 2014. Vertical aerial photographs(17124 items) were newly published now.
Example: Iwate-ken Kamaishi-shi(CTO2011-5-C8-12)
List of data available from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan in HINAGIKU
 

Archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake (Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.) : New content in HINAGIKU (22)

Archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake (Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.) : New content in HINAGIKU (22)

January 15th, 2015

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake (Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.)

Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd. engage in medium- and long-term studies on agriculture, forestry and fisheries, food issues and the environment, supplying timely information on economic and financial developments, practical research on agricultural, forestry and fishery cooperatives.
A website which collects information on the past, present, and future of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperatives' efforts for the reconstruction and reconstruction from the earthquake and nuclear accident, in cooperation with these cooperatives and their federations: JA-ZENCHU, JF Zengyoren, National Federation of Forest Owners' Co-operative Associations and others.

As of January 14th, 2015, 1,744 summary of records (articles and reports, etc. available in pdf format) provided by agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperatives in Japan are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example: "Request and recording policy to collect, accumulate information on JA Group activities for recovery & reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake & tsunami disaster, and t he records digest for the first 6 months" (Issued by: JA-Zenchu (JA Group Central Headquarters for Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Recovery & Reconstruction Measures), uploaded on March 1st, 2012)
 
List of data available from the record of 'Archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake (Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.)' in HINAGIKU
 
Archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake (Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.)
 

Event: National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) will be presented in the exhibition of the Public Forum Event in the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai from 14 to 18 March 2015

Event: National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) will be presented in the exhibition of the Public Forum Event in the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai from 14 to 18 March 2015

January 14th, 2015

World Conferences on Disaster Risk Reduction have been sponsored by United Nations to discuss international strategy for disaster reduction. The first conference was held in Yokohama in 1994, the second was held in Kobe city in 2005, and the third conference will be held in Sendai city, affected area by the Great East Japan Earthquake, in 2015.
The National Diet Library will present HINAGIKU, a portal site for the comprehensive search of sound recordings, videos, photos, web information and other materials related to the Great East Japan Earthquake, in the related exhibitions of the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai.
 
For details, please see Events page on the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive.

 

NDL Search system maintenance notice

NDL Search system maintenance notice

December 4th, 2014

NDL Search system (https://iss.ndl.go.jp/) will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 18:00 to 21:00, December 7th (Japan Time)
 
Therefore 1) and 2) will occur in HINAGIKU. The search in HINAGIKU is no problem.
 
1) even if a hyperlink of each database name is clicked, a screen doesn't change.
 
The target data base is as follows.
 
* National Diet Library Catalog
* National Diet Library Periodical Index
* CiNii Articles (National Institute of Informatics)
*JAIRO (National Institute of Informatics)
* J-STAGE (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
 
Above databases cooperate with HINAGIKU through NDL search system..
 
 
2)even if a hyperlink , NDL search system, on right of a list retrieval result screen is clicked, a screen doesn't change.a retrieval result screen is clicked, a screen doesn't change.
 
 
Sorry for the inconvenience..

Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan: New content in HINAGIKU (21)

Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan: New content in HINAGIKU (21)

December 3rd, 2014

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan

Videos from the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan YouTube channel or the website of the Decontamination Information Plaza are available. As of December 2nd, 2014, 16 videos concerning to disposal of disaster waste or decontamination, etc. are available via the Internet on HINAGIKU.
 
Example: Living in Fukushima : Story of decontamination and reconstruction
 
List of data available from the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, in HINAGIKU
 
Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan
 

Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive was closed.

Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive was closed.

December 1st, 2014

Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive was closed on November 30th, 2014.
As a result, the service to search for Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive from the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU) has ended.
Reference:Searchable database list
 

The number of the data providers of API has increased

The number of the data providers of API has increased

November 11th, 2014

(This page was translated automatically)
 
The number of the data providers of National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) has increased on October, 2014. Please see the "List of repositories which metadata is available" in the Application Programming Interface (API).
 
"Linked Open Data: LOD" on the Standardization of the electronic information of the National Diet Library webpage introduce the content of data using by API.
 
National Diet Library also participates with "LOD challenge 2014" which is the contest commending works and activities of making and utilizing data in the broad field as one of the data providers.
 
 
* Linked Open Data: LOD (linked open data)
Linked Open Data (LOD) describes a method of publishing and sharing data in a way that can be effectively used by several computer systems or applications.

The Nippon Foundation: New content in HINAGIKU (16)

The Nippon Foundation: New content in HINAGIKU (16)

October 23rd, 2014

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • The Nippon Foundation

Part of photos and videos submitted to the contest hold by the Nippon Foundation since 2012. Those submitted in 2012 and 2013 were taken on March 11th in each year. Photos submitted in 2014 were taken in March, 2014.
As of October 1st, 2014, 245 photos, 30 videos and 3 leaflets of contest are available in HINAGIKU.
 
Example: requiem (photo awarded a grand prize in the photo and video contest held by the Nippon Foundation in 2012)
 
List of data available from the record of the Nippon Foundation in HINAGIKU
 
The Nippon Foundation
 

Database of Disaster Information Materials (Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society): New content in HINAGIKU (19)

Database of Disaster Information Materials (Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society): New content in HINAGIKU (19)

October 21st, 2014

Database of Disaster Information Materials (Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society): New content in HINAGIKU (19)
New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Database of Disaster Information Materials (Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society)

Nagaoka Earthquake Disaster Archive Center "KiokuMirai" is in the "The CHU-ETSU Earthquake Memorial Corridor" consisting of 4 buildings and 3 parks to commemorate the Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake of October 23rd, 2004. It is a collection of books, magazines, newspapers, public relations magazines, brochures, etc. related to the Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake of 2004. Database of Disaster Information Materials is available by tablets or PCs only in "KiokuMirai".
As of October 21st, 2014, 1,501 bibliographic data of books and brochures, etc. such as records of activities for reconstruction by citizens' groups, are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example: From the Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake to the Great East Japan Earthquake: Earthquake disaster reconstruction and its future (Book by Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society and Niigata Nipposha published in October, 2011)
 
List of data available from the record of Database of Disaster Information Materials (Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society) in HINAGIKU
 
Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society
 

Collection of Post-disaster Reconstruction in Nagaoka city (Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library): New content in HINAGIKU (20)

Collection of Post-disaster Reconstruction in Nagaoka city (Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library): New content in HINAGIKU (20)

October 21st, 2014

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Collection of Post-disaster Reconstruction in Nagaoka city (Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library)

The Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library has been collecting and preserving materials related to disasters from the Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake on October 23rd, 2004. Materials are on Heavy Rain in Niigata and Fukushima Prefectures on July 13th, 2004, the Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake in 2004, the Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake in 2007 and shelter in Nagaoka city at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Part of these materials are open to the public as "Post-disaster reconstruction related materials" in the "Collection of Post-disaster Reconstruction in Nagaoka city" established on October 23rd, 2014 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake.
As of October 21st, 2014, 595 bibliographic data of books, 3,696 bibliographic data of photos and 2,970 bibliographic data of other materials (flyer, CD, etc.) are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example: Message for each shelter (published by the Welfare Administrative Division, Health Welfare Department, anti‐disaster on November 4th, 2004)
 
List of data available from the record of the Collection of Post-disaster Reconstruction in Nagaoka city (Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library) in HINAGIKU
 
Collection of Post-disaster Reconstruction in Nagaoka city (Historical archive section in Nagaoka city central library)
 

Catalog of Disaster Management Library: New content in HINAGIKU (18)

Catalog of Disaster Management Library: New content in HINAGIKU (18)

October 15th, 2014

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Disaster Management Library Catalog

The National Association of Mutual Aid for Property Damages Disaster Management Library collects materials related to natural and man-induced disasters, such as earthquakes, storms, fires, environmental problems, nuclear accidents, traffic accidents, mining pollution, or war. The collection contains a wide variety of information on disaster countermeasures, regional planning for disaster prevention, or other directly-related matters as well as on indirectly-related issues like volunteer activities or mental healthcare.
Of the 150,000 titles catalogued in Catalog of the Disaster Management Library as of October 15th, 2014, bibliographic data for 1,733 items, including books and CD-ROMs, related to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example: Quick Report on Damage to Infrastructures by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (published in 2011, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management,Public Works Research Institute)
 
List of data available from the record of Disaster Management Library Catalog in HINAGIKU
 
Disaster Management Library Catalog
 

The Videos of the website of the Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission

The Videos of the website of the Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission

October 8th, 2014

The website of the Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission was closed.
 
An archive of the site is available at the Web Archiving Project (WARP), National Diet Library of Japan.
 
Webpage of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission(archived by WARP on October 25th, 2012)
https://warp.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/3856371/naiic.go.jp/en/index.html

※Please update your link and bookmark.
 
Also available from the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive(HINAGIKU) are videos formerly hosted on the website of the Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission.
 
List of videos available from NAIIC in HINAGIKU

Center for Remembering 3.11 (sendai mediateque): New content in HINAGIKU (17)

Center for Remembering 3.11 (sendai mediateque): New content in HINAGIKU (17)

October 1st, 2014

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Center for Remembering 3.11 (sendai mediateque)

The center for remembering 3.11 (commonly known as recorder311) has been established in sendai mediatheque on May 3rd, 2011 in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The multimedia studio is a place where residents, specialists, and staff members collaborate to disseminate information as well as record the restoration and recovery process. Through a variety of media, we aim to share information and promote recovery as well as record and preserve photos, films, sounds and texts in an Earthquake Disaster Recovery Archive.
As of October 1st, 2014, 713 articles in Japanese and 212 articles in English, including photos and movies portraying the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake as well as the restoration and recovery process, are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example: Arahama Elementary School : Evacuation Route Research Institute; The Case of Arahama Elementary School, Sendai City (Recorded on August 25th, 2011, Recorded at Arahama elementary school, Arahama, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi)
 
List of data available from the record of Center for Remembering 3.11 (sendai mediateque) in HINAGIKU
 
Center for Remembering 3.11 (sendai mediateque)
 

Updated brochures "National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU" are available in Japanese and English

Updated brochures "National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU" are available in Japanese and English

September 9th, 2014

Updated PDF brochures "National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU" are available in Japanese and English as of July, 2014.
The organizations which newly cooperated with and National Diet Library are described.
 
Brochures are on the following page.
 
About the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU)
 
Another brochure "Recent Movement of the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU" (in Japanese) is also available on the above page.

Geospatial Information Authority of Japan: New content in HINAGIKU (15)

Geospatial Information Authority of Japan: New content in HINAGIKU (15)

August 27th, 2014

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Geospatial Information Authority of Japan

These oblique aerial photographs (1,656 photograps) from the website of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) were taken from May 2011 to April 2012 of areas affected by the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake.
 
Example:
Miyagi-ken Higashimatsushima-shi part 8
Fukushima-ken Futaba-gun Okuma-cho part5 : Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

List of data available from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan in HINAGIKU

 

The final report from the working group on damaged libraries was published.

The final report from the working group on damaged libraries was published.

July 28th, 2014

"National Diet Library and "National, public and private university library cooperation committee": the interim report from the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake" made by the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake was published.
 
The last report

   

 
Please see the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake about details of an eastern Japan great earthquake hit library record working group.
 

NDL Search system maintenance are not available

NDL Search system maintenance are not available

July 23rd, 2014

Service of National Diet Library search (https://iss.ndl.go.jp/) etc. are not available by an obstacle.
 
Therefore 1) and 2) will occur. The search in HINAGIKU is no problem.
 
 
1) even if a hyperlink of each database name is clicked, a screen doesn't change.
 
* National Diet Library Catalog
* National Diet Library Periodical Index
* CiNii Articles (National Institute of Informatics)
* JAIRO (National Institute of Informatics)
* J-STAGE (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
 
Above databases cooperate with HINAGIKU through NDL search system.
 
 
2) even if a hyperlink , NDL search system, on right of a list retrieval result screen is clicked, a screen doesn't change.a retrieval result screen is clicked, a screen doesn't change.
 
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Japanese Government Internet TV: New content in HINAGIKU (14)

Japanese Government Internet TV: New content in HINAGIKU (14)

June 26th, 2014

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

 

  • Japanese Government Internet TV

The website delivers prime minister's activities and key policies of the Japanese government.
As of June 26th, 2014, 17 videos including memorial ceremonies of the Great East Japan Earthquake, are available via the Internet on HINAGIKU.

 

Example: Video of the third memorial ceremony of the Great East Japan Earthquake in digest format (shooting date: March 11th, 2014)

List of data available from the Japanese Government Internet TV in HINAGIKU

Japanese Government Internet TV

 

The website of the Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission

The website of the Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission

June 20th, 2014

The website of the Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) was closed.
You can see archived websites at Web Archiving Project (WARP), National Diet Library of Japan.
 
The website of the Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) (archived at WARP on October 25th, 2012)
https://warp.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/3856371/naiic.go.jp/index.html

※Please update your link and bookmark.
 
They are also accessible from HINAGIKU.
 
List of data available from the the website of the Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission in HINAGIKU

Record of earthquakes in the histories of municipalities (Saitama Prefectural Urawa Library): New content in HINAGIKU (13)

Record of earthquakes in the histories of municipalities (Saitama Prefectural Urawa Library): New content in HINAGIKU (13)

June 16th, 2014

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Record of earthquakes in the histories of municipalities (Saitama Prefectural Urawa Library)

Subject bibliography of the earthquakes described in booksof the history of municipalities possessed by Saitama Prefectural Urawa Library. It indicates the pagesin these bookson the Great Earthquake of the Ansei era that struck in 1855, the Great Kanto Earthquakeof 1923, the Southern Saitama Earthquakeof 1931, etc.
As of June 12th, 2014, 185 bibliography data are searchable and "Records of earthquakes in the histories of municipalities" (PDF) is available via the Internet on HINAGIKU.
 
Example: Record of earthquakes in the histories of municipalities (Saitama Prefectural Urawa Library) (PDF)
List of data available from the record of earthquakes in the history of municipalities (Saitama Prefectural Urawa Library) in HINAGIKU
Saitama Prefectural Urawa Library
 

The online services of Website Archive (WARP) has recovered.

The online services of Website Archive (WARP) has recovered.

May 1st, 2014

The problem which we had announced on April 28th, 2014 (Japan Time) that the online services of Website Archive (WARP) were unavailable was resolved. (April 30th, 2014 (Japan Time)
 
Please see the following news for details.
 
The online services of Website Archive (WARP) has recovered. (Apr. 30th (Japan Time))
 

The online services of NDL Digital Collections have recovered.

The online services of NDL Digital Collections have recovered.

April 30th, 2014

The problem which we had announced on April 28th, 2014 (Japan Time) that the online services of NDL Digital Collections were unavailable was resolved. ( April 30th, 2014 (Japan Time)
 
Please see the following news for details.
 
The online services of NDL Digital Collectionsare now unavailable. (Apr. 30th (Japan Time))
 

The online services of NDL Digital Collections, Website Archive(WARP) are now unavailable.

The online services of NDL Digital Collections, Website Archive(WARP) are now unavailable.

April 28th, 2014

The online services of NDL Digital Collections and Website Archive(WARP) are now unavailable because of urgent system maintenance.
 
Metadatas of NDL Digital Collections and Website Archive(WARP) are searchable, but content datas on them are inaccessible via the internet.
 
The online services of NDL Digital Collections, Website Archive (WARP) and related services are now unavailable. (Apr. 28th (Japan Time))
 
Sorry for the inconvenience.

ICT Project for Preserving Community Ties "Telling the Story of the Great East Japan Earthquake" (Higashimatsushima Library): New content in HINAGIKU (12)

ICT Project for Preserving Community Ties "Telling the Story of the Great East Japan Earthquake" (Higashimatsushima Library): New content in HINAGIKU (12)

April 24th, 2014

New content in the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 
 
ICT Project for Preserving Community Ties "Telling the Story of the Great East Japan Earthquake" (Higashimatsushima Library)
 
This project at the Higashimatsushima Library has been collecting photos, videos, newsletters, anthologies, and other materials about Higashimatsushima city before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The collected materials are made available to the public in order to preserve the memory of the impact the earthquake had on Higashimatsushima as well as to prevent future tragedies, to assist the prompt recovery of the disaster victims, to provide material for disaster prevention education, to contribute to rebuilding the community, and to promote research into disaster prevention and reduce damage from natural disasters.
As of April 24th, 2014, video recordings of Higashimatsushima residents describing their experiences during the Great East Japan Earthquake are available to the public. 23 interviews in digest format are available via the Internet on HINAGIKU, and 21 full-length interviews are available on the premises at the National Diet Library.
 
Example: Ran Kikuchi, who lived in the Nobiru area, describes her experiences during the earthquake
List of data available from the ICT Project for Preserving Community Ties "Telling the Story of the Great East Japan Earthquake" in HINAGIKU
ICT Project for Preserving Community Ties "Telling the Story of the Great East Japan Earthquake" (Higashimatsushima Library)
 

Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Library for Reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture (Fukushima Prefectual Library) : From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (9)

Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Library for Reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture (Fukushima Prefectual Library) : From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (9)

April 9th, 2014

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (9)
 
 
Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Library for Reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture (Fukushima Prefectual Library)
 
This is a collection that the Fukushima Prefectual Library has been providing for reading under the name of the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Library for collecting, preserving and passing on materials related to the damage and reconstruction in Fukushima prefecture caused by Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
The collection includes books, periodicals, audio-vidual materials, maps and various other materials related to disaster caused by the earthquake and nuclear power plant accident from March 11th, 2011. As of March 29th, 2014, 4,267 bibliographic data of books, 1,920 bibliographic data of periodicals and 57 bibliographic data of audio-vidual materials are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example: 'First year of reconstruction for hometown at 100 years from now : Record of Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 from March 11th, 2011 to July 31st, 2012' by Kawauchi village.
List of data of the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Library for Reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture (Fukushima Prefectual Library) in HINAGIKU
Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Library for Reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture (Fukushima Prefectual Library)
 

The Simplest Explanation of The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission: From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (8)

The Simplest Explanation of The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission: From the new contents of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (8)

April 9th, 2014

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (8)
 
 
The Simplest Explanation of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission
 
The Project "Simplest Naiic" provides story books and illustrated videos explaining in simple words and animation what happened in the Fukushima nuclear accident. Besides the professionals who engaged in the Diet Report on Naiic, members of the public and university students are taking part in the project.
As of March 14th, 2014, 10 sets of bibliographic data in Japanese and 8 sets of bibliographic data in English are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example: 1. What is the NAIIC? (English) : ILLUSTRATED VIDEO
List of data of the Simplest Explanation of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission in HINAGIKU
The Simplest Explanation of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission
 

Record of the Great East Japan Earthquake in the National Diet Library - From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (11)

Record of the Great East Japan Earthquake in the National Diet Library - From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (11)

April 8th, 2014

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (11)

 

The record of the Great East Japan Earthquake createde by the National Diet library are opened to the public. The main materials of this time are videos and photos in the stack room of the main building of the National Diet Library Tokyo Main library at the Great East Japan Earthquake.

 

  • 74 photos in the stack room of the main building of the National Diet Library Tokyo Main library at the the Great East Japan Earthquake.
  • 3 videos in the stack room of the main building of the National Diet Library Tokyo Main library at the the Great East Japan Earthquake.

 

(Reference)

The list of photos taken by National Diet Library on March 11th, 2011.

The list of videos taken by National Diet Library on March, 2011.

Aomori Disaster Archive - From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (10)

Aomori Disaster Archive - From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (10)

April 2nd, 2014

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (10)

 

  • Aomori Disaster Archive

The archive was constructed as a joint project by Hachinohe city, Misawa city, Oirase town and Hashikami town in Aomori prefecture, which were all affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The archive contains pictures, videos and accounts of experiences which were collected from the citizens, in addition to official documents.

 

List of data of Aomori Disaster Archive in the HINAGIKU

Aomori Disaster Archive

*From April 2nd to April 6th, the some content is not searchable from HINAGIKU.

 

Videos on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive are available now

Videos on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive are available now

January 28th, 2014

Videos on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive are available now. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Videos on HINAGIKU are not available now

Videos on HINAGIKU are not available now

January 28th, 2014

Videos on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive are not available now. We apologize for any inconvenience, please understand.

NDL Search system,. etc are not available

NDL Search system,. etc are not available

January 28th, 2014

Service of National Diet Library search (https://iss.ndl.go.jp/) etc. are not available by an obstacle.
 
Therefore 1) and 2) will occur. The search in HINAGIKU is no problem.
 
 
1) even if a hyperlink of each database name is clicked, a screen doesn't change.
 
The target databases are as follows.
 
* Current awareness portal
* National Diet Library Catalog※
*National Diet Library Periodical Index※
* CiNii Articles (National Institute of Informatics)※
* JAIRO (National Institute of Informatics)※
* J - STAGE (Japan Science and Technology Agency)※
 
※ the Database of  ※ mark cooperate with HINAGIKU through "NDL search system".
 
 
2)  even if a hyperlink , NDL search system, on right of a list retrieval result screen is clicked, a screen doesn't change.a retrieval result screen is clicked, a screen doesn't change.
 
* NDL search system.
* Research NAVI
 
 
3) you can't use the "National Diet Library integration authentication service" linked from the "login" in the upper left of each daisy screen.
 
 
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection (Iwate Prefectural Library) - From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (7)

Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection (Iwate Prefectural Library) - From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (7)

January 14th, 2014

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (7)
 
 
- Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection (Iwate Prefectural Library)
 
This is a collection that the Iwate Prefectural Library has been providing for reading under the name of the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection, to support the recovery and relief of the afflicted areas and provide disaster protection countermeasures.
The collection includes books, periodicals, public administration documents, handouts and various other materials related to the disaster from March 11th, 2011. As of January 10th, 2014, 1,667 bibliographic data of books, 2,989 bibliographic data of periodicals and 3,945 bibliographic data of handouts, etc. are searchable in HINAGIKU.
 
Example: '"Kasetsu no torisetsu" ni motozuku kasetsu jutaku kasutamaizu jirei kengaku kai: daredemo dekiru chottoshita kufu' no kaisai ni tsuite (Excursion for the case of the customized provisional housing by "manual for provisional housing": a little ingenuity that anybody can do) published by Relief Division, Bureau of Reconstruction, Iwate Prefecture, on November 2011.
List of data of the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection (Iwate Prefectural Library) in HINAGIKU
Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection (Iwate Prefectural Library)
 

Photos at the disaster area, Fukushima prefecture Shinchi town (Shinchi town library) etc -From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(6)

Photos at the disaster area, Fukushima prefecture Shinchi town (Shinchi town library) etc -From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)(6)

December 11th, 2013

New additional content on National Diet Library eastern Japan great earthquake archive (daisy) are introduced.
 

  • Photos at the disaster area, Fukushima prefecture Shinchi town (Shinchi town library)

These photos were taken in and around the Shinchi Town Library in Fukushima Prefecture just after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Compare these photos with those taken at the same location on September 8th, 2012, after restoration.
List of Photos at the disaster area, Fukushima prefecture Shinchi town (Shinchi town library)
 

  • Disastar photo album, Fukushima prefectual Kohriyama-kita Technical High-school

It is a photo album taken Fukushima prefectual Kohriyama-kita Technical High-school of the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster.
Disastar photo album, Fukushima prefectual Kohriyama-kita Technical High-school, second edition
 

The East Japan Great Earthquake Sound Archives (NHK) - From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (5)

The East Japan Great Earthquake Sound Archives (NHK) - From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (5)

December 4th, 2013

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (5)

- The East Japan Great Earthquake Sound Archives (NHK)

This is an archive of testimonies from people who suffered in the Great East Japan Earthquake, recorded by the NHK radio center for the purpose of making them public on the Internet and handing them down for the future.
Part of these testimonies was broadcast by NHK radio.
As of December 4th, 2013, 47 testimonies and 4 recordings of living in the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake are searchable in the HINAGIKU.

Example: Mr. Murakami Keiitsu
List of data of the the East Japan Great Earthquake Sound Archives (NHK) in the HINAGIKU
The East Japan Great Earthquake Sound Archives (NHK)
 

Shinsai bunko (the Sendai Shimin Library Collection of materials related to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11) - From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (4)

Shinsai bunko (the Sendai Shimin Library Collection of materials related to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11) - From the new content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (4)

November 27th, 2013

New content of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (4)
 
 
- Shinsai bunko (the Sendai Shimin Library Collection of materials related to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11th, 2011)
 
This is a collection that the Sendai City Library has been collecting since May 2011 and providing for reading as the Shinsai bunko (the Sendai Shimin Library Collection of materials related to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11th, 2011), for the purpose of passing on the memories and lessons from the disaster to the future generations and of support for recovery and relief of the afflicted areas.
The collection includes books, newspapers, public administration documents, and various other materials related to the disaster from March 11th, 2011 to the present. As of November 22nd, 2,440 bibliographic data of books, leaflets, etc. and periodical index data are searchable in the HINAGIKU.
 
Example: Taisetsu na hito wo mamoru tame ni ima dekiru koto: kosodate famirii no tame no jishin bousai handobukku (What you can do now to protect people you love from disaster: earthquake disaster prevention handbook for families with children) written by the Sendai Family Support Network, published September 2011
List of data of the Shinsai bunko (the Sendai Shimin Library Collection of materials related to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11th, 2011) in the HINAGIKU
Shinsai bunko (the Sendai Shimin Library Collection of materials related to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11th, 2011)
 

Interim report meeting material was published

Interim report meeting material was published

November 15th, 2013

Material of  the meeting on the interim report from the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake, held on Friday on November 1st, 2013 was published in the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake
I make it a substitute on minutes with the report meeting outline about a record of the interim report meeting. Beforehand, please accept it.
 
Opinion recruitment to "the interim report" is being performed at present. Please see here for details.
 
※The working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake is the working group which is under National Diet Library and the "liaison meeting with" National Diet Library and a university library a national official private university library cooperation committee establishes. To share suffering in a university library and restored experience in an eastern Japan great earthquake widely and tell in posterity, preservation of a related record is being advanced as well as the profit utilization is being considered.

Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives and NWEC Women and Disaster Archive - New content of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (3)

Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives and NWEC Women and Disaster Archive - New content of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (3)

November 12th, 2013

New content of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (3)
 
- Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives
The Digital Archives deliver information and data concerning nuclear disaster collected aiming at preparing for the guidelines on the activities (ranging from prevention to relief and recovery) of the Red Cross in case of a nuclear disaster. It provides records of the relief activities of the Red Cross after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, interviews of the doctors and nurses of the Red Cross hospital, relief staff and local staff from other prefectures.
As of October 31st, it provides 377 documents, 142 photos, 2 videos, and 11 others.
 
Example: Report on Japanese Red Cross Society's relief activities after the Great East Japan Earthquake (PDF)
List of data of the Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives in HINAGIKU
Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives
 
- NWEC Women and Disaster Archive (National Women's Education Center for Japan)
The archive collects and accumulates records of organizations and institutions involved in women's education in Japan for rebirthing local communities by reconstruction assistance. The National Women's Education Center established it, organizations and institutions involved in women's education enter data into it. It provides records of workshops, lectures, seminars, etc.
As of October 31st, it provides 73 documents, 46 photos.
 
Example: Handbook of "Making of relief shelter" for regional construction helping each other (PDF) *
List of data of the NWEC Women and Disaster Archive in HINAGIKU
NWEC Women and Disaster Archive (National Women's Education Center for Japan) *
 
* Japanese

A questionnaire survey (investigation of the record activity that I concern the Great East Japan Earthquake in a university) is put into effect.

A questionnaire survey (investigation of the record activity that I concern the Great East Japan Earthquake in a university) is put into effect.

November 5th, 2013

To put the opening to the public situation of the record about suffering at a university, restored experience and support to a disaster area and a hit university about an eastern Japan great earthquake in order and grasp the match situation of each university to the Great East Japan Earthquake as well as make the activity well-known widely by the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake, a questionnaire survey is put into effect.
 
Questionnaire
A questionnaire,   Sample form (question 3 and 4).
※ Restriction isn't held about the active contents you fill out about question 6. Please fill it out in the area you can fill out.

The reply deadline of the questionnaire and answer destination
In e-mailing to the following address by 17:00 on Friday on December 27th, 2013, please answer.
Please also inform the following address of questions.
E-mail :hinagiku@ndl.go.jp
 
※The working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake is the working group which is under National Diet Library and the "liaison meeting with" National Diet Library and a university library a national official private university library cooperation committee establishes. To share suffering in a university library and restored experience in an eastern Japan great earthquake widely and tell in posterity, preservation of a related record is being advanced as well as the profit utilization is being considered.

Notice of the stop of "Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive"

Notice of the stop of "Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive"

November 5th, 2013

Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive is stopped because of system maintenance.

Information on the materials of Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive on the "details" screen, etc. is not available now.

We apologize for any inconvenience, please understand.

Notice of the stop of "Aomori Digital Archive System"

Notice of the stop of "Aomori Digital Archive System"

October 25th, 2013

Aomori Digital Archive System's server is stopped.
Information on the materials of the Aomori Digital Archive System on the "details" screen, etc. is not available now.
We apologize for any inconvenience, please understand.

The interim report from the working group on damaged libraries was published.

The interim report from the working group on damaged libraries was published.

October 25th, 2013

"National Diet Library and "National, public and private university library cooperation committee": the interim report from the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake" made by the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake was published.
 
The interim report

the interim report from the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake
 
The working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake is the working group which is under National Diet Library and the "liaison meeting with" National Diet Library and a university library a national official private university library cooperation committee establishes. To share suffering in a university library and restored experience in an eastern Japan great earthquake widely and tell in posterity, preservation of a related record is being advanced as well as the profit utilization is being considered.
 
Further, a report meeting about this middle summary is held in National Diet Library Tokyo main building on Friday on November 1st, 2013. For details, please see Meeting on the interim report from the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake..
 
Everybody's opinion about this interim report is being wanted. The received opinion is put in order, it's classified and it's published in the final report of the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake as well as the contents on a suitable last report are planning to reflect.
※ A principle doesn't answer the opinion I received separately from the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake, so please accept it beforehand.
 

Application method: In e-mailing to an application and an inquiry, please apply.
Please enter a title and a body by the following point.
A title: Middle summary opinion
A body: The following item is written clearly.
(1) engine (3) advice in a place of name (2) duties
An application period: is to 17:00 on December 27th, 2013 on Friday.

Meeting on the interim report from the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Meeting on the interim report from the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake.

October 11th, 2013

National Diet Library and "National, public and private university library cooperation committee" established "The working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake" under "Liaison Meeting of NDL and University Libraries". To share the experience of damaged libraries during the Great East Japan Earthquake widely and tell in posterity, preservation of a related record is being advanced as well as the profit utilization is being considered.
The present accomplishment and future's match were put in order as "middle summary" this time, so we'll hold a report meeting targeted for the way of the library person concerned.
 

The date and time: Friday, November 1st, 2013 From eleven o'clock, twelve thirty
A place: National Diet Library Tokyo main building 3rd floor seminar room
(1-10-1, Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
An entrance fee: Free.
※ An exhibit of Tokyo main building new annex stacks (newspapers, magazines) is performed to an applicant after an end (the schedule which is 20-30 minutes from twelve thirty).
Further a lot of applicant in case of becomes in the order of arrival, so please accept it beforehand.

 
Application method: In e-mailing to an application and an inquiry, please apply.
Please enter a title and a body by the following point.

A title: Hit library record WG report meeting application
A body: The following item is written clearly.
(1) the name of the participant, (2) name of corporate body, (3) "Yes" or "No", to join Annex book warehouse tour
※ When entering more than one people, please repeat the item and fill it out for more than one people.

 

Time for application: From Tuesday, October 15th, 2013- to Friday, October 25th, 2013 inclusive
※ After application mail arrival, you inform in the range (except for the Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) of application receipt for 2 days.
When there are no contacts within 2 days, it's trouble, but please contact an application and an inquiry.

 
Secretariat (application and inquiry)
National Diet Library electronic information bureau electronic information circulation department eastern Japan great earthquake archive charge
E-mail:hinagiku@ndl.go.jp

Notice of the cooperation archive's stop

Notice of the cooperation archive's stop

October 10th, 2013

Kahoku Shinpo earthquake disaster archive is stopped for maintenance work until eight a.m. from four a.m. October 14th.

Therefore detailed information screens about material and a certain screen on Kahoku Shinpo earthquake disaster archive aren't also seen any more in a daisy.

I'll cause you trouble, but please accept it.

Part of videos is not available on the terminals in the National Diet Library

Part of videos is not available on the terminals in the National Diet Library

October 10th, 2013

Part of videos on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available on the terminals in the National Diet Library. The videos are availabe via internet. We apologize for any inconvenience, please understand.

Notice of the cooperation archive's stop

Notice of the cooperation archive's stop

October 3rd, 2013

Between 13:30 to 18:00 on October 7th, the Great East Japan Earthquake Archives Fukushima stops for system maintenance.
Therefore, even HINAGIKU, you will not see more information on the materials of The Great East Japan Earthquake Archives Fukushima on the "details" screen, etc.
We apologize for any inconvenience, please understand.
 

Data of HINAGIKU now available from "Linked Open Data Challenge Japan 2013"

Data of HINAGIKU now available from "Linked Open Data Challenge Japan 2013"

October 2nd, 2013

National Diet Library now enters "Linked Open Data Challenge Japan" as one of the partners who provide data. It is the Japan's first contest which honors efforts for creating open data and use of data.

Metadata of the sounds, videos, photos and documents in HINAGIKU is available.
 
Linked Open Data Challenge Japan 2013 (Japanese)
 
How to use data or platform of partners > National Diet Library (Japanese)
 
How to enter (Japanese)

Notice of cooperation stop destination archive

Notice of cooperation stop destination archive

September 13th, 2013

Between 18:00 to 6:00 on 14th September, Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive stops for power-related construction.
Therefore, even HINAGIKU, you will not see more information such as screen on the documentation of Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive, are some screens.
We apologize for any inconvenience, please understand.

HINAGIKU introduces some of the materials for the Great Kanto Earthquake.

HINAGIKU introduces some of the materials for the Great Kanto Earthquake.

August 30th, 2013

It has been 90 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake occurred on September 1st, 1923.
HINAGIKU introduces some of the materials for the Great Kanto Earthquake.

 

(Official Gazette:Thumbnail (large size) on HINAGIKU top page)

  • Official Gazett(Extra, September 2nd, 1923)
    Because the printing office were affected, the Official gazette on the next day of the Great Kanto Earthquake, is published as mimeograph of handwriting (There are some missing pages in Official Gazett(Extra, September 2nd, 1923).To the missing page, type page has been replenished.).

 

(Collected record :Thumbnail (normal size) on HINAGIKU top page)

(Photo book:Thumbnail (normal size) on HINAGIKU top page)

 

※HINAGIKU also covers records of the earthquake and tsunami, which occured before the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The problem which the part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive had not been available was resolved.

The problem which the part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive had not been available was resolved.

August 26th, 2013

The problem which we had announced on August 26th, 2013 (Japan Time) that the part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive had not been available was resolved. (10:25 (Japan Time))
 

(2nd Report) The part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now.

(2nd Report) The part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now.

August 26th, 2013

The 2nd Report is "The part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now" on August 26th, 2013.
Photos of "michinoku shinrokuden system(ms system)" and "KAHOKU SHIMPO DISASTERS ARCHIVE" are not available in HINAGIKU now, because of system stop.

The part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now.

The part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now.

August 26th, 2013

The part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now. (09:10 (Japan Time))

National Diet Library will report on the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU) on August 20 (Tue), 2013 in the 79th IFLA World Library and Information Congress, Singapore.

National Diet Library will report on the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU) on August 20th (Tue), 2013 in the 79th IFLA World Library and Information Congress, Singapore.

August 20th ,2013

National Diet Library will report on the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU) on August 20th (Tuesday), 2013 in the 79th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress, Singapore.

The report will be presented during the session 146 - Preserving for the future: Integrating physical and digital preservation - Information Technology with Preservation and Conservation, Rare Books and Manuscripts and Library and Research Services for Parliaments, 13:45 - 18:00 titled "National Diet Library's efforts to build the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive and its current status".

Paper (PDF) in English is available on the IFLA official site.
 
National Diet Library's efforts to build the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive and its current status
 
Session 146 - Preserving for the future: Integrating physical and digital preservation - Information Technology with Preservation and Conservation, Rare Books and Manuscripts and Library and Research Services for Parliaments
 
 

Ref.:
Twitter-IFLA
*Shared feedback and information about the congress under the hashtag #wlic2013.
 
"IFLA Express"-Current Awareness Portal (Japanese)
 

The problem which the part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive had not been available was resolved.

The problem which the part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive had not been available was resolved.

August 16th, 2013

The problem which we had announced on August 13th, 2013 (Japan Time) that the part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive had not been available was resolved. (14:00(Japan Time))

 

World Library and Information Congress paper about HINAGIKU was posted.

World Library and Information Congress paper about HINAGIKU was posted.

August 15th, 2013

National Diet Library will report about the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU) on August 20th, 2013 in the 79th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress, Singapore.

Paper(PDF) in English is available on the IFLA official site.

 
 
National Diet Library's efforts to build the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive and its current status
 

(2nd Report) The part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now.

(2nd Report) The part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now.

August 13th, 2013

The 2nd Report is "The part of content on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now" on August 13th, 2013.
Photos of "Aomori Digital Archive System" are not available in HINAGIKU now, because of system stop.

The part of contents on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now.

The part of contents on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now.

August 13th, 2013

The part of contents on the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is not available now. (14:10(Japan Time))

Aerial photographs and testimony videos : Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (2)

Aerial photographs and testimony videos : Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (2)

August 12th, 2013

Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
 

  • Ishinomaki Bay
    "Ishinomaki Bay" is one of the photographs in Aerial photographs(Diagonal photographs). Aerial photographs(Diagonal photographs) of the coastal areas of Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture from Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture has been recorded.
    All photographs were taken on March 12th, 2011, the day after the Great East Japan Earthquake by  Aero Asahi Corporation.They are also published on "disaster area map information", which is in "The Great East Japan Earthquake Information special page" on the website of Aero Asahi Corporation.
    There are 344 photographs in NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive on August 8th, 2013.
     
  • Investigation report of earthquake and tsunami in the coastal areas of the Miyagi prefecture
    This report is one of the contents in the National Diet Library Digitized Contents.
    Ishinomaki weather station investigated the coastal areas of the Miyagi prefecture and issued report after the earthquake in 1933.
    In the National Diet Library Digitized Contents, there are materials about disaster of earthquake and tsunami, for example, Earthquakes in Ansei era of 1850's and 1860's, Kanto Great Eathquake in 1923.
     
  • The pregnant woman protected by "bond" : "That day, what I did ?"
    One of the videos of "That day, what I did ?" in the East Japan Great Earthquake Archives (NHK), which consist of testimony by the affected people.
    A pregnant woman gave testimony how she escaped for higher ground, with help by people around.
    There are 271 testimonies of "That day, what I did ?" in NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive on August 12th, 2013.
     
  • Sendai Tanabata Festival
    One of the photos of "Memories for the Future" in Google.
    The beauty of the gorgeous bamboo streamers is one of the most typical sights on summer's day. Streamers are decorated in Sendai, Miyagi where severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami in hopes of speedy recovery in the summer of 2011.
    A project which collects and presents memories, including photos and movies of the beautiful scenery and nostalgic views lost in the earthquake posted on Internet photo and video sharing services operated by Google on the Memories for the Future website.
     

Aerial photographs(Diagonal photographs by Aero Asahi Corporation) - New content of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (2)

Aerial photographs(Diagonal photographs by Aero Asahi Corporation) - New content of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (2)

August 8th, 2013

New content of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (2).
 

  • Aerial photographs(Diagonal photographs )

 
Aerial photographs(Diagonal photographs) of the coastal areas of Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture from Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture has been recorded .
All photographs were taken on March 12th, 2011, the day after the Great East Japan Earthquake by Aero Asahi Corporation. They are also published on "disaster area map information", which is in "The Great East Japan Earthquake Information special page" on the website of Aero Asahi Corporation.
There are 344 photographs in NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive on August 8th, 2013.
 
Records list of Aerial photographs(Diagonal photographs ) on HINAGIKU

"The Great East Japan Earthquake Information special page"(Aero Asahi Corporation)

Remembering 3.11 (Tohoku Gakuin) - New content of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (1)

Remembering 3.11 (Tohoku Gakuin) - New content of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (1)

August 7th, 2013

New content of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) (1)
 
Remembering 3.11 (Tohoku Gakuin)
 
"Remembering 3.11" is the archive collecting and preserving records of damage and restoration in Tohoku Gakuin for contributing to future utilization of them.

The "living information" is being collected.
For example;
 
- Handwriting memo created and distributed just after the earthquake
- Records of restoration
- Records related to earthquake disaster
 
675 documents and 8,111 photos are searchable on HINAGIKU.
 
 
Records list of "Remembering 3.11 (Tohoku Gakuin)" on HINAGIKU
 
Remembering 3.11 (Tohoku Gakuin) (Japanese)

Some pages cannot be displayed in English, Chinese or Korean.

Some pages cannot be displayed in English, Chinese or Korean.

July 18th, 2013

HINAGIKU  has made changes to multilingual display on July 18th, 2013.
Work is currently being carried out on translating pages into English, Chinese and Korean, and until the translation work is complete, some pages cannot be displayed in English, Chinese or Korean.
We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your understanding.

National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive(HINAGIKU) was published

National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive(HINAGIKU) was published

March 7th, 2013

National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive(HINAGIKU) was officially published on March 7th, 2013. HINAGIKU is a portal site which enables integrated search of records and reports of the earthquake disaster by public institutions, private organizations and media, and of research products by universities, academic societies and research institutes.
 
The "HINAGIKU", another name of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive, is a partial acronym of the "Hybrid Infrastructure for National Archive of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Innovative Knowledge Utilization." In the language of Flowers, hinagiku (daisy) - "future", "hope" and "sympathy" - includes the aim of the project supporting the earthquake recovery.
 



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