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Prior to 1971, Japan did not have a central depository for collecting, cataloging and retrieving historical government documents. The National Archives of Japan in Tokyo now has that mission. Most of the materials are from the start of the Meiji Period (1868) to the present. However, their collection includes the library of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He founded Japan’s ruling Tokugawa shogunate in 1600. Researchers do not have to go to this building at Kitanomaru Park to access records. An extensive digital library is available online.

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National Archives of Japan in Tokyo, Japan

3-2 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0091

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