11-12th GR: East Asian Studies: Home

Background article:

• Gale  "Japan."        see also World Today Series book

Local publications:

• Japanese publications in Access World News (6 sources)

Government websites:

• Japan's official government website
• U.S. Department of State 
• CIA The World Factbook - country summary

From the Internet

• The Japan Times
• The Asahi Shimbun
• Japan Today
• BBC Japan
• Reuters Japan
• United Nations Japan Delegation
• Human Rights Watch

Images:

• CIA The World Factbook - Japan images
• Image Quest (database)

Background database articles:

• "North Korea." Gale    a.k.a.  Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• "South Korea." Gale    a.k.a. Republic of Korea 

Local publications:

• North Korea - no internal publications
• South Korea  AccessWorld News (9 sources)

Government websites:

• CIA The World Factbook
  • North Korea
  • South Korea
• U.S. Department of State: 
  • North Korea  
  • South Korea  

From the Internet:

• The Korea Herald
• The Korea Times
• The Korea JoongAng Daily
• BBC South Korea
• United Nations South Korea 
• Human Rights Watch
  • North Korea
  • South Korea

Images:

• CIA The World Factbook - South Korea images
• Image Quest (database)

From the Internet:

• Lafeyette Digital Repository - East Asia Collection
• also listed for specific countries

selected Primary Source Collections:

• Columbia University Documents
• East Asian History Sourcebook
• Columbia University Art Collections
• Penn Museum
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• East Asia Image Collection

CIA World and Regional Maps

Modern Stats Sources

The World Factbook: cia.gov/the-world-factbook 

Our World in Data: ourworldindata.org 

Worldwide Governance Indicators: worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators  

Gender Gap Index: weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2024 

Gender Inequality Index:hdr.undp.org/data-center/thematic-composite-indices/gender-inequality-index 

Human Rights Watch: hrw.org/asia  

World Press Freedom Index: rsf.org/en/index 

Index of Economic Freedom: heritage.org/index/ranking 

Prosperity Index: prosperity.com/rankings 

Energy Source Index: eia.gov/beta/international 

Environmental Performance Index: epi.yale.edu/measure/2024/EPI 

Population Pyramids: populationpyramid.net 

Asia for Educators - timelines  - Has timelines for China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam,  South Asia