The Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan (Nippon Oriento Gakkai), or 『オリエント』(Oriento), has nearly 50 years of scholarly research freely available online.
PDF articles from volumes 5 (1962) to 51 (2008) can be accessed through English menus on the journal’s page at J-STAGE (Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic).
Most of the articles are written in Japanese, of course, but most of these include English abstracts (at the beginning of the article in some volumes, at the end in others).
The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan has also posted PDF images of volume covers going back to 2003. The covers helpfully include bilingual tables of contents, making this an easy way to scan the most recent article titles:
- 2011 – Vol 54:1 & Vol 54:2
- 2010 – Vol 53:1 & Vol 53:2
- 2009 – Vol 52:1 & Vol 52:2
- 2008 – Vol 51:1 & Vol 51:2
- 2007 – Vol 50:1 & Vol 50:2
- 2006 – Vol 49:1 & Vol 49:2
- 2005 – Vol 48:1 & Vol 48:2
- 2004 – Vol 47:1 & Vol 47:2
- 2003 – Vol 46:1 & Vol 46:2
(Links from the society’s back number page [Japanese].)
About the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan
The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan, or 日本オリエント学会 (Nippon Oriento Gakkai), was established in 1954. It has a strong membership base, with nearly 700 full members and a few dozen supporting members.
The society will hold its 54th annual meeting on November 24–25, 2012, at Tokai University’s Shonan Campus in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
