Welcome to this collection of old tables from historical sources related to East Asia and the Japanese Empire. A majority of the materials on this website are tables of information that were extracted using large language models from old year books, handbooks, and volumes of statistics available open access online. The website was primarily created for history students likely to be working with English language sources, but over time the balance will shift to other languages given their greater availability and importance as sources.
Two things need to be kept in mind as you browse the tables on this website. First, each table and the volumes they come from must be read critically as historical sources born of a particular moment and authorial context. See the about page for some reading suggestions around the use and critique of historical statistics. Secondly, these tables were extracted with the use of large language models. The accuracy of transcription is high but there are errors. If you intend to cite any of these tables, please consult the original scans, which are linked to under each table.
175 volumes, with a total of 60,869 tables
70 volumes, with a total of 30,223 tables, and 54,203 directory entries
The Japan Directory 1884
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1891
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1895
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1896
Sanitary Institutions of the Imperial Government of Japan 1898
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1899
Commercial Japan in 1900
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1900–01
The Financial and Economic Annual of Japan 1901
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1901–02
The Financial and Economic Annual of Japan 1902
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1902–03
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1903–04
Japan in the Beginning of the 20th Century 1904
The Financial and Economic Annual of Japan 1904
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1904–05
The Japan Year Book 1905
The Financial and Economic Annual of Japan 1905
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1905–06
The Japan Year Book 1906
Annual Report of the Minister of State for Education 1906–07
The Japan Year Book 1907
Annual Report of the Central Sanitary Bureau 1907-08
The Financial and Economic Annual of Japan 1908
The Japan Year Book 1908-09
The Japan Year Book 1910
The Japan Year Book 1911
The Japan Year Book 1912
The Japan Year Book 1913
The Japan Year Book 1914
The Japan Year Book 1915
The Japan Year Book 1916
The Japan Year Book 1917
The Japan Year Book 1918
The Japan Year Book 1919-20
The Japan Year Book 1920-21
Military Industries of Japan 1922
The Japan Year Book 1923
The Japan Year Book 1924-25
The Japan Year Book 1927
The Japan Year Book 1928
Labor Conditions in Japan 1928
The Japan Year Book 1929
The Japan Year Book 1930
Department of Railways Annual Report 1931
日本都市年鑑 1931
Industrial Labour in Japan 1933
全國ラヂオ調査報告 1934
The Japan Year Book 1935
Hotels in Japan 1935
警視廳統計書 1935
大日本帝國統計年鑑 1935
クーポン旅館一覧 1936
日本都市年鑑 1936
The Japan Year Book 1937
Population Pressure and Economic Life in Japan 1937
學生生徒生活調査 1938
大日本帝國統計年鑑 1938
家事年鑑 1939
The Japan Year Book 1939-40
大日本帝國統計年鑑 1940
Trade Directory of Tokyo 1940
百貨店年鑑 1941
日本觀光年鑑 1941
日本都市年鑑 1941
The Japan Year Book 1942-43
The Effects of Strategic Bombing on Japan's War Economy 1946
The Japan Year Book 1946-48
The Effects of Air Attack on Japanese Urban Economy 1947
27 volumes, with a total of 11,567 tables, and 22,158 directory entries
The China Mission Hand-book 1896
The Provinces of China 1910
The China Year Book 1912
The China Year Book 1913
The China Year Book 1914
The China Year Book 1916
The China Year Book 1919
Commercial Handbook of China 1919-20
Peking: A Social Survey 1921
The China Year Book 1921-2
The Christian Occupation of China 1922
The China Year Book 1923
The China Year Book 1924-5
The China Year Book 1925-6
China, a Commercial and Industrial Handbook 1926
The China Year Book 1926-7
The China Year Book 1928
The China Year Book 1929-30
The 1931 Flood in China: An Economic Survey
The China Year Book 1931-2
The Chinese Year Book 1937
China Handbook 1937-1943
The China Year Book 1938
The Chinese Year Book 1938-39
China Handbook 1944
The Chinese Year Book 1944-1945
China Handbook 1950
38 volumes, with a total of 4,784 tables, and 47 directory entries
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Korea 1907
第一次統監府統計年報 1908
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Korea 1908-09
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Korea 1909-10
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen (Korea) 1910-11
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1911-12
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1912-13
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1913-14
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1914-15
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1915-16
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1916-17
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1917-18
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1918-21
Manual of Education in Chosen 1920
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1921-22
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1922-23
Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Chosen 1923-24
Annual Report on Administration of Chosen 1924-26
朝鮮年鑑 1926
Annual Report on Administration of Chosen 1926-27
Annual Report on Administration of Chosen 1927-28
Annual Report on Administration of Chosen 1928-29
Annual Report on Administration of Chosen 1929-30
Annual Report on Administration of Chosen 1930-32
Annual Report on Administration of Chosen 1932-33
Annual Report on Administration of Chosen 1933-34
Annual Report on Administration of Chosen 1934-35
朝鮮事情 1935
Annual Report on Administration of Chosen 1935-36
Annual Report on Administration of Tyosen 1936-37
Annual Report on Administration of Tyosen 1937-38
Annual Report on Administration of Tyosen 1938-39
朝鮮總督府統計年報 1939
朝鮮事情 1940
朝鮮年鑑 1940
朝鮮事情 1942
朝鮮事情 1943
朝鮮事情 1944
10 volumes, with a total of 2,723 tables
臺灣總督府統計書 1897
臺灣總督府統計書 1898
The Progress of Taiwan 1905
Education in Formosa 1908
Report on the Control of the Aborigines in Formosa 1911
The Statistical Summary of Taiwan 1912
臺灣總督府統計書 1925
臺灣總督府統計書 1933
臺灣總督府統計書 1938
臺灣總督府統計書 1942
15 volumes, with a total of 7,292 tables, and 30,007 directory entries
Report on Progress in Manchuria 1929
Second Report on Progress in Manchuria 1931
The Manchuria Year Book 1931
The Manchuria Year Book 1932-33
Japan-Manchoukuo Year Book 1934
The Manchoukuo Year Book 1934
在滿日滿人名録 1935
Japan-Manchoukuo Year Book 1936
Fifth Report on Progress in Manchuria 1936
Japan-Manchoukuo Year Book 1938
Manchukuo Directory 1938-9
Japan-Manchoukuo Year Book 1939
Sixth Report on Progress in Manchuria 1939
Japan-Manchoukuo Year Book 1940
The Manchoukuo Year Book 1942
13 volumes, with a total of 2,516 tables
Annual Report to the League of Nations on the South Sea Islands 1925
日本帝國委任統治地域行政年報 1928
日本帝國委任統治地域行政年報 1929
Annual Report to the League of Nations on the South Sea Islands 1930
Annual Report to the League of Nations on the South Sea Islands 1931
南洋廳統計年鑑 1932
南洋廳統計年鑑 1933
南洋廳統計年鑑 1934
南洋廳統計年鑑 1935
南洋廳統計年鑑 1936
南洋廳統計年鑑 1937
南洋廳統計年鑑 1938
南洋廳統計年鑑 1939
2 volumes, with a total of 1,764 tables, and 164 directory entries