 Ohara Institute for Social Research, Hosei University
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OISR.ORG is an official website of Ohara Institute for Social Research. OISRis an acronym of Ohara Institute for Social Research. Our URL address is http://oisr.org. Please note that this website is using HTML4.0 and style sheets. |
About Ohara Institute for Social Research
Ohara Institute for Social Research, founded in 1919, is one of the oldest research institutes in the fields of social science in Japan. The institute took its name from its founder, Magosaburo Ohara, a business magnate from Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. In 1949, the institute became affiliated with Hosei University. Its major publications includes Nihon Rodo Nenkan (The Labour Yearbook of Japan, published annually since 1920), Ohara Shakaimondai Kenkyujo Zasshi (Monthly Journal of Ohara Institute for Social Research), andNihon Shakai Undo Shiryo (Historical Documents of the Japanese Social Movements). In addition to research activities, Ohara Institute runs a library specializing in books and journals in the fields of social and labor issues as well as archives of primary materials of social and labor movements. They are open to the public. In the last ten years, the institute has spent much of its resources on constructing one of the most comprehensive databases in Japan of labor and social publications and on digitalizing primary materials of historical value. Part of these efforts are shown in Digital Library and Poster Exhibit in this website. |
