Encyclopedia of Asian History. 4 vols.
NY: Scribner's, 1988.
Reference DS31 E53
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. 6 vols
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002
Reference DS4 .E53 2002
Far East and Australasia (Europa Regional Guide)
London: Europa
Reference DS1 F3 (earlier editions in stacks)
For more recent info, see Europa World Year Book, Reference JN1 .E85
Library of Congress Country Studies (Army Area Handbooks)
Online versions of the print books published between 1988-1998. Provides the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.  Updated by shorter Country Profiles.
Facts About China
New York: H.W. Wilson, 2003.
Reference DS706 .F25 2003
Provides background info, chronology, dictionary, travel info.
Cambridge Encyclopedia of China
London: Cambridge University Press, 1991 - .
DS705 C35 1991
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
London ; New York : Routledge, 2005
Reference DS779.23 .E53 2005
Information China. 3 vols.
Compiled and translated by The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Oxford: Pergamon, 1988
Reference DS706 I5 1988
Useful for the Chinese perspective on China
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
Tokyo, New York: Kodansha, 1983. 9 vol. + supplement.
Reference DS805 .K633 1983. Also in stacks.
Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism
New York : Garland Pub., 1998.
Reference DS805 .M63 1998
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993
Reference DS805 C36 1993
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. 2 vols.
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993.
Reference DS805 .J263 1993
Oxford Reference Collection
Online encyclopedias, dictionaries
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