Hello, Have I misread this? It seems to me that the free access is only for people attending the reading rooms. The only online bit I can see is for 1999 onwards. Tom Thompson, St Agnes.

Hello List Tom, yes , the British Library blog previously quoted (and copied below) sets out that this particular free access trial is for people attending the British Library reading rooms. The same blog advises "The Japan Times Archives allows full-text searching of issues from March 1897 to December 2013 giving access to a information on a wide variety of topics and will be of use to researchers in a broad range of disciplines". The British Library Blog article is http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2015/06/japan-times-archives-online-free-trial.html or http://tinyurl.com/p2z7dq3 Cheers Maureen On 25/06/2015, at 12:34 AM, Liz & Tom Thompson <lizandtom65@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > Have I misread this? It seems to me that the free access is only for people attending the reading rooms. The only online bit I can see is for 1999 onwards. > > Tom Thompson, > St Agnes. > > >