BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography
These are the records and research used in this story. The books and materials referenced in the course and book texts are listed one per line in a single document.
695 items
How to read the verification levels. 'Read' means the material was read in its entirety. 'Bibliography and abstract confirmed' means the bibliographic information and abstract were verified. 'Via course material' means the source was referenced through the main text of a book or a country's monetary history. The text hash is the SHA-256 of the main text from the original source page, excluding tags and whitespace, used to detect if the material has been altered.
| Institution/Author | Title | Publication | Verification Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plutarch (trans. Bernadotte Perrin; Perseus Digital Library) | Plutarch, Life of Pericles 12–13 (trans. B. Perrin, 1916; Perseus edition, TEI XML)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-18 | 1916 | Reading (Chapters 12–13) |
| Plutarch (trans. Bernadotte Perrin; Perseus Digital Library) | Plutarch, Life of Agesilaus 15 (trans. B. Perrin, 1917; Perseus edition, TEI XML)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-18 | 1917 | Reading (Chapter 15) |
| Plutarch (trans. Frank Cole Babbitt; Perseus Digital Library) | Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium 3 (trans. F. C. Babbitt, 1936; Perseus edition, TEI XML)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-18 | 1936 | Reading (Chapter 3; Moralia 347C) |
| Herodotus (English translation by A. D. Godley, Perseus Digital Library) | Herodotus, The Histories, Book 1 (A. D. Godley English translation, Perseus edition TEI XML)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | 5th century BC | Reading (Book 1, sections 30–33, 53, 75–87, 94, 214) |
| Herodotus (English translation by A. D. Godley, Perseus Digital Library) | Herodotus, The Histories, Books 6–8 (trans. A. D. Godley; Perseus edition, TEI XML)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-18 | 5th century BC | Reading (Book 6, sections 105–117; Book 7, sections 141–144, 185–186, 202–203, 219–233; Book 8, sections 1, 44, 48, 75, 90) |
| Lactantius (The Latin Library) | Lactantius, De mortibus persecutorum 7.6–7 (Original Latin text, The Latin Library edition)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | early 4th century | Direct reading (Chapter 7, sections 6–7, original Latin text) |
| Livy (The Latin Library & Perseus Digital Library) | Livy, Ab urbe condita 6.20.13・7.28.4〜6Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | 1st century BC | Reading (6.20.13 & 7.28.4–6. Latin from The Latin Library and English translation by Roberts from Perseus). |
| Louvre Museum, Department of Near Eastern Antiquities | Code of Hammurabi (Sb 8, Louvre Museum)Object・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | 1792–1750 BC | Reading (Collection record) |
| Government of the Russian Federation and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation | Joint statement by the Government of the Russian Federation and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (August 17, 1998)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | 1998 | Primary source reading (joint statement by the government and the central bank, archived on the Internet Archive) |
| Japan Real Estate Institute | Urban Land Price IndexData・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Bibliographic confirmation (publication page checked. Index data unread). |
| Okina Kunio, Shirakawa Masaaki, and Shiratsuka Shigenori — Bank of Japan, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Monetary and Economic Studies 19(S-1). | The Asset Price Bubble and Monetary Policy: Japan's Experience in the Late 1980s and the LessonsDocument・Secondary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 2001-02 | Read (full text pp. 395–450. Abstract, I–VI, notes, bibliography. Additionally read III–VI on 2026-09-05). |
| Emperor Qianlong (Fordham University Modern History Sourcebook) | Emperor Qianlong, "Edict to King George III" (1793, English translation by Backhouse & Bland, 1914)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | 1914 | Read from the English translation in the Fordham Modern History Sourcebook. |
| Official Gazette — Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau (National Diet Library Digital Collections). | Official Gazette, March 30, Shōwa 2 (1927) (Act No. 21, Banking Act).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-23 | 1927-03-30 | Read (visually read from the image. Limited to the promulgation text of Act No. 21, the Banking Act, and the beginning of Article 1). |
| Official Gazette — Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau (National Diet Library Digital Collections). | Official Gazette, Extra, April 22, Shōwa 2 (1927) (Imperial Ordinance No. 96 concerning the Postponement of Payment of Monetary Obligations under Private Law and the Extension of the Period for Acts to Preserve Rights on Bills, etc.).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-23 | 1927-04-22 | Read (visually read from the image. Limited to Articles 1 to 3 of Imperial Ordinance No. 96). |
| Official Gazette — Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau (National Diet Library Digital Collections). | Official Gazette, Extra, May 9, Shōwa 2 (1927) (Act No. 55, Act on Special Accommodation and Compensation for Losses of the Bank of Japan; Act No. 56, Act on Financing for Financial Institutions in Taiwan).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-23 | 1927-05-09 | Read (visually read from the image. Limited to Articles 2 to 5 of Act No. 55 and the title and date of Act No. 56). |
| Official Gazette — Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau (National Diet Library Digital Collections). | Official Gazette, November 16, Shōwa 2 (1927) (Imperial Ordinance No. 326, Enforcement Date of the Banking Act and Others).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-23 | 1927-11-16 | Read (visually read from the image. Limited to Imperial Ordinance No. 326). |
| Official Gazette — Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau (National Diet Library Digital Collections). | Official Gazette, Extra, February 17, Shōwa 21 (1946) (Imperial Ordinance No. 83, Financial Emergency Measures Ordinance; No. 84, Bank of Japan Notes Deposit Ordinance; Ministry of Finance Ordinance No. 12, Enforcement Regulations for the Financial Emergency Measures Ordinance; No. 13, Enforcement Regulations for the Bank of Japan Notes Deposit Ordinance).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-23 | 1946-02-17 | Read (visually read from the image. Limited to the relevant parts of Article 5 of the Enforcement Regulations for the Financial Emergency Measures Ordinance and Articles 1 to 7 of the Enforcement Regulations for the Bank of Japan Notes Deposit Ordinance). |
| Official Gazette — Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau (National Diet Library Digital Collections). | Official Gazette No. 5731, February 22, Shōwa 21 (1946) (Ministry of Finance Ordinance No. 16, Amendment to the Enforcement Regulations for the Bank of Japan Notes Deposit Ordinance).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-23 | 1946-02-22 | Read (visually read from the image. Limited to the full text of Ministry of Finance Ordinance No. 16). |
| Bank of Korea Money Museum | 우리나라의 화폐（조선）Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | — | Read on the institution's page |
| Kikuchi Noriyuki (Professor, Research Department, National Tax College) - National Tax Agency, National Tax College | A 100-Year History of Inheritance Tax (Zeidai Journal 1, April 2005)Document・Secondary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 2005-04 | Close reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are limited to what is stated in the text) |
| Central Council for Financial Services Information (now succeeded by the Japan Financial and Economic Education Promotion Organization, J-FLEC. Shiru-port is an archive site). | Financial Literacy Survey (2022) Survey Results.Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2022-07 | Actual reading (the text of the PDF copy was read through using pdftotext, and the claims are within the scope of the text's descriptions). |
| Financial Services Agency | Beware of illegal money lenders!Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Financial Services Agency | Money Lending Business Act Q&ASystem・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Financial Services Agency | Financial Services Users Consultation Office: We welcome your "voice"!System・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Financial Services Agency | The basics of asset building (long-term, cumulative, and diversified investment).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Financial Services Agency, Supervisory Bureau, Coordination Division, Supervisory and Research Office. | (Table 5) Trends in Losses on Disposal of Non-Performing Loans, etc. (All Banks) — Status of Claims Disclosed under the Financial Reconstruction Law for the Fiscal Period ending March, Reiwa 2 (2020).Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 2020-08-28 | Read (Read through the table and notes in the main text of the copy. The claims are limited to the values in the table). |
| Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | The Cashless Payment Ratio for 2024 Has Been CalculatedData・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2025-03-31 | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | The Cashless Payment Ratio for 2025 Has Been CalculatedData・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2026-03-31 | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| National Police Agency. | List of methods and countermeasures you can take starting today (SOS47 Special Fraud Countermeasures Page).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| National Police Agency. | Cash Card Fraud Theft (National Police Agency SOS47 Special Fraud Tactics)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | — | Full reading (Full text of the page body) |
| National Police Agency. | Savings Deposit Fraud (National Police Agency SOS47 Special Fraud Tactics)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | — | Full reading (Full text of the page body) |
| National Police Agency. | Refund Fraud (National Police Agency SOS47 Special Fraud Tactics)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | — | Full reading (Full text of the page body) |
| Mitsui Bunko (The Mitsui Archives), Public Interest Incorporated Foundation | Mitsui's History 49: The Dissolution of the Mitsui ZaibatsuDocument・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | — | Close reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are limited to what is stated in the text) |
| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare | Regarding Japan's Medical Insurance System (Materials)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare | To Everyone Using the High-Cost Medical Expense Benefit SystemDocument・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare | Let's Verify Together! Public Pension GlossaryDocument・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Long-Term Care Service Information Disclosure System | What is Long-Term Care Insurance (Explanation of Long-Term Care Insurance)System・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Long-Term Care Service Information Disclosure System | User Fees for Services (Explanation of Long-Term Care Insurance)System・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Employment Security Bureau | Regarding the Status of Contract Terminations, etc., for Non-Regular Workers (December Report)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-22 | 2008-12-26 | Read (read the relevant parts of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description). |
| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Employment Security Bureau | Status of contract terminations, etc., for non-regular workers (September report: preliminary).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-22 | 2009-10-02 | Read (read the relevant parts of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description). |
| Emperor Ferdinand I and the Imperial Estates — "Neue und vollständigere Sammlung der Reichs-Abschiede," Part 3 (ed. Senckenberg & Schmauß, Frankfurt, 1747), pp. 186–200. OCR from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (MDZ) bsb10492672. | "Käysers Ferdinandi neue Münz-Ordnung samt Valvirung der gülden und silbern Müntzen, und darauf erfolgtem Kayserl. Edict zu Augspurg, alles im Jahr 1559 auffgericht und beschlossen" (Imperial Minting Ordinance, Augsburg, 19 August 1559)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 1747 | Direct reading (read through the relevant parts of the OCR text of the copy; claims are based on that scope). |
| National Tax Agency. | Tax Answer No. 2260: Income Tax Rates.Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| National Tax Agency. | Tax Answer No. 6101 Basic Mechanism of Consumption TaxDocument・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| National Tax Agency. | Information Regarding Tax AccountantsSystem・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| National Tax Agency. | No. 4402 Cases Where Gift Tax is Imposed (Tax Answer)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2025-04-01 | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| National Tax Agency, National Tax College, Office of Historical Tax Materials | 10. Financing the Russo-Japanese War and the Tax System (Taxation History Materials Library)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | — | Close reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are limited to what is stated in the text) |
| National Tax Agency, National Tax College, Office of Historical Tax Materials | A Guide to Inheritance Tax (NETWORK Taxation History Materials)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | — | Close reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are limited to what is stated in the text) |
| National Tax Agency (Tax Answer). | No. 4152: Calculation of Inheritance Tax.Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| National Tax Agency (Tax Answer). | No. 4205 Filing and Payment of Inheritance TaxDocument・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| National Tax Agency (Tax Answer). | No. 4408 Calculation and Tax Rates of Gift Tax (Calendar-Year Taxation)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Land and Water Bureau, Land Price Research Division. | Trend in the year-on-year average rate of change since 1976 (Residential land, Commercial land, All uses).Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | — | Read from the original (read through the table in the main text of the copy. Claims are limited to the values in the table). |
| National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan | Consumer Affairs Centers, etc., NationwideSystem・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| National Printing Bureau, Banknote and Postage Stamp Museum — National Printing Bureau, Incorporated Administrative Agency. | Bank of Japan Convertible Note, Otsu 200 Yen (a "urajiro-satsu" or "white-back note" with the reverse side printing omitted).Document・Secondary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-23 | 2024-09-04 | Read (full text of the collection item's commentary). |
| National Diet Library, Search System for Minutes of Diet Proceedings (Minutes of the House of Representatives) | 118th National Diet, House of Representatives, Committee on Finance, No. 6, March 27, 1990 (statements by Minister of Finance Hashimoto Ryūtarō and Director-General of the Banking Bureau Tsuchida Masaaki)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 1990-03-27 | Actual reading (Read through statements 036 and 037 in the transcript text. The claims are limited to that scope). |
| National Diet Library, Search System for Minutes of Diet Proceedings (Minutes of the House of Representatives) | 118th Diet, House of Representatives, Committee on Finance, No. 7, March 28, 1990 (Heisei 2) (Supplementary explanation by Director-General of the Banking Bureau Tsuchida Masaaki, response by Director-General of the Tax Bureau Ozaki Mamoru).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 1990-03-28 | Actual reading (Read through statements 108 and 110 in the transcript text. The claims are limited to that scope). |
| National Diet Library, Search System for Minutes of Diet Proceedings (Minutes of the House of Representatives) | 118th Diet, House of Representatives, Committee on the Budget, No. 4, April 3, 1990 (Heisei 2) (Responses by Director-General of the Banking Bureau Tsuchida Masaaki and Minister of Finance Hashimoto Ryutaro).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 1990-04-03 | Actual reading (Read through statements 204 to 206 in the transcript text. The claims are limited to that scope). |
| National Diet Library, Search System for Minutes of Diet Proceedings (Minutes of the House of Representatives) | 123rd Diet, House of Representatives, Committee on Construction, No. 1, February 26, 1992 (Heisei 4) (Statement of beliefs by Director-General of the National Land Agency Azumaya Yoshiyuki, response by Director-General of the Land Bureau Chinzei Michio: Background of the lifting of aggregate control).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 1992-02-26 | Actual reading (Read through statements 009, 077, and 078 in the transcript text. The claims are limited to that scope). |
| National Diet Library, Search System for Minutes of Diet Proceedings (Minutes of the House of Representatives) | 123rd Diet, House of Representatives, Committee on Finance, No. 4, February 26, 1992 (Heisei 4) (Response by Director-General of the Banking Bureau Tsuchida Masaaki: Lifting of the aggregate control).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 1992-02-26 | Actual reading (Read through statements 030 to 040 in the transcript text. The claims are limited to that scope). |
| Courts | Declaration of Renunciation of InheritanceSystem・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Ministry of Finance | Diversification of the investor base.Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-03 | — | Read |
| Ministry of Finance | Press release (January 22, 2021: new 500-yen coin)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | — | Read on the institution's page |
| Ministry of Finance | Materials on types of taxes (national and local tax items and breakdown).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Ministry of Finance | Considering Japan's Finances (Fiscal-Related Materials, Simplified Version, April, Reiwa 8).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2026-04 | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Ministry of Finance, Financial Bureau. | JGB Issuance Plan for FY2026 (Planned Issuance Amount and Outline of JGBs for FY2026)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-03 | 2025-12-26 | Read |
| Ministry of Finance, Financial Bureau. | Outstanding Amount of Government Bonds and Borrowings and Government-Guaranteed Debt (As of the end of June 2026)Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-03 | 2026-08-10 | Read |
| Ministry of Finance (JGBs for Individuals homepage). | Frequently Asked Questions about JGBs for Individuals.Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-03 | — | Read |
| Ministry of Finance (Press Release, Customs). | Summary of Trade Statistics for January 2009 (Preliminary).Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-22 | 2009-02-25 | Read (read the relevant parts of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description). |
| Ministry of Finance (Press Release, Customs). | Summary of Trade Statistics for February 2009 (Preliminary).Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-22 | 2009-03-25 | Read (read the relevant parts of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description). |
| Ministry of Finance (Press Release, Customs). | Summary of Trade Statistics for 2009 (Preliminary).Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-22 | 2010-01-27 | Read (read the relevant parts of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description). |
| Author unknown — Wikisource transcription (image from Wikimedia Commons). | Der Jüdische Kipper und Auffwechßler (broadsheet, 1622).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 1622 | Read (read through the full text of the transcription; claims are within that scope) |
| Author unknown — Wikisource transcription (base text: "Deutsche Einblattholzschnitte 1500 bis 1700," Digitale Bibliothek, Berlin 2003) | "Ein Erschröckliche Newe Zeittung so sich begeben vnd zutragen In disem 1621 Jar mit eim Geldtwechßler" (broadsheet, 1621)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-05 | 1621 | Read (read through the full text of the transcription; claims are within that scope) |
| Sima Qian (Wikisource) | Sima Qian, "Records of the Grand Historian," Vol. 30, The Treatise on the Balanced Standard.Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | 1st century BC | Reading (original text from Wikisource) |
| Kano Yoshiaki (Doshisha University) — "Chihō Kin'yūshi Kenkyū" [Journal of Regional Financial History], No. 53 (Chihō Kin'yūshi Kenkyūkai [The Society for the Study of Regional Financial History]) | Reconsideration: The Massive Outflow of Gold Coins in the Late Edo PeriodDocument・Secondary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | — | Reading (Explanation of the currency clauses in Sections 1 and 3) |
| Shitomi Yuzo (Toyo Bunko). | Shitomi Yuzo, Memoirs of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko 55 (1997).Document・Secondary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | 1997 | Direct reading (Memoirs of the Toyo Bunko 55, PDF pp. 81–82). |
| Shōwa Financial History, Vol. 19 — Edited by the Ministry of Finance, Financial History Office (Tōyō Keizai Shinpōsha) / Data from the Bank of Japan. | Shōwa Financial History, From the End of the War to the Peace Treaty, Vol. 19, Statistics — 12. Wholesale Price Index (2) Index by Category, Prewar Basis.Data・Secondary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-23 | — | Read (visually read from the image the "Overall Average" column of Statistics 12. Wholesale Price Index (2) Index by Category, Prewar Basis, for Shōwa 20-23). |
| Consumer Affairs Agency | Consumer HotlineSystem・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-17 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Consumer Affairs Agency | From October 1, 2023, stealth marketing will be a violation of the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations.Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Consumer Affairs Agency | Act on Specified Commercial TransactionsDocument・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Jinja Honchō (Association of Shinto Shrines) | Saisen offerings, now and thenDocument・Secondary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | — | Read (commentary page by the Jinja Honchō) |
| Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation of Japan. | Overview of the Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation of Japan.Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation of Japan. | Policyholder Protection System Q&A Q12: Compensation details in case a life insurance company fails.Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation of Japan. | Policyholder Protection System Q&A Q14: What are policy reserves?Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| The Bible (bible-api.com) | Gospel of Matthew chapters 26–27, Gospel of Mark chapter 11 (KJV, WEB)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | 1st century | Direct reading (KJV and WEB English translations, bible-api.com) |
| Song Lian et al., "History of Yuan" (Wikisource) | "History of Yuan," Vol. 93, On Banknotes, and Vol. 105, Penal Law 4.Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | 14th century | Reading ("History of Yuan," Vol. 93, On Banknotes, and Vol. 105, Penal Law 4) |
| Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | Consumer Price Index (CPI).Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | 2023 Housing and Land Survey: Summary of the Results for Basic Tabulation on Dwellings and Households.Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2024-09-25 | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | 2020-Base Consumer Price Index, Japan, 2025 (Reiwa 7) Average.Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2026-01-23 | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | 2020-Base Consumer Price Index, Japan, 2025 (Reiwa 7) Average.Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2026-01-23 | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | Family Income and Expenditure Survey Report (Income and Expenditure), 2025 (Reiwa 7) Average: Summary of Results.Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2026-02-06 | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | 2025-Base Consumer Price Index, Japan, for July 2026 (Reiwa 8).Data・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2026-08-21 | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Statistics Bureau of Japan, National Statistics Center (e-Stat) | Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan (e-Stat)System・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Non-Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation of Japan. | Overview of the Non-Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation of Japan.Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | — | Full reading (read through the text of the copy; claims are within the scope of the text's description) |
| Edited by Muramatsu Michio and Okuno Masahiro — Toyo Keizai Inc. | A Study of the Heisei Bubble (Vols. 1 & 2).Document・Secondary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-09-04 | 2002-03 | Bibliography confirmed (NDL Search). |
| Pliny the Elder (LacusCurtius & Perseus Digital Library) | Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.42–46 & 33.132 (Latin from LacusCurtius ed., trans. Bostock)Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | 1st century | Reading (Book 33, 42–46 & 132. Latin from LacusCurtius and English translation by Bostock from Perseus). |
| Pliny the Elder (LacusCurtius, Perseus). | Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.47Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | 1st century | Consulted (33.47. Teubner edition Latin text from LacusCurtius and Bostock's English translation from Perseus. The English translation is from a different edition with different numbers for years, etc.). |
| Toghto et al., "History of Song" (Wikisource) | "History of Song," Vol. 180, Treatise on Food and Money, Lower Part 2 (Short Strings).Document・Primary Source ／ Date Verified 2026-10-19 | 14th century | Reading ("History of Song," Vol. 180, Treatise on Food and Money, Lower Part 2) |
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