The topic of this webseminar is how to search for Japan-related materials in Japanese and/or western languages that are available in Germany. The overview includes the basic search tools CrossAsia Search, the OPAC of the East Asia Department, the StaBiKat and the German Union Catalogue of Serials (Zeitschriftendatenbank, ZDB). In addition services such as the special inter-library loan system called „Blauer Leihverkehr „, the possibility of acquisition requests and the access to Japan-related databases will be introduced.