Japanese Military Stock Photos

Licensing for Media in Print, Film, and other Formats

In an effort to promote works on Japanese military history, licensing is available for digital reproductions of photographs from the Japanese Military Photo Archives for commercial use in media such as print, editorials, and film. Please see the following chart below for a breakdown of our competitive rates. Licensing fees help reduce the organization's operating costs and continue our mission of preserving Japanese military history.

Featured Photographs

The Malaya Campaign, 1941-1942

The Battle of Shanghai, 1937

Life Under Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945

Rising Tensions in China, 1927-1933

Why Choose Us?

Competitive Pricing: Licensing for our photographs is some of the lowest available, with savings of as much to 90% compared to major stock photo sites.

High Quality: All of our photos are scanned in high resolution, with additional digital post-processing done afterwards to enhance the depth of color and level of detail in every photo.

Commitment to Accuracy: As many as 1 in 10 Japanese photographs on major stock sites are erroneously captioned.[1] Each of our photographs have been carefully analyzed by Japanese military historians, ensuring the photo you select is accurately captioned.

Unrivaled Rarity: Our extensive collections contain some of the rarest Japanese military photographs in the world. The majority of our photographs originate from private collections of veterans and have never been seen or appeared in print before.

Preserving History: We are one of the few archives which prioritizes history over profit. Each purchase allows us to continue saving rare Japanese military photographs that would otherwise never be archived.