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References
- (in Japanese)"遠軽町百年史" (100 years history of Engaru town) Engaru town hall, August 1998.
- (in Japanese) "プランゲ文庫新聞目録（北海道関係分）" (Prange Collection newspapers catalog - Related to the Hokkaido) Archived 12 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine Hokkaido Prefectural Library, December 2005.
- (in Japanese) "北海道地方新聞所在目録（改訂第2版）" (The location catalog of regional newspapers in Hokkaido - 2nd revised edition) Hokkaido Prefectural Library, March 2009.
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