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# Japanese

以下の大学名をご覧ください：

> 東北帝国大学

旧帝大は旧帝大としてはもう無くなっているので、学術論文に旧字体の方（東北帝國大學）か新字体の方（東北帝国大学）のどちらを使うのが正しいですか。

また、施設が現在も存在しているかどうかが、前の名称だった頃の名称の新・旧字体の使い方に対して関係があるかどうか教えてください。

# English

Consider for instance

> 東北帝国大学

Since the 旧帝大 are no longer 旧帝大, when writing in an academic paper, should one
write 東北帝国大学 or 東北帝國大學?

Also, does it matter whether an institution continues to this day for whether
it should be written in 旧字体 or 新字体 for something historical?
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In academic Japanese, should old places be written with 新字体 or 旧字体?
I believe this greatly depends on the type of your article and the manuscript
guideline of the journal. When in doubt, you have to contact an editor and ask
about it.

In general, unless your article is directly about the Japanese
literature/language/history itself, you can use 新字体. For example, if your
article is about vitamins and you just want to quickly mention where and when
they were discovered, you can simply use 帝国大学. But it's safe to preserve the
original usage of kanji in quotes.
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C'mon, 旧字体 is called as such because people no longer use them in daily
life... If you're really deeply into the history of Japan, it _might_ make
_some_ sense to use them.
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