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Parliamentary Documents and Official Publications Room

Parliamentary Documents and Official Publications Room

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Features and collections In this room, basic parliamentary documents, statutes, official publications and international organizations, reference books on law, politics and parliaments (encyclopedias, directories, bibliographies, etc.) and indexes of Japanese and foreign government and international organizations are on open shelves.
The set of Japanese materials comprises parliamentary documents, compilations of laws and regulations, treaty series and court reports published since 1868 (the beginning of the Meiji era). In addition, we have microforms of Fuken Tokeisho Shusei (Complete collection of the statistical annuals of the respective prefectures of Japan, 1873-1972), Dainihon Gaikoku Boeki Nenpyo (custom statistics of 1866-1964), Shihosho Nenpo (annual reports of the Ministry of Justice issued before 1945), Rikukaigunsho Nenpo (annual reports of the War and Navy Ministry) and pamphlets of the Japanese government.
Foreign materials include parliamentary documents of about 70 countries and statutes of about 150 countries. In particular, basic documents published after the 18th-19th centuries of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France have been collected comprehensively.
We also have microforms of documents issued by the U.S. Government Printing Office and the U.K. government, Public papers of U.S. Presidents and declassified documents of the U.S. government.
The room has documents of international organizations which designate NDL as depository library, such as the United Nations (including the League of Nations) and its specialized agencies, EU and OECD.
Databases available

The following titles are available for the printout service:
”D1-Law”
（Hanrei taikei, （Judicial Information System））
（Genkou Houki, （Japan Code））
（Horitsu Hanrei Bunken Joho （Current Legal Information））

CD-ROMs:
”Rigaru Besu, hanrei-hen and Horei-hen”
 (database of Japanese law reports and statutes)
"Nihon Choki Tokei Soran Setsuzoku Tokei Hyo" (longitudinal data of Japan Statistical Yearbook (1985-))
"Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals"
"Index to the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers on CD-ROM" (1801- , Chadwyck-Healey, UK)
"UNBIS Plus" (Catalog of the United Nations Documents and others)
"Eurocat" (Catalog of EU publications)
"Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications : periodocal supplement(1996-2000)"
"UNESCO Database" (Catalog of UNESCO publications and others)
"World Development Indicators, 2001" (Statistical Data of the World Bank)
"World Development Sources, 1996-98" (lDocuments of the World Bank)

The following titles are only for consulting on site:
"Genko Horei CD-ROM" (database of Japanese Statutes)
"Congressional Masterfile 2" (1970-98/3, Congressional Information Service, U.S.A)

A fee is charged for printouts. After operating the terminal in this room, collect your printouts at the Printout Counter in Electronic Resources Room(Annex 1F).
Related materials in other reading rooms
Modern Japanese political history materials
On open shelves or in closed stacks?

On open shelves

Japanese

Minutes of the Diet and the Imperial Diet, and Minutes of Committee meetings.
Kanpo (Official Gazette), Horei Zensho (Compendium of laws and regulations), Zyoyakusyu (Treaty Series), compilations of laws and regulations in force, most recent edition of compilations of laws by subject.Collection of local ordinances in force and official gazettes of prefectures.
Court reports.
White papers, annual reports and statistics.

Foreign

Recent parliamentary documents of U.S., U.K., Germany and France.Current gazettes, compilations of laws in force, compilations of laws by subject.
Major statistics of U.S., U.K., Germany and France.
Official record of the United Nations, treaties, fundamental materials of the EU, OECD statistics.

Reference books on law and politics inside and outside Japan.

In closed stacks

Back numbers of parliamentary documents and statues of Japan and foreign countries including materials in microform.
Pamphlets and materials in microform published by Japanese and foreign government offices.
Books, pamphlets, documents and materials in microform published by international organizations.
Unbound materials and others.
Opening hours Mon.-Fri. 9:30-19:00 Sat. 9:30-17:00
Call-slip acceptance hours Mon.-Fri. 9:30-18:00 Sat. 9:30-16:00
Announcement
  1. No special registration is required to use the room.
  2. Reference service is available at the counter.
  3. Materials on open shelves are free-access. To use materials in closed stacks, fill in a call-slip and submit it at the counter.
  4. Materials are to be used only in the room, except when brought out to be copied.
  5. If you wish to take the materials out of the room for copying, please check them out at the counter in this room first.
Photoduplication Materials on the open shelves can be photocopied by same-day service only (partly some materials are regular service only). Some of them can be photocopied from reprint editions or microforms with same-day service.
Most materials in closed stacks can be photocopied both same-day service and regular service, although some of them can be photocopied only by regular service.
For details, please ask at the counter.

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