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List of News
- December 2, 2022News
Library services at the year-end and New Year - December 2, 2022News
Renewal of the National Diet Library Digital Collections on December 21, 2022. - November 17, 2022News
Connecting disaster records to the Next Generation - the FY2022 Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Symposium to be held on January 9, 2023 - November 1, 2022News
Exhibition "Seek Knowledge throughout the World: Culture of Translation before and after the Meiji Restoration," starts in November 11 - August 23, 2022News
ILCL exhibition "Children's Books in Spanish from Spain and Latin America" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - August 3, 2022News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - July 6, 2022News
Change of Entry Restrictions of the Tokyo Main Library starting Thursday, July 21 - June 28, 2022News
ILCL exhibition "Books for Healthy Growth of Children : Cultural Materials for Child Welfare Recommended in FY 2020" - May 31, 2022News
0.3 million books newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections (Update: June 7) - May 19, 2022News
The NDL's Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Individuals to Launch - April 6, 2022News
The Japanese Periodicals Index (Online Periodicals) is available on NDL Online and NDL Search. - March 31, 2022News
Science and Technology Research Project reports released: "Genome Editing Technologies: Issues arising on the frontline and future prospects," "Technologies for Decarbonized Society and Related Issues," and "Quantum Information Technologies" - March 23, 2022News
Selected Articles from the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau - March 15, 2022News
23,500 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections - March 8, 2022News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - March 2, 2022News
Publication of a Report on the National Diet Library Questionnaire on Response to COVID-19 by Public Libraries in Japan - March 1, 2022News
Webinar: "Libraries and UN SDGs: IFLA supporting the libraries to achieve the SDGs" will be held on March 24 - February 25, 2022News
Approximately 500 sound recordings of the Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) are newly available online. - February 16, 2022News
Extensively redesigned digital exhibition "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures" now available - February 16, 2022News
ILCL exhibition "Let's go through Ueno Forest to the library! A brick building over 100 years old" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - February 16, 2022News
Easing of restrictions on admission to the Tokyo Main Library starting Saturday, February 19 (Last update: May 19, 2022) - February 7, 2022News
The on-site services on February 8 (Tue.) at Tokyo Main Library, Kansai-kan, and the International Library of Children's Literature - February 7, 2022News
NDL services change due to system failure in the Tokyo Main Library and Kansai-kan - February 1, 2022News
The NDL's Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Individuals to Launch on May 19, 2022 - January 19, 2022News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - January 4, 2022News
KATAYAMA Nobuko appointed new Deputy Director General of the National Diet Library - January 4, 2022News
New Year's Greetings - November 26, 2021News
Library services at the year-end and New Year - November 4, 2021News
November 4, 2021: Preserving, Sharing, and Using Records of Earthquakes—the FY2020 Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Symposium to be held on January 10, 2022 - October 1, 2021News
Easing of restrictions on admission to the Tokyo Main Library starting Monday, October 4 - October 1, 2021News
Ending TLS 1.0/TLS 1.1 support - September 15, 2021News
The Kansai-kan will be closed on November 15 and November 16 - September 3, 2021News
Last day of service in 2021 at the Tokyo Main Library to be Saturday, December 25 - September 1, 2021News
Revised Copying Fees - August 26, 2021News
English translations of Kaleidoscope of Books digital exhibitions are now available. - August 2, 2021News
Temporary suspension of library services during the transfer of library materials from the Tokyo Main Library to the Kansai-kan. - July 27, 2021News
27,700 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections - May 31, 2021News
Restrictions on admission to the Tokyo Main Library to be eased starting Tuesday, June 1 - May 28, 2021News
Former NDL Director General Dr. NAGAO Makoto Has Passed Away. - May 10, 2021News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - April 26, 2021News
Relocation of periodicals - April 19, 2021News
Selected Articles from the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau - April 1, 2021News
National Diet Library Vision 2021–2025: The Digital Shift at the National Diet Library - March 31, 2021News
Science and Technology Research Project reports released: "Trends and Issues of Social Media in the Era of Coronavirus," "Genome-Editing Technology and Its Impact," and "Technologies to Assist Older People and Related Social Issues" - March 16, 2021News
7,600 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections - March 10, 2021News
Termination of the National Union Catalog of Newspapers in Japan Database - February 10, 2021News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - January 28, 2021News
A new English version of the Research Navi is released - January 27, 2021News
Webinar: "Libraries in the New Normal" will be held on February 26 - January 27, 2021News
Approximately 600 sound recordings of the Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) are newly available online. - January 26, 2021News
ILCL exhibition "Sports and Children's Books" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - January 4, 2021News
New Year's Greetings - December 17, 2020News
Launch of the East Asia Digital Library - December 15, 2020News
ILCL exhibition "Books for healthy growth of children 2020" - December 7, 2020News
Revised Copying Fees - November 27, 2020News
Library services at the year-end and New Year - November 26, 2020News
483 items from the collections of personal papers of political figures (Ishiguro Tadanori Papers, etc.) were added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections. - November 12, 2020News
Ten Years Past and Ten Years Future—the FY2020 Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Symposium to be held online on January 11, 2021. - October 28, 2020News
Restrictions on admission to the Tokyo Main Library will be eased starting Wednesday, November 4 - October 15, 2020News
6th floor cafeteria at the Tokyo Main building to close on October 20, 2020 - September 4, 2020News
Temporary suspension of library services during the transfer of library materials from the Tokyo Main Library to the Kansai-kan - August 25, 2020News
The Launch of Japan Search - August 25, 2020News
15,700 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections - August 24, 2020News
ILCL exhibition "Japanese Picture Book Authors of the Heisei Era (1989–2019)" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - July 31, 2020News
January 2021 changes to availability of NDL bibliographic data - July 8, 2020News
Attention!: Fake websites pretending to be the National Diet Library and the International Library of the Children's Literature - July 2, 2020News
Some materials will be unavailable during retrospective cataloging of bibliographic data - July 1, 2020News
Attention! Notice to Visitors - July 1, 2020News
Full reopening of the ILCL with restricted admission by numbered entrance tickets - July 1, 2020News
ILCL exhibition "Barrier-free Children's Books from Around the World - 2019 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - July 1, 2020News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - June 24, 2020News
Selected Articles from the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau - June 23, 2020News
Dreamy library—a virtual tour of the ILCL in Ueno, Tokyo (3D View & VR Video) has been released - June 10, 2020News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - June 1, 2020News
Admission reservations to the Tokyo Main Library to be allocated by lottery (Last update: November 10, 2021) - May 27, 2020News
Reopening of National Diet Library Facilities (Update: June 12) - May 18, 2020News
Extension of temporary closure and resumption of remote photoduplication services - April 21, 2020News
Attention! Notice of temporary suspension of remote photoduplication services - April 10, 2020News
Attention! Notice of temporary suspension of remote photoduplication services - April 10, 2020News
Temporary Closure Extended to Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - April 2, 2020News
Science and Technology Research Project reports released: "Fostering Future Researchers in Support of the Science-and-Technology-Oriented-Nation Concept," "Trends and Issues of Social Media," and "Science, Technology and Innovation Policy beyond 2020" - April 1, 2020News
YOSHINAGA Motonobu appointed new Director General of the National Diet Library - April 1, 2020News
Smoking is prohibited on the premises. - March 27, 2020News
Temporary Closure Extended to Wednesday, April 15, 2020 - March 25, 2020News
National Diet Library Award presented at Urban Data Challenge 2019 - March 24, 2020News
New versions of the Digital Exhibitions "Japanese Ex-libris Stamps" and "Incunabula" are now available - March 17, 2020News
17,600 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections - March 17, 2020News
1,538 items from the collections of personal papers of political figures (Okubo Toshimichi Papers, etc.) were added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections. - March 16, 2020News
Temporary Closure Extended to Monday, March 30, 2020 - March 4, 2020News
Urgent Notice of Temporary Closure from March 5 to March 16 - March 2, 2020News
Temporary suspension of library services during the transfer of library materials from the Tokyo Main Library to the Kansai-kan. - February 27, 2020News
The lecture meeting National Libraries in the digital era―focusing on the strategies of the National Library of the Netherlands scheduled for March 17, 2020, has been canceled - February 25, 2020News
ILCL exhibition "Sports and Children's Books" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - January 30, 2020News
Media Arts Database (Manga) is now available via NDL Search - January 9, 2020News
Lecture meeting: "National Libraries in the digital era―focusing on the strategies of the National Library of the Netherlands" will be held on March 17 - December 24, 2019News
The National Diet Library Appoints Mr. TANAKA Hisanori Deputy Director General - December 23, 2019News
The NDL Unveils a New Search Interface for Four Databases about the National Diet - December 20, 2019News
ILCL to sponsor an exhibition on Books for Healthy Growth of Children 2019 - November 28, 2019News
International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2019: "Facilities and archives commemorating the disaster" will be held at Tohoku University on January 11, 2020. - November 27, 2019News
Library services at the year-end and New Year - November 27, 2019News
Approximately 1,000 sound recordings of the Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) are newly available online. - November 26, 2019News
The NDL to Unveil a New Search Interface for Four Databases about the National Diet - November 19, 2019News
International Book Data Services Launched under the Marrakesh Treaty - November 8, 2019News
An open house will be held at the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library. - October 31, 2019News
The ILCL has added new menus to its website in Simplified Chinese and Korean - October 11, 2019News
Some services may be suspended on Saturday, October 12 (Kansai-kan) - October 11, 2019News
Services will be stopped on Saturday, October 12 (Tokyo Main Library and International Library of Children's Literature) - October 10, 2019News
The NDL has extended the scope its acquisition of data for persons with print disabilities. - October 10, 2019News
Data Transmission Service for Persons with Print Disabilities Now Available Outside Japan - September 26, 2019News
Library Fair & Forum 2019 - September 10, 2019News
Photocopy Fee concerning Consumption Tax Hike on October 1, 2019 - September 3, 2019News
ILCL Lecture " Modern Russian Art and Picture Books with Igor Oleynikov (Winner of the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award)" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - September 3, 2019News
ILCL exhibition "100 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art in Picture Books – From Dada to New Painting " will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - September 2, 2019News
Friday, November 15, 2019, International Policy Seminar "Current Topics in Employment and Earnings: Labor Market and Evidence-Based Policymaking (EBPM)" - August 16, 2019News
The Kansai-kan opens on schedule (August 16). - August 15, 2019News
The library hours at the Kansai-kan is now on schedule (August 15). - July 31, 2019News
Tokyo Main Library will be crowded during the summer season - July 23, 2019News
25,700 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections - July 22, 2019News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - July 9, 2019News
ILCL exhibition " Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2018 & IBBY Honour List 2018 " will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - July 4, 2019News
Some materials will be unavailable during retrospective cataloging of bibliographic data - June 26, 2019News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - June 25, 2019News
Selected Articles from the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau - June 12, 2019News
List of Online Services website now available in Simplified Chinese and Korean - May 10, 2019News
The 26th Kaleidoscope of Books "Expressing romance in words – the world of love letters" now available (Japanese) - May 7, 2019News
The bibliographic data of the National Diet Library can be freely used for various purposes. - April 26, 2019News
Updates：Greetings from the Director General - April 23, 2019News
Delivery of copies for remote photoduplication during Golden Week holidays from Saturday, April 27 to Monday, May 6 - April 22, 2019News
The NDL is now accepting applications for approval to receive the Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries - April 18, 2019News
National Diet Library expected to be crowded before and after Golden Week holidays - April 9, 2019News
Release of Next Digital Library content-based retrieval system prototype - April 5, 2019News
The March 29, 2019, issue of Research Materials features reports in Japanese "Forecast and Response to Extreme Weather," "Infrastructure Maintenance Technology," and "Current Trends in Biometrics." - March 29, 2019News
The Open Dataset of Bibliographic Data of Books on Japan in Foreign Languages is Now Available. - March 26, 2019News
Research Materials 2018-3 : "The United States in the 21st Century" (in Japanese) - March 25, 2019News
All of the items of the Katsu Kaishu Papers were added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections. - March 25, 2019News
4,900 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections. - March 13, 2019News
Data Transmission Service for Persons with Print Disabilities Now Available to Patrons of All Ages - March 13, 2019News
Audio Books of Academic Literature Produced by the NDL Now Available to Patrons of Any Age - February 28, 2019News
ILCL exhibition "The Land of Poetry and Legends: Children's Books in Iran" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - February 18, 2019News
Selected Articles from the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau - February 14, 2019News
Greetings from the Director General - February 7, 2019News
The 15th forum on the Collaborative Reference Database Project - February 4, 2019News
The National Diet Library announces the release of a one-click search tool: Writings and Recordings by Modern Japanese Historical Figures - February 4, 2019News
Digital object identifiers (DOI) for library materials digitized by the NDL - January 4, 2019News
New Year's Greetings - December 26, 2018News
ILCL to sponsor an exhibition on Books for Healthy Growth of Children 2018 - December 26, 2018News
The National Diet Library releases a one-click search tool: The Best of National Diet Library's Digital Library Collections - December 21, 2018News
ILCL Lecture "Cao Wenxuan: My Life, My Literature" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - December 21, 2018News
Some maps will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - December 10, 2018News
Thursday, February 7, 2019, International Policy Seminar: U.S. Foreign Policy and Japan - December 3, 2018News
Library services at the year-end and New Year - November 14, 2018News
70-anniversary Commemorative Exhibition: A Treasure Box of Books – The 70-year History of the National Diet Library and Its Collections will be held at the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library. - November 14, 2018News
The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Symposium FY 2018: "Conveying records related to earthquakes: natural disasters and disaster prevention education" will be held at Tohoku University on January 11, 2019. - November 8, 2018News
An open house will be held at the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library. - November 2, 2018News
The NDL announces the launch of an English-language user interface to the WARP. - October 26, 2018News
Ohira Masayoshi Papers now available - September 21, 2018News
Approximately 1,500 sound recordings of the Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) are newly available online. - September 19, 2018News
Temporary Unavailability of Some Online Services in October 2018 - September 14, 2018News
Library Fair & Forum 2018 - September 10, 2018News
Agreement with the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience - September 6, 2018News
About 20,900 items added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections - September 5, 2018News
70th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition Lecture "What I Learned from Books, What the Streets Taught Me" will be held at the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library. - September 5, 2018News
Publication of a Report on the National Diet Library Questionnaire on Public Library Services for Persons with Special Needs - September 4, 2018News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - September 3, 2018News
Newspaper Reading Room starts service via NDL Online from October 1, 2018 - August 21, 2018News
ILCL exhibition "Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Akai tori - authors and poets who contributed to this legendary children's magazine" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - August 9, 2018News
The small exhibition "Full bloom! The World of Gardening" will be held at the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library. - August 1, 2018News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization - July 17, 2018News
ILCL exhibition "Barrier-free Children's Books from Around the World - 2017 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature） - July 5, 2018News
Tokyo Main Library will be crowded during the summer season - June 29, 2018News
Some materials will be unavailable during retrospective cataloging of bibliographic data - May 25, 2018News
International Symposium Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Legal Deposit System "The Past, Present, and Future of the Legal Deposit System―the way forward in a digital age" to be held on July 11, 2018 - May 23, 2018News
The NDL Digital Collections is now compliant with IIIF. - May 11, 2018News
New fee schedule for photoduplication services to take effect from July 2, 2018 - May 11, 2018News
ColBase and Cultural Heritage Online are Now Discoverable via NDL Search - April 18, 2018News
Library will be very crowded during the "Golden Week" Japanese holiday season from 27th April to 7th May - April 11, 2018News
Research Materials featuring reports in Japanese on such topics as "Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence/Robotics and Work/Employment," "Infrastructure for Data-Driven Society," and "Policy Decisions and Scientific Literacy" to be issued on March 30, 2018 - April 11, 2018News
Research Materials 2017-4 featuring "Trends and Issues of Autonomous Driving Technology" to be issued on March 16, 2018 (Japanese language only) - April 11, 2018News
Research Materials 2017-3 featuring a report entitled "The European Union at the Crossroads" to be issued on March 20, 2018 (Japanese language only)
* Please see the Web Archiving Project(WARP) for news from before this time.