National Diet Library
Tokyo, Japan. Founded 1948.
- Type: National
- City: Tokyo
- Country: Japan
- Founded: 1948
Overview
Modeled on the Library of Congress and founded in 1948 as a branch of the National Diet, Japans national library serves parliament and the public alike. Around 45 million items fill the main Tokyo building, the Kansai facility in Kyoto, and the International Library of Childrens Literature in Ueno. Its digital collections and full text database of Diet proceedings are core public resources.
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