What's New(2017 fiscal year)
- 2018-03-05
On Apr. 15 (Sun.), Lecture "Books I encountered in my childhood: Mr. Tow Ubukata" will be held. (In Japanese) - 2018-02-12
The official websites of the National Diet Library and the International Library of Children’s Literature were renewed on February 12 - 2018-02-01
On March 25(Sun), Picture books and music for children "Groompa's kindergarten"(Japanese) - 2018-01-23
From January 23 (Tue.) to February 10 (Sat.), ILCL is holding an exhibition "Books for healthy growth of children 2017: Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare." (In Japanese) - 2018-01-10
On Feburuary 25(Sun.), Lecture "The mission and role of the International Youth Library and its recent important projects" will be held. (In Japanese) - 2017-12-19
From March 6 (Tue.), ILCL exhibition "The Golden and Silver Brush Awards in the Netherlands - The world of children's books" will be held. - 2017-12-07
From January 23 (Tue.), ILCL exhibition "Books for healthy growth of children 2017 : Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare" will be held.(In Japanese) - 2017-11-28
On January 21(Sun.), Lecture for teens: "Forget the textbooks! Have fun with math at the library!" will be held.(Japanese) - 2017-09-20
On October 29(Sun.), Concert for Children will be held.(Japanese) - 2017-09-19
On November 18 (Sat.), Lecture "What's Happening with Children's Books in Canada?" will be held. (Japanese) - 2017-08-23
Transcript of the lecture on "Britain in anime: truth, fiction and fantasy" now available. (Both in Japanese and English) - 2017-08-17
On Nov. 5 (Sun.), Lecture: The World of Kusazoshi –Picture books during Japan’s Edo period will be held. (Japanese) - 2017-07-21
Researchers' Reading Room will be temporarily closed on December 19th. - 2017-07-05
From Nov. 1 (Wed.), ILCL exhibition "A History of Japanese Picture Books―From picture scrolls to contemporary picture books" will be held. - 2017-05-26
On July 8 (Sat.), Lecture "Britain in anime: truth, fiction and fantasy" will be held. (Japanese). - 2017-05-19
From Aug. 1 (Tue.), ILCL exhibition "Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2016 & IBBY Honour List 2016" will be held. - 2017-05-12
On June 24 (Sat.), Lecture "At Stephanie Blake's atelier" will be held. (Japanese). - 2017-05-01
News on children's books and libraries, UPDATE (The English version of the digital exhibition "Japanese Children's Literature: A History from the International Library of Children's Literature Collections" now available) - 2017-04-21
Digital Exhibition “Japanese Children's Literature: A History from the International Library of Children's Literature Collections” now available. - 2017-04-04
International Library of Children's Literature PR video now available on YouTube. - 2017-04-03
On May 5 (Fri.), Lecture "People I've Met - Picture Books I've Created" will be held. (Japanese)