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Exploring the Brick Building of the ILCL in VR!

This VR content is a 3D virtual tour of the Brick Building of the International Library of Children's Literature（In Japanese）.
SDGs and Children's Books: What Libraries Can Do

Newly added two videos of interviews with Mr. ZHANG Mingzhou (IBBY President) and Ms. TONE Satoe (picture book author).
Japanese Children's Literature

An exhibition presenting the history of Japanese children's literature since the Meiji era.
A teenager's encyclopedia of the history of Japan

This site presents the NDL's collection of books on Japanese history in encyclopedia format.

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2022-10-26

Events

November 20, 2022 (Sun.), Special event for children in Autumn* will be held at the ILCL.
2022-10-4

Exhibitions

From October 4, 2022 (Tue.) to December 25, 2022 (Sun.), ILCL is holding an exhibition "Children's Books in Spanish from Spain and Latin America."
2022-9-20

Events

October 16, 2022 (Sun.), Concert for Children will be held.
2022-8-24

Children's books

“Publishing situation of children’s books in Japan from the perspective of the International Library of Children’s Literature’s collection” has been updated.
2022-8-23

Exhibitions

From October 4 (Tue.), 2022, ILCL exhibition "Children's Books in Spanish from Spain and Latin America" will be held.
2022-8-17

Some materials held by the ILCL will be unavailable while undergoing digitization

2022-8-24

Children's books

“Publishing situation of children’s books in Japan from the perspective of the International Library of Children’s Literature’s collection” has been updated.

News on children's books

2022-10-26

Events

November 20, 2022 (Sun.), Special event for children in Autumn* will be held at the ILCL.
2022-9-20

Events

October 16, 2022 (Sun.), Concert for Children will be held.
2022-6-1

Events

Library tours for children and parents during the summer vacation * will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese)
2022-4-19

Events

May 5, 2022（Thu.） Special event on Children’s Day *will be held. (Japanese)
2022-2-10

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March 27, 2022 (Sun.), Picture books and music for children “The Bear, the Piano and Little Bear's Concert” (Japanese)
2021-4-1

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Picture books and music for children "Five Nice Mice" to be held online from March 31(Wed.). (In Japanese)

2022-10-8

Outstanding Japanese Children’s Books selected by the JBBY and the Japan Foundation
2022-3-20

The 107th All-Japan Library Conference (2021)
2021-6-17

The 106th All-Japan Library Conference (2020)
2020-7-8

The 105th All-Japan Library Conference (2019)
2019-12-20

“Lecture on Korean Picture Books: Past, Present, and the Future” was held on December 1, 2019
2019-12-20

Igor Oleynikov Lecture on “Modern Russian Art and Picture Books”

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