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The National Diet Library ( NDL) (国立国会図書館, Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan) is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the National Diet of Japan (国会, Kokkai) in researching matters of public policy.
The National Diet ( Japanese: 国会, Hepburn: Kokkai) is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives ( 衆議院, Shūgiin ), and an upper house, the House of Councillors ( 参議院, Sangiin ). Both houses are directly elected under a parallel voting system.
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The official website of the National Diet Library. The Library collects and conserves materials and information both from Japan and abroad, serving as a foundation of knowledge and culture.
National Diet Library, the national library of Japan, formed at Tokyo in 1948 and combining the libraries of the upper and lower houses of the Diet (national legislature) with the collections of the former Imperial Library (established 1872).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The National Diet Building (国会議事堂, Kokkai-gijidō) is the building where both houses of the National Diet of Japan meet. It is located at Nagatachō 1-chome 7–1, Chiyoda, Tokyo . Sessions of the House of Representatives take place in the south wing and sessions of the House of Councillors in the north wing.
The National Diet Library has in recent years compiled a detailed website in both Japanese and English. Its online databases consist of the National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalog (NDL-OPAC), National Diet Library Digital Collections and the Minutes of the Imperial Diet and National Diet.
