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National Diet Library

The National Diet Library is the national library of 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 in researching matters of public policy.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 9:30 AM—7:00 PM
    Saturday: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: national library in Japan
  • Also known as: “Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan”, “National Diet Library - Tokyo Main”, “National Diet Library, Japan”, “NDL”, “the National Diet Library of Japan”, and “国立国会図書館”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tokyo Imperial Palace and National Theatre of Japan.

Castle
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The Imperial Palace is the main residence of the emperor of Japan. It is a large -like area located in the district of the of and contains several buildings, including the Fukiage Palace, where the emperor has his living… is situated 1 km northeast of National Diet Library.

Theater building
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The is a complex consisting of three halls in two buildings in , a district in , . The Japan Arts Council, an Independent Administrative Institution of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, operates the National Theatre. is situated 340 metres north of National Diet Library.

Museum
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is situated 240 metres east of National Diet Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kioichō and Tokyo.

Neighborhood
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is a district located in . Once a samurai town, the name of the district is a portmanteau derived from the names of the Kii clan, the Owari clan, and the Ii clan, all of whom had residences there during the Edo era.

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is the enormous and wealthy capital of , and its main city, overflowing with culture, commerce, and most of all, people. As the most populated urban area in the world, is a fascinating and dynamic metropolis that mixes foreign influences, consumer culture and global business along with remnants of the capital of old Japan.

Neighborhood
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is a district in , . Most government ministries are located in the neighbourhood, making its name a metonym for the Japanese bureaucracy, while refers to the elected government or legislative branch.

National Diet Library

Latitude
35.67863° or 35° 40′ 43″ north
Longitude
139.74434° or 139° 44′ 40″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 193000544
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Geo­Names ID
8504841
Wiki­data ID
Q477675
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“National Diet Library” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Biblioteek van die Japannese Parlement”
  • Albanian: “National Diet Library”
  • Arabic: “مكتبة البرلمان الوطني”
  • Armenian: “Ազգային խորհրդարանական գրադարան”
  • Asturian: “Biblioteca Nacional de la Dieta”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yaponiya milli parlament kitabxanası”
  • Bashkir: “Японияның милли парламент китапханаһы”
  • Basque: “Dietako Liburutegi Nazionala”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальная парламенцкая бібліятэка Японіі”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальная парлямэнцкая бібліятэка”
  • Belarusian: “НПБ”
  • Bhojpuri: “नेशनल डायट लाइब्रेरी”
  • Bosnian: “Nacionalna parlamentarna biblioteka Japana”
  • Bosnian: “National Diet Library”
  • Bulgarian: “Национална парламентарна библиотека”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de la Dieta del Japó”
  • Chinese: “Kok-li̍p Kok-hōe Tô͘-su-koán”
  • Chinese: “NDL”
  • Chinese: “国立国会图书馆”
  • Chinese: “國立國會圖書館”
  • Chinese: “日本国家图书馆”
  • Chinese: “日本国立国会图书馆”
  • Chinese: “日本國家圖書館”
  • Chinese: “日本國立國會圖書館”
  • Czech: “Národní parlamentní knihovna Japonska”
  • Danish: “Nationale parlamentsbibliotek”
  • Dutch: “Bibliotheek van het Japanse parlement”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبة اليابان الوطنيه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبه اليابان الوطنيه”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Biblioteko de Dieto”
  • Finnish: “Japanin parlamentin kirjasto”
  • French: “bibliothèque nationale de la Diète”
  • French: “Bibliothèque nationale de la Diète”
  • Galician: “Biblioteca Nacional da Dieta”
  • German: “Nationale Parlamentsbibliothek”
  • German: “NDL”
  • Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Δίαιτας της Ιαπωνίας”
  • Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Δίετας της Ιαπωνίας”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית הדיאט הלאומית”
  • Hungarian: “Japán Országgyűlési Könyvtár”
  • Hungarian: “Kokuricu Kokkai Tosokan”
  • Hungarian: “Országgyűlési Könyvtár”
  • Iloko: “Nailian a Biblioteka ti Dieta”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Parlemen Jepang”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca della Dieta nazionale del Giappone”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca della Dieta Nazionale del Giappone”
  • Japanese: “NDL”
  • Japanese: “国会図書館”
  • Japanese: “国立国会図書館・東京本館”
  • Japanese: “国立国会図書館”
  • Japanese: “国立国会図書館東京本館”
  • Japanese: “東京本館”
  • Javanese: “Pabukon Legislatif Jepang”
  • Korean: “국립국회도서관 도쿄본관”
  • Korean: “국립국회도서관”
  • Korean: “일본 국립국회도서관”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Diaetae Nationalis”
  • Ligurian: “Bibliotêca da Diêta Naçionâle do Giapón‎”
  • Ligurian: “Bibliotêca da Diêta Naçionâle do Giapón”
  • Ligurian: “NDL”
  • Literary Chinese: “國立國會圖書館”
  • Lithuanian: “Japonijos nacionalinė parlamento biblioteka”
  • Macedonian: “Национална парламентарна библиотека”
  • Malay: “Perpustakaan Diet Kebangsaan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kok-li̍p Kok-hōe Tô͘-su-koán”
  • Mongolian: “Японы Үндэсний парламентын номын сан”
  • Northern Frisian: “National Diet Library”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det nasjonale parlamentsbiblioteket”
  • Norwegian: “Det nasjonale parlamentsbiblioteket”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bibliotèca Nacionala de la Dieta”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bibliotèca Nacionala de la Dièta”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه شورای ملی ژاپن”
  • Polish: “Narodowa Biblioteka Parlamentarna Japonii”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Nacional da Dieta”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca Națională a Dietei”
  • Russian: “Национальная парламентская библиотека (Токийское отделение)”
  • Russian: “Национальная парламентская библиотека”
  • Scots: “Naitional Diet Leebrar”
  • Scots: “Naitional Diet Leebrary”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “National Diet Library”
  • Serbian: “Nacionalna parlamentarna biblioteka Japana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Biblioteka nacionalnog dijeta”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Biblioteka Nacionalnog Dijeta”
  • Sicilian: “Bibblioteca Nazziunali dû Parramentu giappunisi”
  • Sinhala: “National Diet Library”
  • Sinhala: “ජාතික ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක පුස්තකාලය”
  • Slovenian: “Japonska nacionalna knjižnica”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de Japón”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de la Dieta”
  • Swedish: “Nationella parlamentsbiblioteket”
  • Tatar: “Yaponiäneñ milli parlament kitapxanäse”
  • Tatar: “Япониянең милли парламент китапханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Japonya Millet Meclisi Kütüphanesi”
  • Turkish: “Millî Diyet Kütüphanesi”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Diyet Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна парламентська бібліотека Японії”
  • Venetian: “Biblioteca de ła Dieta nasionałe del Japon”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện Quốc hội Nhật Bản”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nasodnon nga Sulod-Barasahan Dieta”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell y Diet Cenedlaethol”
  • Wu Chinese: “国立国会图书馆”
  • Yue Chinese: “國立國會圖書館”
  • “नेशनल डायट लाइब्रेरी”

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