A former city hall in Mie Prefecture by Junzo Sakakura, a Japanese architect who worked for Le Corbusier, is revitalized with a new use.

LEUVEN, Belgium (Mainichi) -- Emperor Naruhito is set to visit the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) with Belgian ...

NARASHINO, Chiba -- The designer of a university library in this eastern Japan city apparently believed that architecture is a culmination of expression and techniques. Visiting the facility made this ...

Japan’s government library, the National Diet Library (NDL), has made a monumental decision regarding the state of games on Nintendo’s new Switch 2 console. Game-Keys have been a topic of debate among ...

On August 24, 2025, the prestigious Japanese media outlet Famitsu reported on a story that once again rubs salt in the wound regarding Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Cards. The National Diet Library, ...

A "train seat" area has been introduced at Kami ikebukuro Library in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, which reopened on June 6 following its renewal. The library･･･ ...

Statistics on libraries in Japan released by the Japan Library Association show that the collections at public libraries in 2017 totaled 442.82 million books, and that there were 691.47 million loans ...

The city of Nasushiobara has just got a new library and community centre courtesy of the dynamic Japanese architecture studio of Mari Ito, UAo. A geometric composition out of glass, metal and timber, ...

The All Japan Taiwanese Union (AJTU) in a letter yesterday asked Japanese National Diet Library (NDL) director-general Motonobu Yoshinaga to change how Taiwan is addressed on its Web site from “Taiwan ...

The sound of small voices yelling “konichiwa” – Japanese for hello – drifted out of the small children’s room in the University Park Library. Inside the room, colorful patchwork quilts hung on the ...