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Facts and Figures

Library Collection (As of March 31, 2025)

Books

Classification Japanese and Chinese Books Freign Books Total
Central Library 1,101,492 464,396 1,565,888
Shikata Branch Library 115,304 96,284 211,588
IPSR Branch Library 77,778 91,496 169,274
Total 1,294,574 652,176 1,946,750

Journals (titles)

Classification Japanese and Chinese Journals Freign Journals Total
Central Library 21,725 10,063 31,788
Shikata Branch Library 4,092 3,179 7,271
IPSR Branch Library 9,179 4,959 14,138
Total 34,996 18,201 53,197

In addition, we provide approximately 84,000 e-journals

Services (AY 2024)

Classification Number of open days Library visits Books checked out
Central Library 295 359,722 71,522
Shikata Branch Library 274 84,683 9,818
IPSR Branch Library 239 6,374 134

Facility (as of May 1, 2025)

Classification Open hours on weekdays Total area
(m²)
Browsing area
(seats)
Central Library 8:00-23:00 16,374 1,130
Shikata Branch library 9:00-21:00 2,855 377
IPSR Branch Library 9:00-17:00 1,509 36