International Conference on Japanese Literature(ICJL)
This conference has been held continuously since the opening of our institution in 1977, aiming to advance Japanese literary studies from a broad perspective and to deepen international research exchange. We welcome presentations from researchers both domestic and international, with a particular focus on the next generation of scholars.
The conference is held every May, and we solicit research presentations from mid-August to mid-November of the previous year. The selection of presenters is conducted by the Expert Committee for the International Conference on Japanese Literature, an expert committee of our institution’s International Collaboration Division (including external members), which also oversees the management of the conference.
Latest information
The 49th International Conference on Japanese Literature
Dates: May 16 (Saturday) – May 17 (Sunday), 2026
Venue: National Institute of Japanese Literature (Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan), with online participation via Zoom and YouTube Live
Organizer: National Institute of Japanese Literature
Language: Japanese
For more details, including the program schedule, please see the link below.
Past Conferences
You can check the details of each program, including the program list and archived videos, at the links below.
Since the 44th conference, we have been creating the abstracts and presentation materials and publishing them online.
Until the 43rd conference, we published the proceedings of the ICJL. All the proceedings published so far are also available online.
We have published an archived video on YouTube that shows how the presentation went on the day.
Expert Committee for ICJL
KOMATSU Yasuhiko, Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University
JU Chiou-er, Professor at National Taiwan University
TANAKA Koji, Professor at Kogakkan University
Hong Sung-joon, Chair Professor at Dankook University
IKUTA Yoshiho, Associate Professor at Yamagata University
KAJIO Fumitake, Associate Professor at Kobe University
SHIONO Kaori, Associate Professor at Otsuma Women’s University
DAVIN Didier, Professor at NIJL
OKAZAKI Makiko, Professor at NIJL
YAMAMOTO Kazuaki, Professor at NIJL
OTA Naohiro, Associate Professor at NIJL
KURIHARA Yutaka, Associate Professor at NIJL
KNOTT Jeffrey, Assistant Professor at NIJL
Term: April 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027
Contact
The office for the International Conference on Japanese Literature,
National Institute of Japanese Literature
10-3 Midori-chō, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo, Japan 190-0014
E-mail: icjl[ATMARK]nijl.ac.jp
(Please replace the “[ATMARK]” with the symbol @ when e-mailing the contact person.)