Academic Exchange Agreements for Overseas

Conclusion of Academic Exchange Agreements

As an international center for research on Japanese literature, NIJL is actively engaged in a variety of academic exchange projects with researchers and research institutions overseas. In particular, it is the conclusion of academic exchange agreements with overseas institutions that makes stable, ongoing research exchange possible.
Activities center on the exchange of researchers between institutions in Japan and overseas, as well as the hosting of international research symposia. They also include the implementation of joint surveys and joint research projects and extend to the hosting of graduate students for short-term training.
Presently, academic exchange agreements have been concluded with the following overseas institutions.

○Asia

・Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing Center for Japanese Studies (China) Jul 13, 2006～
・Korea University, Global Institute for Japanese Studies (Republic of Korea) Nov 25, 2009～
・Dankook University, Institute for Convergent Humanities in East Asia (Republic of Korea) Feb 6, 2024～

○North America

・Columbia University, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (U.S.) Feb 20, 2009～
・University of California, Berkeley, C. V. Starr East Asian Library (U.S.) Jun 1, 2015～
・University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (U.S.) Feb 16, 2017～
・The Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of Asian Art) (U.S.) Sep 8, 2020～
・The University of Kansas (U.S.) Apr 1, 2024～
・The University of British Columbia, Faculty of Arts, Department of Asian Studies (Canada) Mar 14, 2014～
・The North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (North America) Apr 1, 2024～

○Europe

・Collège de France, Institute of Advanced Japanese Studies (France) Feb 8, 1996～
・Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Asian and North African Studies (Italy) Mar 20, 2006～
・The University of Naples “L’ Orientale” (Italy) Mar 22, 2006～
・University of Florence, Department of Education, Languages, Intercultural Studies, Literatures and Psychology (Italy) Jun 13, 2006～
・Sapienza University of Rome, Italian Institute of Oriental Studies (Italy) Aug 29, 2007～
・Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities (Netherlands) Mar 19, 2007～
・Berlin State Library (Germany) Oct 14, 2016～
・Heidelberg University, Institute of Japanese Studies (Germany) Feb 23, 2017～
・Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Faculty of Linguistics, Cultures, and Arts(Germany) Sep 7, 2018～
・Vatican Apostolic Library (Vatican City State) Feb 7, 2017～
・The British Library Board (U.K.) Jun 14, 2019～

○Others

・Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC) Feb 4, 2021～
・Japan Foundation Jun 9, 2025～

Coordination with other organizations

We are continuously holding classes on Kuzushiji by concluding a memorandum with the organizations mentioned below.

・European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists（EAJRS）Feb 14, 2011～

・Council on East Asian Libraries, Committee on Japanese Materials（CEAL, CJM）Mar 6, 2014～

We participate in the following consortium and exchange information such as event hosting details with various organizations both domestically and internationally.

Global Consortium for Japanese Textual Scholarship