University Library

The University Library supports education and research activities as the university's information and resource center, equipped with functions to maximize the use of academic information resources both on and off campus.

Central Library

The Central Library, located almost in the center of the campus, is the University's largest learning support center, providing a comfortable learning environment surrounded by greenery and supporting education and research activities through the collection, organization, and accumulation of various information materials, such as books and electronic resources that are difficult to obtain individually. The library is about 12,000 square meters in floor space and holds approximately 570,000 volumes, including rare materials such as the Shoup Collection. It also has a café for refreshments, a media hall for public lectures, a working studio for group study, and an information lounge that can be used as an exhibition space for graduation projects, among many other unique spaces. It constitutes a multi-functional cultural space beyond a traditional library's scope.

Major Special Collection

Shoup Collection
This collection of books, journals, documents, etc., was formerly owned by Dr. Carl Shoup, an American financial scholar who visited Japan as the head of the tax mission in 1949 and 1950 and compiled the "Shoup Mission" that became the basis of Japan's postwar tax system.
Mirabeau Collection
This collection contains the writings, speeches, and letters of Count Mirabeau, a politician, economist, and thinker during the French Revolution who left an enormous mark on the politics, economics, and thought of modern Europe, as well as materials related to the Revolutionary Assembly, with which he was deeply involved as a politician, covering most of the printed literature.
Bulletin des Lois, 8 séries
The Bulletin des Lois is a collection of French laws published during the French Revolution.
Rare Materials
Smith, Adam “Wealth of Nations” First edition, Thomas Robert Malthus “An Essay on the Principle of Population” Second edition, ”Yokohama Kaikō Kenmonshi” etc.

(Library Infomation Division)