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Fumihiko Kamata

Recent development of services in providing foreign legislative information in the National Diet Library of Japan. Fumihiko Kamata. The National Diet Library ( the NDL ). established in February 1948 The research library for the Parliament of Japan ( the Diet )

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Fumihiko Kamata

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  1. Recent development of servicesin providing foreign legislative information in the National Diet Library of Japan Fumihiko Kamata

  2. The National Diet Library ( the NDL ) • established in February 1948 • The research library for the Parliament of Japan ( the Diet ) • The only national/deposit library in Japan

  3. The NDL • All departments of the NDL—939 staff (Acquisitions Department, Bibliography Department, etc.) • The Research and Legislative Reference Bureau ( the Research Bureau ）―173 staff

  4. The structural reforms of the NDL • Organizational reform of the Tokyo Main Library in April 2002 • Establishment of the International Library for Children's Literature in May 2002 in Tokyo • Establishment of the Kansai-kan in June 2002 in the region neighboring Osaka and Kyoto

  5. The structural reforms of the Research Bureau in April 2001 • To strengthen the analytical approach to the research of policies and bills • To enhance the research of foreign legislative affairs • To publish the results of research in various fitting ways • To provide more information to support the parliamentary process by electronic media

  6. The establishment of the Overseas Legislative Information Division ( OLID ) • As one of the 14 divisions in the Research Bureau • To continuously monitor foreign legislative trends • To provide the information promptly to the Diet • To systematize the whole process

  7. Staff and activities of OLID • 12 staff • Including two Senior Specialists, three part-time area-study specialists • The United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, South and North Korea, China, and Southeast Asia are covered

  8. Monitoring of legislative information • The main newspapers and magazines of each country • The Internet

  9. Dissemination of legislative information • The web pages on the Intranet of the Diet―Chosa no Mado( Window for Research ) • The paper journal issued quarterly―Foreign Legislation – Legislative Information, Translation and Analysis

  10. Chosa no Mado( Window for Research )

  11. Foreign Legislation - Legislative Information, Translation and Analysis

  12. Anticipatory studies and Research at the request of the Diet Members

  13. Joint research • Fix a common theme, simultaneously investigate the situations of assigned countries from the same viewpoint, publish the results of research together • Conduct it about twice a year • Whether it would be focused in the parliamentary process in the near future • Whether we have full conditions to carry out the research

  14. Joint research on“Human trafficking” • Regrettably, Japan has been exposed to international criticism for long neglecting the problem • The Japanese authorities failed to tackle this serious problem because of the deficiency of criminal laws and for the other reasons

  15. “Trafficking in Persons Report” by the U.S. Department of State Tier 1 • Countries whose governments fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking

  16. “Trafficking in Persons Report” by the U.S. Department of State Tier 2 • Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards

  17. “Trafficking in Persons Report” by the U.S. Department of State Tier 3 • Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and are not making significant efforts to do so

  18. The process of joint research on human trafficking • Start in August 2003 • Survey the actual conditions of human trafficking, and legislations and policies to control the crime in each assigned country • Have interviews with officers who deals with human trafficking in both Japanese and U.S. Government • Publish a special edition of Foreign Legislation (No.220) in May 2004

  19. The amendments of related laws in June 2005 • The Criminal Law―“Human trafficking crime” • The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act―provisions to protect victims of human trafficking

  20. The current theme of our joint research "Renewable energy"

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