日本設立漫畫圖書館

Recently Excite News reported the following:

明治大は２２日、漫画やアニメ、ゲームを収集、展示する「東京国際マンガ図書館」（仮称）を１４年度に東京都千代田区の駿河台キャンパスに開設すると発表した。収蔵作品数は世界最大級の２百万点とする予定。海外の評価が高い日本の現代文化の研究基盤づくりを目指し、一般利用も可能にする。施設は大学付属の中学、高校の旧校舎を改修する予定で、閲覧室やシアターも設置する。
Meiji University on the 22nd announced the establishment of the "Tokyo international cartoon library" (tentative name) that collected and exhibited items such as cartoons, animated cartoons, and the games in the Surugadai campus in Chiyodaku, Tokyo in the 2014 fiscal year. The number of stored items was scheduled to reach the world's largest class of two million points. It aimed at becoming the contemporary Japan culture research base which had high regard from foreign countries, meanwhile it could be used for general purpose also. Regarding the facilities, the plan was to modify old schoolhouse in the junior high school and the high school attached to the university, reading rooms and theaters were planned to be set up.

The above decision will probably further strengthen Japan's leading role in cartoon and game production in the world.