History of construction of the Kansai-kan

June 1982	Research Committee for the Kansai Project of the National Diet Library (NDL) established.
April 1987	Report on the establishment of a new facility in Kansai Science City submitted by the Research Committee to the Librarian.
August 1988	"First Basic Plan for the Establishment of the Kansai-kan of the NDL (provisional name)" developed.
August 1991	"Second Basic Plan for the Construction of the Kansai-kan of the NDL (provisional name)" developed.
May 1994	Kansai-kan Project Office established.
December 1994	Recommendations for construction of the Kansai-kan submitted by the NDL Building Commission to the Diet. Budget appropriated in FY1995 and the Kansai-kan construction project started.
August 1996	Mr. Fumio Toki, a Japanese architect, won the first prize in the design competition.
October 1998	Construction started.
March 2002	Construction completed and handover ceremony held.
April 2002	Kansai-kan established.
September 2002	Transfer of library materials completed.
October 7, 2002	Kansai-kan opened.
November 2014	Recommendations for construction of the second phase facilities of the Kansai-kan (1st stage) submitted by the NDL Building Commission to the Diet.
September 2016	Construction of Storage Annex started
February 2020	Construction of Storage Annex completed

Panoramic view of the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
(Main Building，middle; Storage Annex, right)

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