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Tokyo Libraries Expand Free Digital Access for Thousands of Residents

Tokyo libraries and agencies expand digital literacy programs.

By The Daily Tokyo · Published July 25, 2026

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Library network offers free PC corners with internet access basic PC and internet classes and internet safety workshops for residents in Tokyo.

Japan's Digital Agency runs nationwide community digital promotion seminars in Tokyo wards such as Edogawa Nerima and Machida covering smartphone counseling LINE cashless payments and e-government services like My Portal.

The National Diet Library in Tokyo provides electronic resources including over 540000 searchable items CD-ROM and DVD-ROM services and internet access at its Tokyo Main Library.

Tokyo's Shibuya City has provided every elementary and junior high student with a computing device since 2017 as part of the GIGA School Program to foster ICT-based learning.

The Tokyo Digital Academy offers systematic level-based online courses for digital literacy to approximately 40000 TMG employees annually alongside workshops for 1000 participants on tool proficiency.

Sources: perplexity-sonar.

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