• Japan-related books in English, Japanese and French on art, culture, design, language, literature, history, sociology, politics, law, and geography
• Daily newspapers, popular magazines and academic journals
• Reference materials, including Japanese-language dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, dictionaries of contemporary Japanese language usage, specialised dictionaries, encyclopaedias, various directories, atlases, etc.
• Japanese-language study and teaching materials, which include cassettes, videotapes, DVDs and CD-ROMs
• Feature films, anime, performing arts programs and documentaries in VHS, DVD, and laser disc formats
• Music recordings by Japanese composers and performers on cassettes and CDs
• Japan Foundation publications
• Online databases

Services

• Reference inquiry services
• Referral service to other resource centres
• Interlibrary loans within Canada
• Providing copies of journal articles available through Japan Foundation libraries in Japan
• Mailing service to out-of-town patrons
• On-Line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) computer terminals for quick searches of bibliographic information
• Audio-Visual booths and Internet/ CD-ROM station
• Workstation with Word, Excel, and Power Point XP (English & Japanese)
• Photocopier