Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - On 12 December, the meeting of the Chairman of the Board of the World Society for the Preservation, Study and Popularization of the Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan Firdavs Abdukhalikov and a member of the Board of the Society S. Laptev with the leadership of the library was held in the library of the Japanese Parliament.

This meeting is preceded by the media event “Uzbekistan and Japan on the Silk Road”, which will be held in Tokyo on December 16, under the auspices of the World Society, and on the eve of the first state visit of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Japan.

The library amazes with the collection of its books - it stores more than 43.5 million units of publications, of which 11 million books, 9 million microfilms, 6 million newspapers, 12 million magazine publications and more.

Now it will be possible to get in it extensive information related to the culture and art of our country - 10 volumes of the series “The Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan in World Collections”, which were accepted by the library’s management with great gratitude, were donated to the library.

The leadership of the library of the Parliament of Japan noted their very high content, as well as excellent printing quality. As the representative of the library, Mr. Hyuga, emphasized, the books will become a real decoration of funds dedicated to the culture of the countries of the world. He also noted the amazing scale of the promotional work of the project “Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan in the collections of the world”, as well as the enormous contribution of the project to strengthening international relations.

At the meeting, the topic of historical ties between Uzbekistan and Japan was not without. First of all, we are united by the fact that the territory of Uzbekistan played a decisive role in the spread of Buddhism in the past. F. Abdukhalikov noted that Buddhism, which is now the most popular religion in Japan, having strengthened itself on the lands of the southern regions of Uzbekistan during the Kushan kingdom, then, through China and Korea, reaches the Japanese islands. Information about the Buddhist culture in Uzbekistan aroused great interest from the leadership of the library.

At the end of the official part of the meeting, members of the Project were given a tour of the library halls and demonstrated the latest technical equipment.

The uniqueness of the library lies in the almost complete automation of all the processes of delivering books to readers, as well as in the equally unique storage system, which consists of 8 underground floors, with maintained regular temperature and humidity.

Exchange of experience in the field of preservation and promotion of cultural heritage will certainly be useful for both parties. In turn, a huge block of information about the art of Uzbekistan will now be available to Japanese readers.