Reading Room Documents at the Diplomatic Record Office are available for reading by persons aged 20 or over who wish to inspect the historical documents for the purpose of academic research or study upon completion of an application. The Reading Room has 20 seats at present. Prewar records can be read, as a rule, in the form of original manuscripts.
Postwar documents are available in microfilm.
Exhibition Room Original historical documents dating from the late Tokugawa Period to the 1951 Peace Treaty in San Francisco, as well as personal articles and documents of the late Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, are on display in the Annex Exhibition Room, which is open to the public. Visitors are required to follow the rules of the Exhibition Room. Copying Services Persons allowed access to historical documents in the Office may request copies, if these procedure are followed.