What’s New

2025

18^th April, 2025

April 18, 2025 (Friday) Renewal opening of the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty

27^th February, 2025

The National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty will reopen in mid-April 2025!

2024

25^th October, 2024

Our museum will be temporarily closed for renovation and a temporary exhibition gallery will be open in the same building.
- Our museum will be closed from Fri., Nov. 1, 2024 through Thu., Nov. 7, 2024
- Our temporary exhibition gallery will be open from Fri., Nov. 8, 2024 through the end of March.

9^th July, 2024

We hold a summer festival for kids from 23^rd July through 1^st September, 2024.

23^rd January, 2024

A special exhibition titled “Drawing Japan: Changing Perceptions of the Japan islands and surrounding maritime areas in the Edo and early Meiji periods.” will be held from 6th February through 14th April, 2024.

2023

20^th October, 2023

Special event titled “Let’s Learn about History of the Japanese Territory by Collecting Stickers!” from the 1^st through the 30^th of November.

7^th July, 2023

A special exhibition titled “Let's Look into jobs protecting Japanese Islands, sea, and sky” will be held from 25^th July through 24^th September, 2023.

6^th January, 2023

A special exhibition titled “The Japanese Frontier in the Meiji Era - the dawn of modern Japan and the incorporation of its outlying islands into its territory” will be held from 24^th January through 9^th April, 2023.

2022

21^st October, 2022

Special event titled “Let’s Learn about History of the Japanese Territory by Collecting Stickers!” from the 1^st through the 30^th of November.

19^th July, 2022

A special exhibition titled “Short-tailed Albatross : a miracle bird flying around the world” will be held from 26^th July through 25^th September, 2022.
A family event titled "Let's play and learn about Japanese territories" will also be held at the same time.

4^th March, 2022

Special Exhibition titled “Castaways and the history of Japanese territory: the stories of the people who cast ashore on the Japanese outlying islands” will be held from 8^th March through 8^th May,2022.

2021

16^th November, 2021

Our English website has been launched