The Uehiro Project for the Asian Research Library (U-PARL) of the University of Tokyo Library System is a research project division that was established through an endowment by the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education in April 2014. Since April 2019, U-PARL has been proactively promoting efforts to fulfill its mission in the following four directions: 〔1〕Creating a Hub for Cooperative Research in Asian Studies; 〔2〕Breaking New Ground in the Study of Research Library Functions; 〔3〕Cultivating Human Resources and Contributing to Society; 〔4〕Supporting Development of the Asian Research Library. Please see the official website for details.
Staff
| Project Leader & Concurrent Professor | MINOWA Kenryo（Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology） |
| Deputy Project Leader & Concurrent Associate Professor | UEHARA Kyuichi（Institute of Advanced Studies on Asia） |
| Concurrent Professor | MATSUMOTO Takenori（Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences） |
| Concurrent Professor | TAKAHASHI Miho（Graduate School of Education） |
| Concurrent Associate Professor | UNNO Satoshi（Graduate School of Engineering） |
| Deputy Project Leader & Project Associate Professor | NAGAI Masakatsu |
| Project Assistant Professor | TOKUHARA Yasuhiro |
| Project Research Fellow | ARAKI Tatsuo |
| Project Research Fellow | SHIBUYA Yuki |
| Project Research Fellow | SUNAGA Emiko |
| Project Research Fellow | NAKAO Michiko |
In addition, two Project Specialists and three Assistant Clerks belong to it.