(This is Part 23 of the "Learning from Japanese picture books" series, which introduces recommended Japanese picture books, ...

it would be strange to go a day without reading anything. However, books are no longer part of the norm for most people. More than 60 percent of Japanese do not read a single book over the ...

Since last summer, Bookstart Japan, a nonprofit group that promotes activities to give picture books to parents and children ...

First-year high school students climbed to third place in reading comprehension in the latest global aptitude survey, a significant jump from 15th place in the previous survey. Japan also moved up ...

"Ruraru-san no Hondana," written and illustrated by Hiroshi Ito (Published by Poplar Publishing Co. Ltd., 2005)Story outlineMr. Ruraru's bookshelf (th･･･ ...

Japan's annual "book week" period is underway ... options including short videos and online games. By contrast, reading requires turning pages, following lines of text, and pondering the deeper ...

Libraries in contemporary Japanese and Korean fiction are evolving into spaces where reading offers solace, connection, and ...

Chinese books have been brought to Japan ever since. Many of the volumes now sold in Jimbocho cannot be found back in China. Past and present of Chinese literature ...

Over the Christmas holidays, I received several books as gifts. I have only started to read after the hectic holidays.

It gets increasingly difficult in the darkest days of winter to find comfort on any level: physically, mentally, ...