Japan’s creative fight to keep bookstores from turning their last page

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Note the very interesting -- albeit a bit vulgar -- anecdote in the opening BANG!

The demise of bookstores in Japan is a familiar tragedy driven by e-commerce, lower demand for print publications and a sharp decline in reading habits.

An Agency for Cultural Affairs survey in 2024 found that 62.6 per cent of Japanese citizens do not read a single book a month.

Qns:

1. The book has no place in modern society. Discuss. (Cam. 2010)

2. 'We are what we read.' Do you agree?