Society Rupo Bookstore Crisis / Takanori Yamauchi

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Society
[Contents introduction]
At present, bookstores are disappearing from the city.
The number of bookstores nationwide decreased from about 20000 in 2003 to about 10,000 in 2024. According to statistics, there are 26% of cities, towns and villages without bookstores.
The government is taking action in consideration of such circumstances.
METI established the "Project Team for the Promotion of Bookstores" on March 5, 2024.
Where will bookstores go in the future?
Where will bookstores go in the future?
A reportage focusing on the present state and future of bookstores and publishing, including the story of the struggles of a small bookstore in Ugo-machi, Akita, the efforts of bookstores in the Tokyo metropolitan area, interviews with famous bookstores, and publishers influenced by trends in libraries and individualistic small-scale bookstores.
Introduction
General remarks : Will the negative chain of bookstores closing be broken?
Chapter 1 Rural Bookstores
Rural Bookstores Facing a Crossroads
Rural Bookstores Facing a Crossroads
Rural Bookstores Facing a Crossroads
Relationship between bookstores and towns
Bookstores revive in Numazu station Anime Holy Land
Transformation from Kyoto Bookstores to Anime Stores
Bokjeong Station Opens One of the Largest Anime Stores in Shizuoka station Region City
Large-Scale Bookstores open in a blank area of Kofu station Bookstores
Walking on the streets where Kita-koshigaya station and Koshigaya station bookstores have disappeared
Unusual number of bookstores in Kawagoe station Region City
Impact of closing Kimura Bookstores on "Bookstores Selling Everything with Pop"
The Future of Magazines "Magazines Will Become a Place for Free Expression"
The Future of Magazines "Magazines Will Become a Place for Free Expression"
The Future of Magazines "Magazines Will Become a Place for Free Expression"
The Future of Magazines "Magazines Will Become a Place for Free Expression"
The Future of Magazines "Magazines Will Become a Place for Free Expression"
The Future of Bookstores "How was the Hachinohe 1985 E'S Akitakomachi hardcover Hachinohe City Yara Deai 『 』 Ugo-machi 『 』 朝哉 Haruki Murakami Jun'ichiro Nakagawa