TOKYO (Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network) - Do you think of public libraries as solemn places where talking, eating and drinking are frowned upon? Reinvented libraries in Japan will have you think ...

The shelves are stocked and all arrangements are complete for what is likely to be the biggest Japanese book library in the city. Pune: The shelves are stocked and all arrangements are complete for ...

TOKYO - A total of 256 municipalities have neither a public library nor a bookstore, the Yomiuri Shimbun has learnt. This amounts to 15 per cent of the 1,718 municipalities nationwide. “If having few ...

Jubilee REACH broke ground this week on a new Japanese library on their campus. “This miracle never would have happened at any place other than Jubilee REACH. What a wonderful moment for us!” said one ...

Statistics on libraries in Japan released by the Japan Library Association show that the collections at public libraries in 2017 totaled 442.82 million books, and that there were 691.47 million loans ...

On Sunday, the Cha-Ami Japanese Cultural Center opened its new library in St. Anthony that has more than 2,000 of the books including children’s titles, Japanese literature and manga. The hope is for ...

The city of Nasushiobara has just got a new library and community centre courtesy of the dynamic Japanese architecture studio of Mari Ito, UAo. A geometric composition out of glass, metal and timber, ...