Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to launch project team to promote local bookstores. Due to the spread of online shopping and e-books, the number of bookstores is decreasing nationwide.
According to the Publishing Culture Industry Promotion Foundation, about one-quarter of local governments in Japan do not have a single bookstore. In the future, we will invite bookstore managers to exchange opinions and introduce to bookstores across the country examples of how they were able to increase number of customers through various innovations.