More Bookstores in Japan Leasing Out Shelves

Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan has seen an increase in bookstores renting out shelves to allow book lovers to sell works they want to recommend, fostering communities of such people. Such bookstores "serve as local cultural hubs, while the total number of bookstores nationwide continues to decline," an expert says. Honmaru Jinbocho, a bookstore in Tokyo's Kanda Jinbocho secondhand bo...