Visitors flock to corner for WWII books at Tokyo fair

Visitors flock to corner for WWII books at Tokyo fair

A corner for books related to the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II set up by publisher Iwanami Shoten at the Tokyo International Book Fair attracts a large number of visitors on July 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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