Toyama library holds entire Doraemon collection

Toyama library holds entire Doraemon collection

TOYAMA, Japan - Yasuyuki Yokoyama, a Toyama University professor who studies the robot cat hero of the ''Doraemon'' comic series, stands before the ''Doraemon'' collection April 5 at the Takaoka Library in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture. The Takaoka City Library is Japan's first library to house the entire Doraemon comic collection, most of which Yokoyama donated.

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