(1)Large bookstores mushrooming across Japan

(1)Large bookstores mushrooming across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Some 1.2 million books line the shelves at Maruzen Co.'s big store in the Tokyo's Marunouchi district, which opened in the new Marunouchi Oazo on Sept. 14.

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