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Japan sees revival in literary magazines amid slumping readership

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzan! (L) featuring historical fiction targets young readers interested in historical fiction while Yom Yom is gaining in popularity among young women.

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20th CPC National Congress a monumental occasion for China: Kenyan media

STORY: 20th CPC National Congress a monumental occasion for China: Kenyan media DATELINE: Oct. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:18 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): YANG ZHEN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of local media screen capture STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YANG ZHEN, Xinhua correspondent "The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China received wide coverage from Kenyan media, who described it as a monumental occasion for China amid the great march to modernity and greatness. Kenya Broadcasting Corporation(KBC), the state broadcaster, said the congress affirmed China's commitment to advance growth and influence despite various global challenges. Daily Nation, Kenya's largest newspaper by circulation and readership, runs a full-page article in its international news section describing the congress as a showcase of CPC's strength and unity. The Star newspaper reported that Kenyans were keenly watching events unfolding in China, adding that the 20th CPC National C

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Japan's 1st magazine for chubby men aims for big readership

Editor-in-chief Norihito Kurashina holds the first issue of Mr. Babe at his desk at Tokyo's Million Publishing Co. on Nov. 4, 2015. Touted as Japan's first "fashion and lifestyle magazine for chubby men, by chubby men and for chubby men," the first issue of Mr. Babe hit bookstores Oct. 26, with American actor Jack Black featured on the cover. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multipurpose bookstore in China

Photo taken in Shanghai on June 2, 2020, shows a huge bookstore operated by Chinese bookstore chain Zhongshuge. The interior of the bookstore, with a cafe and other spaces for concerts and other cultural events, is made photogenic with its entire ceiling covered with a mirror, a measure apparently taken in response to declining readership of books. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multipurpose bookstore in China

Photo taken in Shanghai on June 2, 2020, shows a huge bookstore operated by Chinese bookstore chain Zhongshuge. The interior of the bookstore, with a cafe and other spaces for concerts and other cultural events, is made photogenic with its entire ceiling covered with a mirror, a measure apparently taken in response to declining readership of books. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multipurpose bookstore in China

People are pictured at a cafe attached to an outlet of Chinese bookstore chain Zhongshuge in Shanghai on June 2, 2020. The interior of the bookstore, with spaces for concerts and other cultural events, is made photogenic with its entire ceiling covered with a mirror, a measure apparently taken in response to declining readership of books. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multipurpose bookstore in China

A child reads a book at an outlet of Chinese bookstore chain Zhongshuge in Shanghai on June 2, 2020. The interior of the bookstore, with a cafe and other spaces for concerts and other cultural events, is made photogenic with its entire ceiling covered with a mirror, a measure apparently taken in response to declining readership of books. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Popular mascot character joins "scrapbook relay" to promote newspapers

Kumamon (R), a popular mascot character representing Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, hands his handmade newspaper scrapbook to Hyakumansan, a mascot of Ishikawa Prefecture, in Kanazawa, central Japan, on July 30, 2015. The handover was part of a "scrapbook relay" by some local government mascots to promote a project organized by the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association to attract a broader readership among the younger generation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo