Taiwan's neighbor, Japan, is one of the world's most educated countries. The image of Japanese with their heads buried in a book while riding the tram or with a shopping basket in hand buying books at bookstores on the weekends is familiar throughout the world.
與台灣鄰近的日本，是全球數一數二的文化大國，電車上人手一本、埋首閱讀的景象，或是週末假日民眾提著菜籃在書店街採購書籍的市況，舉世聞名。