You know the world is changing when a Japanese newspaper editor laments: "I am in a dying industry." Kenichi Miyata, a senior editor and writer at the daily Asahi (circulation: 8m) says: "Young people do not read newspapers, and our population is getting very old very rapidly."
But Japan's overall newspaper circulation has dropped by only 3.2% in the past decade (compared to 15% in the States and more than 5% in the UK). So the Japanese remain the world's greatest newspaper buyers, with 624 daily sales per thousand adults. (Via Washington Post)
