By MASAFUMI UEDA/ Staff Writer
January 1, 2021 at 08:10 JST
One thousand books purchased by Yutaka Miyashita for a reading corner are kept in boxes at an unused classroom in Inba Junior High School of Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 26. They will eventually be displayed on shelves. (Masafumi Ueda)
INZAI, Chiba Prefecture--A beloved teacher who used books to pull himself out of despair in his fight against cancer donated his life savings--around 60 million yen ($580,700)--to spread his love of reading among children. [Read More]
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