Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on June 2011

Close to 1,000 exhibitors and 100,000 people will gather for the 18th annual Tokyo International Book Fair at Big Site in Odaiba. Held concurrently, the e-Book Expo—which bills itself as the world’s largest trade show for e-books and content—will take up, in a bilingual session, the latest digital rights management issues in the rapidly growing Asian e-book market. For the merely curious the fair offers exhibitions of the latest offerings from leading Japanese publishers like Kadokawa, taking in everything from fiction and non-fiction to the academic and children’s book markets.

18th Tokyo International Book Fair
Asia’s leading publishing trade fair. Jul 7-10, 10am, ¥1,200. Tokyo Big Sight. Nearest stn: Kokusai-Tenjijo-Seimon. Tel: 03-5530-1111. www.bookfair.jp/en