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Japanese used bookstores
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- 1Japanese used bookstores boom as bulk buyers buy books by the ton●Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton
Used bookstores across Japan are reporting a fivefold surge in sales as bulk buyers purchase entire inventories, sometimes by the ton. One single 50-ton order was reportedly shipped to the United States, and multiple suspicious mass purchases are believed to be feeding foreign facilities that scan books to build AI training datasets before destroying the originals.
- 2Japan Ships 50 Tons of Used Books to U.S. Buyers●Bulk Orders Surge at Used Bookstores in Japan; 50 Tons Sent to U.S.
Used bookstores in Japan are reporting a surge in bulk orders, with around 50 tons of books shipped to customers in the United States. The trade highlights growing overseas demand for Japanese secondhand books, though the report gives few details on who is buying or why volumes have risen so sharply.