Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative (AIPI) launches
On 14 May 2019 the AIPI was launched to help the 22 per cent of the Australian population with a print disability read in formats beyond print and audiobooks.
IPA in Japan, South Korea and Singapore
At the end of August, IPA’s President and Vice President continued their tour of Asia with visits to IPA members in Japan and South Korea with IPA’s Secretary General going to Singapore..
Consumption Tax (JCT) rates going up in Japan
After 1 April 2017 (not an April Fools’ joke), the overall Japanese Consumption Tax rate in will rise to 10%. The plan is to maintain the consumption tax on food and home delivery of newspapers at 8%, while books, magazines and newspapers purchased at newsstands and their e-versions will be taxed at 10%. The Japanese Government is currently investigating the possibility of applying the reduced tax rate for books and magazines.
photo by Emmanuelle Magnenat
Japan Prepares to Launch National Digital Learning Initiative
The Japanese Ministry of Education plans to dramatically increase the pupil to computer ratio in their country over the next several years through a focused push on equipping digital learning materials in Japanese classrooms.
Japanese publishing market still downsizing, but opportunity in ebooks and education
We have a new Japan Country Report, prepared by Norio Yamamoto, CEO of Chuokeizai-sha Inc.