In the Nippon Foundation survey, 24.9% of the 1,000 respondents aged between 17 and 19 said they read more now than they did before the pandemic and 6.0% said they read less.
A total of 69.1% said their reading habits did not change during the public health crisis.
Some 59.7% said they enjoy reading while 12.8% said otherwise, according to the online poll carried out from Sept. 29 through Oct. 5.
Asked how many books they read per month, 44.8% replied they read one or two, and 32.7% said they do not read at all, with 6.8% saying they read more than seven books every month.
Asked how they feel about the general deterioration of reading comprehension among young people, 65.4% think it is “unfavorable,” while some 38.2% believe they fall into the category of having such low reading comprehension.
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