EditorialMothers chat inside the town of Chizu’s spacious new public library, built with with the help of a large dollop of central government funding, in Japan, Oct. 21, 2021. (Shiho Fukada/The New York Times)
EditorialMothers chat inside the town of Chizu’s spacious new public library, built with with the help of a large dollop of central government funding, in Japan, Oct. 21, 2021. (Shiho Fukada/The New York Times)
EditorialMothers chat inside the town of Chizu’s spacious new public library, built with with the help of a large dollop of central government funding, in Japan, Oct. 21, 2021. (Shiho Fukada/The New York Times)