YOKOHAMA -- A museum visit is not likely to raise the pulse rates of children these days, and a museum dedicated to newspapers seems certain to draw only yawns.
Yet, officials of Newspark are confident they can grab the attention of tech-savvy kids, diverting their eyes from TV games long enough for them to gain an understanding of newspaper newsrooms.
Even more ambitiously, they hope the museum will help reverse the trend of young people reading less.
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