{"id":14803,"date":"2026-06-26T14:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanbookshop.com\/?page_id=14803"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:11:33","slug":"about-japanbooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/japanbookshop.com\/ja\/about-japanbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"About Mariko Sensei&#8217;s Japanbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14803\" class=\"elementor elementor-14803\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57219d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57219d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column 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