Toppan Printing Co. said Wednesday that it has made the world's tiniest book, measuring 0.75 by 0.75 mm, using its ultrafine printing technologies.
The 22-page book on seasonal flowers carries illustrations of such flowers as cherry blossoms and Japanese plum blossoms with their names written in four ways — hiragana, katakana, kanji and the Latin alphabet.
The book is difficult to read without a magnifying glass.
Toppan Printing plans to apply to Guinness World Records for the book's recognition as the world's smallest, besting the current record-holder, a 0.9 by 0.9 mm book made in Russia.
The seasonal flower micro-book is currently exhibited at Toppan's Printing Museum in Tokyo's Bunkyo ward. The book, together with magnifying glass and enlarged copy, sells for ¥29,400.