Any tips on improving reading kanji with bad eyesight?

I feel little to no problems reading latin script with my current eyesight but the detailed kanji cause me trouble because I sometimes have to squint to make out the lines despite already wearing glasses. Particularly unique or simple kanji are of course not a problem to recognize at a glance. In my particular circumstances I also have a problem with faint diplopia (Double vision) which glasses can't correct. Do any of you have experience with this (not referring to the diplopia part, that doesn't seem likely)? And how common are reading problems due to eyesight issues among the Japanese or Chinese? I would think they'd have thought of a solution if the problem was worse with those characters. I'm interested to hear your thoughts and potential advice!

by KarnoRex

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