The present invention provides a Web page viewing apparatus with which a
viewer can view a Web page at the time of offline with the same
operability as at the time of online and an operation for reading latest
data is easy. The Web page viewing apparatus includes an image
information storing unit for storing image information of a Web page
viewed online, a page to be displayed selecting unit that selects a page
of a Web page image that a viewer desires to view and a first comparing
unit that, when image information corresponding to the selected page is
stored in the image information storing unit, displays the image
information stored in the image information storing unit.