A recording medium having record information and table of contents information of the record information is mounted, to an information reproducing apparatus (200) for controlling a reproduction operation of the record information on the basis of the table of contents information. The apparatus (200) includes: a first memory (2) for temporarily storing reproduction control information including the table of contents information for performing the reproduction operation; a reproduction device (102) for reproducing the recording medium on the basis of the reproduction control information stored in the first memory; a second memory (3) of non-volatile type for storing the reproduction control information in correspondence with each recording medium; and a memory control device (1) for storing into the second memory the reproduction control information stored in the first memory, when an operation indication or an operation condition to anticipate a continuous stop condition of the reproduction operation is detected.
