Disclosed herein is a display device including, a display section having a display surface, and capable of displaying information on the display surface, and a light storing section capable of receiving incident light including visible light, absorbing a part of the incident light, and outputting the part of the incident light as an afterglow including non-visible light, wherein a light sensor configured to detect an object to be detected on a side of the display surface on a basis of a non-visible light component of output light from the light storing section is disposed within the display section.