This April 23, explore illuminating reads— from Dazai to Dostoyevsky—that offer solace, strength, and a deeper understanding ...

One writer testing the possibilities of the movement is John Pistelli, a literature instructor and critic who, beginning in ...

Isekai anime are inescapable. Without fail, every season includes a few shows that send their protagonists to alternate worlds filled with magic, wonder, danger, elves, and dungeons. Oftentimes, these ...

エゴサしてたら義妹生活の二期決定みたいなポストが出てきたんですが、決定してないです。 先日の私の告知で誤解している人もいるかもしれま ...

Next? Books. Tokyo is blessed with many bookshops, but most of them are Japanese-language only, and if they do feature an English-language section, it’s usually quite limited. That’s why you ...

I had been studying Japanese for ... curious about what books had been important to her when she was a student. Murata named Albert Camus’s “The Stranger” and Osamu Dazai’s “No Longer ...

Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese author and poet during the Heian period (from 794 to 1185). She has made significant contributions to Japanese literature and history. She is known for books like 'Tale ...

Two cousins are sent to prison camps, while two remain free. What It’s About: From the Japanese author whose darkly funny “Convenience Store Woman” and disturbing “Earthlings” were both ...

Metropolitan Museum of Art Among the first Japanese picture books to reach U.S. shores was a series of keepsake volumes from the 1880s featuring traditional tales such as “Momotaro, or Little ...