By Nicolas Gattig “I thought if there was a way to walk across the ocean (back) to Japan, I would...
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By Choe Sang-Hun SEOUL, South Korea — A professor whose book about Japan’s World War II-era military brothels angered Korean...
By Damian Flanagan In June 1948, novelist Osamu Dazai committed suicide. The 38-year-old, who had just completed his masterpiece, “No...
By Daisuke Kikuchi The 156th Akutagawa Prize was awarded to 50-year-old author Sumito Yamashita for his book “Shinsekai (New World),”...
By Eugene Thacker In Japanese literature, there is a type of horror story that centers on an individual’s obsession with...
By Yang Yang A TV documentary sheds light on how far Chinese bookstores abroad have come, Yang Yang reports. Running a bookstore...
Former Hong Kong academic Madeleine Thien’s Booker shortlisted family saga, Hideo Yokoyama’s gripping tale of corruption in Japan and Mei...
It’s been a difficult year — one that felt like humanity was living on a fracturing ice shelf. That uncertainty...
By Louise George Kittaka Banana Yoshimoto found fame in 1988 when her wildly successful debut novel “Kitchen” was published. Her...
By Damian Flanagan Japan began to open its doors to the West in the 1850s, after centuries of remaining closed. In...
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