Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...
For years,” Tsushima writes, “Mitch had denounced Japan, wishing this hateful country would disappear from the face of the ...
Japan has a long history. Archaeological evidence shows that people have ... created splendid literary works such as The Tale of Genji and The Pillow Book. Not everything was peaceful, however.
The stock picture of the Japanese soldier in China is a uniformed fanatic who is taught from birth that dying for his Emperor automatically gives him a ticket into the Shinto heaven. At home ...
China is known as the country that invented paper and, fittingly, it has a rich history of books. Japan has had a relationship with China since at least the seventh century, when it started ...
With contributions from over 100 experts, a newly published book sheds light on the evolution of Vietnam-Japan ties and its ...