Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...

Yoshitake Shinsuke is one of Japan’s best-loved picture book creators. A traveling show featuring his art returns to Tokyo ...

The cover of the picture book "Sakura ga Saku to ... when about 50% of the flowers have come into bloom is described in Japanese as "gobuzaki." Here, "gobu" means "50%" and zaki (an inflected ...

ODATE, Akita Prefecture--A new picture book on Japan's favorite canine, Hachiko, will give kids in English-speaking countries a chance to learn about his inspiring legend. "Hachi" by Eietsu ...