(This is Part 23 of the "Learning from Japanese picture books" series, which introduces recommended Japanese picture books, ...

Since last summer, Bookstart Japan, a nonprofit group that promotes activities to give picture books to parents and children ...

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February is LGBTQ+ History Month. It was launched in the UK to promote the existence of queer lives throughout history and ...

This new book by ... arose in Japan, represented by the Pure Land sects founded by Hōnen (Jōdoshū) and Shinran (Jōdoshinshū) and Nichiren’s salvific sect, based on his reading of the ...

Have you ever felt like you are stuck in a rut, unsure of how to take the next step towards personal growth? When life looks ...

A child of books since she started reading at age 5, Hirahara said the library allowed her to read more stories and find ...

Sociologist Ikutaro Shimizu (1907-1988) wrote in his “Nihongo no Gijutsu” (The art of writing Japanese) that when he saw the title of a book a passenger was reading on a train, he felt ...

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