Japan's popular book series "Before the Coffee Gets Cold" began as a play before a publisher asked author Toshikazu Kawaguchi ...

Libraries in contemporary Japanese and Korean fiction are evolving into spaces where reading offers solace, connection, and ...

Chinese books have been brought to Japan ever since. Many of the volumes now sold in Jimbocho cannot be found back in China. Past and present of Chinese literature ...

Three books won Japan’s Akutagawa Prize in 2024. This prestigious prize is awarded to “new” writers of literature, who may have published works, but are not considered established.

(Mainichi/Takehiko Onishi) Life in Japan: Has the post-truth era finally arrived in this country? By David McNeill Historical turning points sometimes announce themselves with a bang but often ...

Uketsu, a Japanese YouTuber and horror author poses at his media conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Uketsu, a ...

An intriguing exhibition of Japanese artists’ books co-curated by three Sonoma residents is being featured at Sonoma Valley ...

Japan's Supreme Court has ruled that the censorship of school textbooks is unlawful. The outcome marks the conclusion of a long-running legal battle between the Ministry of Education and an ...