Japan's popular book series "Before the Coffee Gets Cold" began as a play before a publisher asked author Toshikazu Kawaguchi ...
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It gets increasingly difficult in the darkest days of winter to find comfort on any level: physically, mentally, ...
People in Japan spent less on printed books, magazines and other publications in 2024. But sales of digital titles rose.
All outstanding loans from the central bank's fund-provisioning program to stimulate bank lending are expected to be wiped ...
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Hiroto Ogiwara’s first X Games appearance was nothing short of unforgettable - he practically flew into the history books ...
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She said she chose that name in the hope that people’s self-published books would end up in the hands ... on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.
M.V. Ramana’s Nuclear is Not the Solution critiques atomic power’s role in climate change, highlighting cost overruns, slow ...
When he had moved there for school, he figured he was putting his baseball fandom on the backburner. He had fallen in love ...
Masamoto Nasu (1942-2021), a Hiroshima hibakusha and the author of the popular “Zukkoke Sannin-gumi” (Goofy trio) series of books for children ... into contemporary Japan and its culture.