Dive into our summer reading guide featuring slow-burn romantasy, suspenseful crime fiction and a captivating cult Japanese ...

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

M.V. Ramana’s Nuclear is Not the Solution critiques atomic power’s role in climate change, highlighting cost overruns, slow ...

The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce award recipients for the most recent “East Asia in Wisconsin Library Program” competition. Nearly ...

Haruki Murakami is a household name among literary enthusiasts, but whether you’ve read any of his collection of novels, ...

All outstanding loans from the central bank's fund-provisioning program to stimulate bank lending are expected to be wiped ...

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

From the popularity of flamenco in Japan to African heavy metal bands, discover the unique ways cultural diffusion occurs ...

When he had moved there for school, he figured he was putting his baseball fandom on the backburner. He had fallen in love ...

People in Japan spent less on printed books, magazines and other publications in 2024. But sales of digital titles rose.

Hiroto Ogiwara’s first X Games appearance was nothing short of unforgettable - he practically flew into the history books ...

It gets increasingly difficult in the darkest days of winter to find comfort on any level: physically, mentally, ...