Culture
Books & Literature
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Kenzaburo Oe Recalled with Gratitude, Awe by Younger Writers
Kenzaburo Oe, the second Japanese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, died at age 88 last m...
April 6, 2023
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Best-Selling Japanese Author Keigo Higashino Tops 100 Mil. Mark
Author Keigo Higashino has sold more than 100 million books in Japan, publishers Kodansha Ltd. and B...
April 4, 2023
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Bound to Please / A Bloody Old World Dispute in a Verdant New World Setting
“They scouted out a place a little way off the road, where part of the riverbank had been eroded by ...
February 19, 2023
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Haruki Murakami’s First Novel in 6 Years to Go on Sale in April
The first novel by world renowned author Haruki Murakami in six years will go on sale on April 13, p...
February 1, 2023
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Bound to Please / Realms of Animal Senses, from Vision to Vibration and Beyond
You’re at a soiree, on the host’s balcony with a drink in your hand, watching bats flit through the ...
January 30, 2023
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Survey: 26％ of municipalities have no bookstores
Of the 1,741 municipalities in Japan, 456, or 26.2%, have no bookstore at all, according to a survey...
December 11, 2022
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‘Kaiketsu Zorori’ children’s book series sets Guinness record
“Kaiketsu Zorori,” a popular children’s book series by Yutaka Hara, has been certified by Guinness W...
November 30, 2022
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Tokyo event celebrates literature of EU nations
Can free speech save the world? The idea came up in the opening minutes of the European Literature F...
November 24, 2022
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Previously unknown Ogai Mori manuscript identified at University of Tokyo library
Two pages of a previously unknown manuscript written by literary great Ogai Mori (1862-1922) for wha...
October 17, 2022
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French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature
STOCKHOLM (AP) — French author Annie Ernaux, who mined her own biography to explore life in France s...
October 6, 2022
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Writer Yu Miri wins 5th Berkeley Japan Prize
Writer Yu Miri has won the fifth Berkeley Japan Prize, which is awarded to individuals who have made...
September 29, 2022
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‘Haiku Herman’ speaks of allure, appeal of haiku
Herman Van Rompuy is a former prime minister of Belgium and the first president of the European Coun...
September 15, 2022
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Bound to Please / How engineers enabled buildings to colonize the clouds
If King Kong were to visit New York today, he’d hardly recognize the place. The 381-meter Empire Sta...
September 4, 2022
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Eiko Kadono’s books have charmed children for decades
Books for children in Japan are rich and diverse. From the 1980s to the 1990s, the genre expanded be...
September 1, 2022
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Autumn book month planned to boost Japan publishing industry
A monthlong book event will be held nationwide this autumn to promote books and reading to the publi...
August 21, 2022
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