Culture
Books & Literature
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EU Works to Find More Readers for Its New Fiction in Japan; Translators of Lesser-known Languages Face Tough Market
The European Union has launched a new campaign to promote literature from the bloc among booklovers ...
February 7, 2024
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s Childhood Memoir Sets Guinness World Record for Most Published Autobiography
Actor Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s memoir “Madogiwa no Totto-chan” (Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Windo...
December 18, 2023
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Hand Bookbinding Becoming Big, Whether Done by Pros or DIY
An increasing number of people are breathing new life into old and damaged books, either by calling ...
December 11, 2023
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Acclaimed Writer Shogo Imamura Opens Bookstore in Saga, Repaying Prefecture that Got Him Started
Award-winning novelist Shogo Imamura has opened a bookstore at JR Saga Station, as he tries to rever...
December 7, 2023
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Japan’s Waseda Univ. Awards 2 Writers Who ‘Crossed Border’ between Genres, Languages
Waseda University announced that this year’s Tsubouchi Shoyo Award went to writer Natsuki Ikezawa, w...
November 26, 2023
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Japanese Students Prefer Reading Novels on Physical Books; E-books Better for Reading Manga
Elementary, junior high and high school students who have used e-books tend to find novels, illustra...
October 28, 2023
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For Author Haruki Murakami, Reading Fiction Helps Us ‘See through Lies’ in a World Divided by Walls
OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — For Japanese author Haruki Murakami, the bloody conflict in the Gaza Strip is a...
October 21, 2023
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Spain’s Royals Honor Asturias Prize Winners, including Haruki Murakami
OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — American actor Meryl Streep on Friday received Spain’s prestigious Princess of ...
October 21, 2023
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Japan Writers Conference turns new page in 17th year
Like a good book passed around and reinterpreted over the years, the Japan Writers Conference has be...
October 8, 2023
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‘Oldest’ Japanese Text on Western Science Unearthed in German Library
A translation believed to be the oldest Japanese-language text on Western science has been discovere...
September 26, 2023
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‘Bonobono’ Mangaka Publishes Picture Book Featuring Beloved Characters
The adorable sea otter from the manga “Bonobono” can now be seen in a new picture book featuring cha...
August 27, 2023
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‘Official Supplementary’ to Abe Memoir To Hit Shelves Aug. 9
An official follow-up tome to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s memoir is set to hit the shelves We...
August 6, 2023
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Bound to Please / Hayabusa2 Took a Pinch of Ryugu; a Novelist Imagines Taking Tons of It
Call me irrational, but as a resident of Japan I have somewhat proprietary feelings about the astero...
June 29, 2023
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Japan’s Nobel Laureate Satoshi Omura Takes Presidency of Nihon Essayist Club
Nobel laureate Satoshi Omura took over the presidency of the Nihon Essayist Club on Monday in Tokyo,...
June 27, 2023
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Novelist Kanako Nishi Shares Her Story of Battling Cancer
Novelist Kanako Nishi, who received the prestigious Naoki Award, has recently published her first no...
June 22, 2023
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