Culture
Books & Literature
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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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80th anniversary of poet Hagiwara’s death to be to commemorated
A special exhibition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the death of Sakutaro Hagiwara (1886-194...
August 11, 2022
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Spotlight shines on poet Chika Sagawa decades after early death at 24
As a rising star in the early years of the Showa era (1926-89), Chika Sagawa’s passing at the young ...
August 11, 2022
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Bound to Please / Looking at all the lonely people, an octopus reaches out
“Remarkably Bright Creatures,” the debut novel of American author Shelby Van Pelt, has a rotating ca...
July 23, 2022
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Little surprise as women win Japan’s prestigious literary prizes
The Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes, which are given out twice annually, announced this year’s...
July 21, 2022
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Acclaimed writer Shogo Imamura embarks on epic literary journey
Award-winning novelist Shogo Imamura jumped into a van May 30 and set off to visit schools and books...
July 21, 2022
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Kyoto bookstore loved by great writers closes
A Kyoto used bookstore loved by writer Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) closed its doors in June. Its ...
July 14, 2022
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Izu’s Yugashima, an idyll where Yasunari Kawabata went to heal
IZU, Shizuoka — In early April, the day after a Sunday spent working, I hurriedly left Tokyo and arr...
June 30, 2022
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