Books & Literature
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In dramatic turn, script of long-lost play by Hisashi Inoue is found
The manuscript of an unpublished work believed to have been written by playwright and novelist Hisas...
April 18, 2022
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Protectors of kaiju monsters have to confront human ones
Some Japanese friends were surprised when I mentioned that I was reading American author John Scalzi...
April 12, 2022
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‘Order a tanka poem’ service results in book
Tanka poet Tatsuya Kinoshita, 34, writes tanka in response to people’s requests, and an anthology of...
April 6, 2022
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Picture books symbolize Japan’s modern history / Critic tracks, examines transition through 100 selected works by 100 artists
A newly published book sheds light on the modern history of Japanese picture books, chronologically ...
March 3, 2022
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Yoro’s critical eye keeps probing essence of all things
Critic and anatomist Takeshi Yoro, the author of the longtime best-selling book “Baka no Kabe” (What...
February 3, 2022
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Photo exhibition shows unknown sides of novelist Ogai Mori
A special exhibition of photos of novelist Ogai Mori (1862-1922), commemorating the 160th anniversar...
January 31, 2022
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3 unpublished Shusaku Endo plays discovered
Manuscripts of three unpublished plays by novelist and playwright Shusaku Endo (1923-1996) were rece...
January 4, 2022
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Haiku magazine Hototogisu celebrates 1,500th issue
Haiku magazine Hototogisu, which means cuckoo bird, celebrated its 1,500th installment with the rele...
December 23, 2021
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How a Fukushima-born bookworm became a U.S. senator
As a boy, this reviewer used to climb a green, leafy tree in Alabama to spend blissful hours sitting...
December 21, 2021
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New Japanese translation of Peter Rabbit set to hit shelves in March
A new Japanese version of the beloved Peter Rabbit series will be translated by Mieko Kawakami, 45, ...
December 20, 2021
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The Inside Story: Entrepreneur, activist works to bring awareness to racial issues in Japan
Japanese society doesn’t hesitate to judge a book by its cover, but when it comes to Leila Odagaki, ...
December 5, 2021
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Urge to apologize, understand leads author deep into roots
It’s a story many children of immigrants can relate to: Just trying to fit in, but constantly being ...
November 30, 2021
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Hiroshima bomb story by Akira Kurosawa’s screenwriter published in English
OSAKA — A Japanese novel centered on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was published this autumn in En...
November 27, 2021
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Isaacson profiles the brilliant minds behind CRISPR gene editing
A bacterium is such a simple organism that its single cell doesn’t even have a nucleus to tidily con...
November 9, 2021
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Li on love and the lives of sexual minorities / Akutagawa Prize winner explores gender themes
Novelist Li Kotomi doesn’t believe in boundaries. National boundaries, linguistic boundaries, gender...
September 23, 2021
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