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Spotlight: Yasunari Kawabata — Japan's First Nobel Literature Laureate

A look back at the life and career of one of the 20th century's most revered writers

By Matthew Hernon

A Brief Look at the Depiction of the Housewife in Japanese Literature

By Genie Harrison

detained Japanese Americans poetry book

Discovery of Poems by Detained Japanese Americans in the U.S. During WWII

By Zoria Petkoska

Naoki Higashida's 'The Reason I Jump' — A Decade in Translation

By David McElhinney

The Translated Novels of Natsuo Kirino

By Paul McInnes

Chris Broad Celebrates 10 Years in Japan With His First Book

By Samantha Low

5 Beginner-friendly Manga to Learn Japanese

By Samantha Low

Japan Book Review: Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku Onda

Is the Boys’ Love Genre Homophobic?

By Alina Joan Ito