What’s Up With Bad Sex in Murakami?
Pleasure and prose in 'Killing Commendatore' and other novels
Japan in New York
Japanese culture outside of the archipelago
How the English Language Failed Banana Yoshimoto
Looking back at the Japanese literary icon 30 years after the translation of her debut novel ‘Kitchen’
Where To Find The Best Bagel in Tokyo
Where to find some of the best bagels in Japan
How to Lose Weight the Japanese Way
Wa – the art of balance by Kaki Okamura
What’s Waterfall Tourism?
Soaking in Japan’s waterfalls
Fresh Ink: Saho Terao
The English-language debut of “Tenshi Nikki” (“Angel Diaries”)
Fresh Ink: The Ramen of Thanatos – Or, Puckering Flavor
The English-language debut of philosopher Masaya Chiba
Fresh Ink: A Fantastical Adventure from Medieval Japan–Takaoka’s Travels
Dreams, desires and delusional thoughts on a journey far west
Fresh Ink: The Defeat of Thought by Osamu Dazai
Japan’s literary legend’s never-before translated work
Fresh ink: Kitagawa Chiyo Conclusion
Read the moving end of the working-class fable "The Silk Sandals"
Fresh Ink: Kitagawa Chiyo
Proletariat Girls’ Literature
Fresh Ink: Musashi Miyamoto
Miyamoto’s life by the blade
Fresh Ink: Two Shorts By Osamu Dazai
The English-language debut of “The Ocean” and “Sweltering Heat Tale”
Fresh Ink: When You Want to but Can’t
The English-language debut of Kyohei Sakaguchi’s self-help nonfiction writing
Escape the Chill: Winter Destinations From Tokyo
Warm winter destinations in Japan
Cirrocumulus Clouds
The English-language debut of Kenji Miyazawa's story
Fresh Ink: Debut English Translations of Chuya Nakahara’s Japanese Literature
The English-language debut of a Japanese modernist master
Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Kappa
Enter the absurdity of Kappa Land in this new English translation
Fresh Ink: Love
The English-language debut of Kanoko Okamoto's piece, Love
Ise Shrine: Japan’s Holiest Site
Rebuilding the sacred heart of Japan
How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart
Florentyna Leow’s gustatory sketch of love and heartbreak in Kyoto