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