How the English Language Failed Banana Yoshimoto
Looking back at the Japanese literary icon 30 years after the translation of her debut novel ‘Kitchen’
Fresh Ink: ‘Tales of the Zashiki Children’ by Kenji Miyazawa
The English-language debut of a prolific Japanese writer
Scientific Literature About an Unscientific World
Kanji Hanawa divulges society’s absurdity in two translated novellas
The Brilliant Architects Behind Tokyo’s Transparent Toilets
Design visionaries Shigeru Ban and Sou Fujimoto transform cities and lives
Comedy is Tragic in ‘Spark’
A review of manzai star Naoki Matayoshi’s translated novel
The Beauty of the Japanese Bagel
Where to find some of the best bagels in Japan
The Resurgence of a Japanese Literary Master
Fifty years after his death, Yukio Mishima is reemerging in translation
Breasts, Eggs and Existential Feminism
Mieko Kawakami’s intimate portrait of womanhood in 'Breasts and Eggs'
Questioning Normalcy in the Age of the Pandemic
'Convenience Store Woman' author Sayaka Murata on breaking norms
The Titanic Literary Accomplishment of Yoko Ogawa
Power and metaphor in 'The Memory Police'