Books
2021: What is the Future of Japanese Literature?
With Japanese literature in translation finally breaching feminist frontiers, what’s next?
How the English Language Failed Banana Yoshimoto
Looking back at the Japanese literary icon 30 years after the translation of her debut novel ‘Kitchen’
5 (Translated) Japanese Novels to Read in 2021
New works by Mieko Kawakami, Haruki Murakami and more
Fresh Ink: ‘Tales of the Zashiki Children’ by Kenji Miyazawa
Previously untranslated short stories by the prolific Japanese writer
Scientific Literature About an Unscientific World
Kanji Hanawa divulges society’s absurdity in two translated novellas
‘The Hole’ by Hiroko Oyamada
David Boyd translates Oyamada's surreal novel of transformation and isolation
Atomic Trauma and Family Albums – 75 Years Later
Kazu Sashida's crucial book sheds light on the horrors of Hiroshima
Comedy is Tragic in ‘Spark’
A review of manzai star Naoki Matayoshi’s translated novel
Sushi Shokunin: Japan’s Culinary Masters
Photographer Andrea Fazzari delves into Tokyo’s top-level sushi scene
The Resurgence of a Japanese Literary Master
Fifty years after his death, Yukio Mishima is reemerging in translation