Literature
11 Influential Japanese LGBTQ+ Novels to Read
Love, identity, and the untold tales of Japan’s queer community
Book Review: The Summer House by Masashi Matsuie
A quietly compelling meditation on architecture and desire
Book Review: Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata
A chillingly plausible future
Book Review: The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi
Your table awaits at the Chibineko Kitchen...
Book Review: The Place of Shells by Mai Ishizawa (translated by Polly Barton)
A quietly devastating and masterfully surreal debut
Healing Japanese Fiction Books That Feel Like a Warm Hug
Comforting tales of self-discovery, second chances, and quiet joy
Review of “Too Big To Care: Adopt Sustainable Business Practices or Embrace Defeat” by Glen S. Wood
Can big business be kinder to society?
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
The True Story Behind the Hit Series Shogun: William Adams
The intrepid English adventurer who inspired the hit series FX's Shogun
Fresh Ink: The Defeat of Thought by Osamu Dazai
Japan’s literary legend’s never-before translated work
Japanese Whisky
Review of Brian Ashcraft's 'Japanese Whisky: The Ultimate Guide to the World’s Most Desirable Spirit'
Fresh ink: Kitagawa Chiyo Conclusion
Read the moving end of the working-class fable "The Silk Sandals"
Fresh Ink: Kitagawa Chiyo
Proletariat Girls’ Literature
Book Launch: Thomas Lockley’s Gentleman from Japan
Thomas Lockley follows the life of a slave-turned-elite in his latest book
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
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
Traditional Japanese Yokai and Modern-Day Pokemon
Beyond the monsters with Adam Kabat’s The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales