Literature
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"
Your Summer Reading List 2024
Our best new recommendations from Tokyo’s literary scene
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