Literature
2021: What is the Future of Japanese Literature?
With Japanese literature in translation finally breaching feminist frontiers, what’s next?
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
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 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
The Resurgence of a Japanese Literary Master
Fifty years after his death, Yukio Mishima is reemerging in translation
Talking With the Only Gaijin in the Village
Scotsman Iain Maloney on his new book about life in rural Japan
Your Summer Reading List
Recommendations from Tokyo's literary scene
Breasts, Eggs and Existential Feminism
Mieko Kawakami’s intimate portrait of womanhood in 'Breasts and Eggs'
Yoshitomo Nara: Beyond the Big-Headed Girls
Yeewan Koon's new book traces Yoshitomo Nara's diverse career
The American Who Brought Ghibli to the World
An interview with Steve Alpert, author of 'Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man'
Questioning Normalcy in the Age of the Pandemic
'Convenience Store Woman' author Sayaka Murata on breaking norms
Art/Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000
A review of American film critic Mark Schilling's new book
The Titanic Literary Accomplishment of Yoko Ogawa
Power and metaphor in 'The Memory Police'
Mind the Gap
The ongoing battle to translate Japan's leading literary women
What’s Up With Bad Sex in Murakami?
Pleasure and prose in 'Killing Commendatore' and other novels
After a Forty Year Career, the Architect Becomes a Philosopher
A review of Edward Suzuki's memoir: GOoD Design Philosophy
Yoko Tawada’s The Emissary
Mutation and hope in a not-so-distant dystopian Tokyo
Across Space & Time: Translating ‘Night on the Galactic Railroad’
Kenji Miyazawa's untranslatable masterpiece
Matthew Chozick on Dancing in Japanese
The American-born actor, writer and translator discusses 'Eiko & Koma'
Body Language
Poetry, dance and translation in Eiko & Koma
Tokyo Ueno Station
Yu Miri’s latest novel offers an intimate insight into a harsher side of Tokyo
INTO THE VOID
Joy Waller’s 'Pause :: Heartbeat' explores the human extreme
Wieland Wagner Interview
A German perspective on Japan's working culture
Oyako: An Ode to Parents and Children
An array of intriguing portraits of Japanese oyako
Japanese Historical Novels
The best of Japan's historical fiction
Books We Love
Merry Christmas to all our readers
Kevin Barry at the European Literature Festival
The award-winning writer shares thoughts on place, sound and Twitter ahead of his first trip to Tokyo
Five Female Japanese Writers You Should Be Reading
The best contemporary female authors with English translated novels
Five Best Japanese Novels of 2018
Metropolis lists this year’s best Japanese fiction
In Praise of Shadows
A new translation sheds light on East-West duality
Contesting Myths
Best-selling writer Robert Whiting reviews a history of Japanese “samurai baseball”