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

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'

Five (Translated) Japanese Novels to Read in 2020

And almost all of them are written by women