Literature
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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”
This Great Stage of Fools
An anthology of Alan Booth's uncollected writings on Japan
Andrea Fazzari: Tokyo New Wave
Photographer and writer Andrea Fazzari captures the intimate, personal sides of Tokyo's new generation of chefs
Go by Kazuki Kaneshiro – review
Shallow attempt at a bildungsroman
Japan – 100 Hidden Towns
Discover a deeper culture