TOSHI-LOW on the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami 

"We need conversation about this disaster more than we need construction"

Studio Ghibli on the Page

The best books of Hayao Miyazaki’s Ghibli universe

Stage Mother

Superficial Drag

How the English Language Failed Banana Yoshimoto

Looking back at the Japanese literary icon 30 years after the translation of her debut novel ‘Kitchen’

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Dickens would dig it

5 (Translated) Japanese Novels to Read in 2021

New works by Mieko Kawakami, Haruki Murakami and more

The Midnight Sky

Doomsday downer

Scientific Literature About an Unscientific World

Kanji Hanawa divulges society’s absurdity in two translated novellas

Enter the Pod

Metropolis' top podcast recommendations for fall

Imagination Abounds at Festival/Tokyo 2020

The innovative theater event reimagines art and performance during the pandemic

Atomic Trauma and Family Albums – 75 Years Later

Kazu Sashida's crucial book sheds light on the horrors of Hiroshima

The Controversy of Japan’s ‘Baby Hatch’

Is it ethical to anonymously give away a child?