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How the English Language Failed Banana Yoshimoto
Looking back at the Japanese literary icon 30 years after the translation of her debut novel ‘Kitchen’
10 Lesser-Known Secondhand Bookstores in Tokyo that Sell English Books
Quirky spots to find cheap English books in Tokyo
Kirsten O’Connor: ‘Empowering is Our Core Mission’
Up next in our Based in Japan series, FEW Japan's president discusses career strategies and female entrepreneurship
Fresh Ink: ‘Tales of the Zashiki Children’ by Kenji Miyazawa
The English-language debut of a prolific Japanese writer
Female Managers or Managing Females?
Unpacking Japan's 'joshi mane' phenomenon
Scientific Literature About an Unscientific World
Kanji Hanawa divulges society’s absurdity in two translated novellas
Lady Macbeth
Bodice-ripping psycho-thriller
Destroyer
Gender-flipped, existential cop saga
‘The Hole’ by Hiroko Oyamada
David Boyd translates Oyamada's surreal novel of transformation and isolation
Appetite for Change
Single mothers confront Japan's hidden realities