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Richard Medhurst

Translator, editor, and writer at Nippon.com since 2014. Born in Britain and living in Yokohama. Translator of The Essential Akutagawa: Twenty-Two Short Stories by Japan’s Master Storyteller.

LATEST
Sounds to See and Feel: Japanese Onomatopoeia and BeyondCULTURE | Oct 13, 2015
Student Voices: On Life and Learning in JapanCULTURE | Sep 5, 2015
Ise Jingū and Its Raucous Past PilgrimagesCULTURE | Aug 12, 2015
Making It Memorable: Japanese Mnemonics for Dates and KanjiCULTURE | Jul 19, 2015
Picturesque Toyama Canal Rewards Casual ExplorersCULTURE | Jul 13, 2015
The Art of Concision: A Look at HaikuCULTURE | Jul 8, 2015
Kazuo Ishiguro, Memory, and JapanCULTURE | May 29, 2015
Real Animals and Mythical CounterpartsCULTURE | Mar 24, 2015
Japan’s Honorific Language About More Than MannersCULTURE | Feb 7, 2015
No Place Like Murakami’s: Famed Author Answers Fan QuestionsCULTURE | Jan 22, 2015
“Word of the Year” Contest Tracks Popular History of JapanCULTURE | Nov 24, 2014
The Kanji Kentei: Japan’s Test of Characters and the American Who Passed Its Toughest LevelCULTURE | Oct 24, 2014
Discovering Shikoku, Japan’s Fourth Largest IslandCULTURE | Sep 26, 2014
A Wild Nobel Chase: Murakami Haruki and the Elusive Literature PrizeCULTURE | Sep 15, 2014
LA 1932: Japan’s Breakout OlympicsCULTURE | Aug 29, 2014
Fortune Beckons: Japan’s Lucky Cat FigurinesINSIGHT | Aug 1, 2014
Fake Food Nation: Making Your Own Replica NibblesINSIGHT | Jul 18, 2014
Kōno Yoshiyuki: The Victim Painted as Prime SuspectINSIGHT | Jun 27, 2014