book review

A Life in Mystery: The Literary World of Japanese Author Yuzuki YūkoCULTURE | Jun 7, 2024

“Takaoka’s Travels”: Adrift on the OceanCULTURE | May 21, 2024

Coffee Culture, Japan Style: Tracing the History of Japanese Porcelain ExportsCULTURE | May 2, 2024

In Search of “Living Fossils”: Meet the Cockroach Hunter INSIGHT | Apr 26, 2024

“Tokyo Sympathy Tower”: Building a New BabelINSIGHT | Apr 18, 2024

“Face Your True Feelings”: Kanehara Hitomi’s “Mothers”INSIGHT | Mar 29, 2024

“777” an Entertainment Jackpot for Isaka Kōtarō FansCULTURE | Feb 28, 2024

Ōkuma Shigenobu: The “Fourth Man” of Japan’s ModernizationJAPAN LIFE | Feb 14, 2024

“Murasaki Shikibu and Fujiwara no Michinaga”: Literature and Power in the Heian CourtINSIGHT | Feb 9, 2024

Looking Back on a Life in Acting: The Autobiography of Mizutani YutakaINSIGHT | Nov 29, 2023

Marginal Nation: Bestselling Author’s New Novel Warns of Grim Future for JapanINSIGHT | Nov 24, 2023

From Battlegrounds to Brassieres: The Life of Wacoal Founder Tsukamoto KōichiINSIGHT | Nov 21, 2023

Biography of James Curtis Hepburn Spotlights Contributions to Japan’s ModernizationJAPAN LIFE | Nov 17, 2023

Too Popular for Its Own Good? New Book Explores Kyoto’s Economic Fate CULTURE | Nov 11, 2023

Endō Shūsaku: New Study Explores the Final Masterpiece by Japan’s Celebrated Christian AuthorINSIGHT | Sep 28, 2023

Japanese Identity and Christianity on the Banks of the Ganges: Endō Shūsaku’s “Deep River” INSIGHT | Sep 15, 2023

“Dragon Palace”: Shape-Shifting Short StoriesINSIGHT | Sep 15, 2023

“Son of Paris”: Memoir Looks at the Life of World-Famous Designer Takada KenzōCULTURE | Sep 8, 2023