fiction

“Shinjuku Shark”: Japanese Mystery Writer Ōsawa Arimasa and the Enduring Appeal of His Hardboiled Series CULTURE | Apr 6, 2023

The Galileo Series: Higashino Keigo’s Mystery HitCULTURE | Mar 24, 2023

“Maria Beetle”: Best-Seller a Bullet Train to Hollywood for Author Isaka KōtarōCULTURE | Nov 25, 2022

Mori Ōgai: The Polymath Intellectual Who Made Literary HistoryCULTURE | Jul 8, 2022

Higuchi Ichiyō: A Pioneer of Modern Japanese LiteratureCULTURE | May 2, 2022

David Peace: Historical Mysteries in Occupied JapanINSIGHT | Feb 8, 2022

Exploring Stories at the “Haruki Murakami Library”CULTURE | Jan 14, 2022

“Isekai” Boom Offers Better Lives in Other WorldsINSIGHT | Dec 1, 2021

Edogawa Ranpo’s World of Mystery and TerrorCULTURE | Oct 28, 2021

Komatsu Sakyō: Japan’s Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Author in the Spotlight in 2020CULTURE | Oct 16, 2020

An Endless Tunnel: Author Kirino Natsuo on the Problems Facing Japanese Women Today CULTURE | Oct 9, 2019

“The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories”: An Individual CollectionCULTURE | Sep 5, 2018

“Convenience Store Woman”: Life by the BookCULTURE | Jun 11, 2018

Self-Published Spanish Author’s Sengoku BestsellerCULTURE | Oct 27, 2015