literature

Poet Itō Hiromi: A Woman’s JourneyCULTURE | Jan 25, 2022

Dostoevsky’s 200th Birthday and His Living LegacyCULTURE | Jan 24, 2022

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

Notable Deaths in 2021NEWS | Dec 30, 2021

Crossing Borders Without Translation: US Writer Gregory Khezrnejat Wins Award for Japanese NovellaCULTURE | Dec 16, 2021

Ishigaki Rin, Poet of Today’s Japan—and Yesterday’sCULTURE | Dec 10, 2021

The Making of Haiku: An Introduction to Japan’s Poetry of ConcisionCULTURE | Nov 18, 2021

Two New Introductions to the Heart Sutra: An Ancient Text’s Relevance in Pandemic TimesINSIGHT | Nov 16, 2021

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

Meiji Painter Yamashita Rin and Her Journey of Faith and ArtINSIGHT | Oct 20, 2021

After K-Pop, K-Lit? Why Young Korean Writers Are Creating a Stir in Japanese PublishingINSIGHT | Oct 14, 2021

Tea and Aesthetics: Kawabata Yasunari’s Nobel LectureCULTURE | Oct 13, 2021

A Miracle for Survival: Li Kotomi’s Akutagawa Prize Acceptance SpeechCULTURE | Oct 8, 2021

The Limitless Possibilities of a Literature Beyond Borders: A Conversation with Tawada YōkoCULTURE | Oct 5, 2021

Kawabata Yasunari: Finding the Harmonies Between Literature and Traditional Art　CULTURE | Oct 1, 2021

“I Wake Up in Shibuya”: Czech Writer Anna Cima’s Literary FantasyCULTURE | Sep 9, 2021

Writer Tachibana Takashi: A True Intellectual GiantJAPAN LIFE | Aug 24, 2021

A Poet for All Seasons: Yosano Akiko and Same-Sex LoveCULTURE | Aug 10, 2021