Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...

Many parents may see an overlap between the protagonists of this book and their own children. Vocabulary, culture tips Hikkoshi-- This means moving (house). In Japan, the peak of the moving season is ...

Japanese author Kuroyanagi Tetsuko attended a book launch event at a bookstore ... She also serves as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund and remains one of Japan's ...

TOKYO -- Thirty-two original paintings by renowned children's book illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki ... until June 1. (Japanese original by Yuta Hiratsuka, Digital News Group) ...